{"id":7926,"date":"2016-07-04T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altwire.net\/?p=7926"},"modified":"2023-12-06T06:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:38:15","slug":"watsky-drops-surprise-video-single-stick-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/watsky-drops-surprise-video-single-stick-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Watsky ver\u00f6ffentlicht \u00fcberraschend die Video-Single \u201eStick To Your Guns\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some only remember George Watsky as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/sorry\/index?continue=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3DMNZA_vfyDzA%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&#038;q=EgQtTAUnGJaY3o4GIhDyzoCZAkSb-76ZcjE6qZRqMgFy\" data-lasso-id=\"1478\" data-old-href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/sorry\/index?continue=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch%3Fv%3DMNZA_vfyDzA%26feature%3Dyoutu.be&#038;q=EgQtTAUnGJaY3o4GIhDyzoCZAkSb-76ZcjE6qZRqMgFy\" data-old- rel=\"noopener\">pale kid who raps fast<\/a>. \u00a0But to others, Watsky is much more than that. \u00a0The poet, rapper, producer, social leader and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/317946\/how-to-ruin-everything-by-george-watsky\/9780147515995\/\" data-lasso-id=\"1479\" data-old-href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/317946\/how-to-ruin-everything-by-george-watsky\/9780147515995\/\" data-old- rel=\"noopener\">published author<\/a> built his career on telling it like it is. \u00a0He finds emotional common ground and plants himself there to bring things\u00a0together rather than tearing them apart. \u00a0On the 1st of July, shortly after another\u00a0devastating mass shooting and just before the celebration of American independence and democracy, Watsky posted a video of his\u00a0new single featuring fellow youtube-based songwriter Julia Nunes. \u00a0The song serves as Watsky&#8217;s response to the increasing frequency of mass shootings and a scathing critique of how society tends to\u00a0react to them. \u00a0He satirically plays the part of a news anchor reveling in boosted ratings and a politician who manipulates\u00a0emotions to further his\u00a0own agenda claiming that &#8220;nothing ever could have been done to prevent it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video itself is just a black box until almost the halfway mark when a list of state representative&#8217;s contact info starts to appear with the message &#8220;Call Your Senator&#8221; at the top. \u00a0Watsky is certainly not the first musician to use his art as a response to this terrible event. \u00a0Melissa Etheridge wrote &#8220;Pulse&#8221; as a tribute and a number of LGBT artists have made their voices heard. \u00a0A large number of notable Youtube creators like Hannah Hart and Tyler Oakley have also posted their own thoughts on the issues surrounding Orlando and events like it. \u00a0But Watsky&#8217;s unique voice and way of addressing these issues is as much about bringing about change as it is about bringing love and acceptance to a hurting community.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to &#8220;Stick To Your Guns&#8221; below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stick to Your Guns- Watsky ft. Julia Nunes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/movNi4JS3tM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manche erinnern sich an George Watsky nur als den blassen Jungen, der schnell rappt. F\u00fcr andere ist Watsky jedoch viel mehr als \u2026 <a title=\"Watsky Drops Surprise Video Single &#8220;Stick To Your Guns&#8221;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/watsky-drops-surprise-video-single-stick-guns\/\" aria-label=\"Mehr zu Watsky Drops Surprise Video Single &#8220;Stick To Your Guns&#8221;\">Weiterlesen \u2026<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":7927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[664,666,318,1577],"class_list":["post-7926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-george-watsky","tag-julia-nunes","tag-rap","tag-watsky","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altwire.net\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}