{"id":7843,"date":"2019-08-30T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2019-08-28T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T13:00:36","slug":"lauren-tate-what-about-the-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7843","title":{"rendered":"LAUREN TATE &#8211; \u2018WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gADf_Sectl0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pisces\u00a0baby\u00a0born 1997,\u00a0<strong>Lauren Tate<\/strong>\u00a0is a singer-songwriter, producer, director and artist from South Yorkshire, England. Growing up the eldest of three, Tate was a secondary school dropout, writing and self producing music from her bedroom from the age of 15. Delving into many musical genres, singing both hard-rock\/grunge-punk in her\u00a0current band\u00a0<strong>Hands Off Gretel<\/strong>, Tate most recently stripped back to a softer, raw Americana sad-pop sound with her first solo album in 5\u00a0years, &#8216;Songs for Sad Girls&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Songs for Sad Girls&#8217; will be released on 20th September\u00a0on her own label Trash Queen Records (UK), Tate recorded and self-produced 11 of the 14 tracks\u00a0in her home studio.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI planned to get my album produced by someone when I could afford it, but there was a certain magic and honesty captured in my recordings\u00a0that I knew would really move people. My lyrics are honest and brutal with songs about domestic abuse, body image, feminism and fear of dying.\u00a0I wanted it to sound like a girl writing in her diary, unapologetic and imperfect like real girls are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;What About the Kids&#8217; is the 2nd single from the debut album and is released today, alongside a new music video\u00a0directed by Lauren.\u00a0&#8221;The song is from a child&#8217;s point of view speaking to her father addressing gun violence in America. I wanted the song to highlight issues around gun control and the importance of children&#8217;s future in a world where nobody is listening to them. I wrote this song to sing for those that won&#8217;t ever get the chance to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauren not only self-produced and recorded all instruments on\u00a0her debut album she designed all the album artwork and merchandise too. Described by BBC Introducing presenter Christian Carlisle as a &#8216;One Woman Record label&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lauren-tate-promo-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7844 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lauren-tate-promo-picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4480\" height=\"6720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lauren-tate-promo-picture.jpg 4480w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lauren-tate-promo-picture-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lauren-tate-promo-picture-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lauren-tate-promo-picture-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/lauren-tate-promo-picture-1140x1710.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4480px) 100vw, 4480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pre-order the album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laurentate.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>For fans of:<\/strong>\u00a0P!nk, Sia, Lana Del Rey, Janis Joplin, Courtney Love, Soko,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PJ Harvey, Lorde, Amy Winehouse,\u00a0Fiona Apple, Amanda Palmer + Joss Stone<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Find Lauren Tate online at:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laurentate.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.laurentate.co.uk\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567082768989000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1PJbwlDORrUZweVLRqtDQ8HvfbA\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialLaurenTate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialLaurenTate\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567082768989000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4MTtTdy_K5lgjyk0AeJnMh4z2XQ\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaurenTate_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaurenTate_&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567082768989000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkGDUsBY1owHalK1a-9dZljVC9Gw\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/laurentateofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/laurentateofficial\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567082768989000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG9T86xMwJdOYBdAAvLWOEUSiEE9g\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZpfdgR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ZpfdgR&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567082768989000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFU9wJmOxdD8E-ZQS90iS63oZMtpg\">Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pisces\u00a0baby\u00a0born 1997,\u00a0Lauren Tate\u00a0is a singer-songwriter, producer, director and artist from South Yorkshire, England. Growing up the eldest of three, Tate was a secondary school dropout, writing and self producing music from her bedroom from the age of 15. Delving into many musical genres, singing both hard-rock\/grunge-punk in her\u00a0current band\u00a0Hands Off Gretel, Tate most recently stripped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3186,3184,3190,3121,3185,73,1857,3189,3182,3183,3187,72,3188,3191],"class_list":["post-7843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-amanda-palmer-joss-stone","tag-amy-winehouse","tag-courtney-love","tag-division-pr","tag-fiona-apple","tag-hands-off-gretel","tag-janis-joplin","tag-lana-del-rey","tag-lauren-tate","tag-lorde","tag-pnk","tag-pj-harvey","tag-sia","tag-soko","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7847,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7843\/revisions\/7847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}