{"id":3465,"date":"2016-11-23T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=3465"},"modified":"2016-11-22T00:28:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T05:28:23","slug":"video-born-stranger-someone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2016\/11\/23\/video-born-stranger-someone\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Born Stranger, Be Someone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we last checked in with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BornStrangers\/?fref=ts\">Born Stranger<\/a>. I&#8217;m pleased to report they&#8217;re still plugging away, working on a new record with producer Kwame Kwaten and expanding both their name (they used to be called just &#8220;strangers&#8221;) and their musical horizons.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sharing this video for <i>Be Someone<\/i>, their latest song, partially because I&#8217;m fond of them, and partially because I&#8217;m a sucker for . . . for beautiful angsty dancing, I guess. For ballet dancers? Or at least for this ballet dancer, who works out his inner turmoil with power and grace, and, ultimately, finds freedom in a different style of dance.<\/p>\n<p>The song is pretty great, too. If you like dark synthpop you should press play below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Be Someone (Official Video)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_9gP3Ks9De2c\"><div id=\"lyte_9gP3Ks9De2c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9gP3Ks9De2c\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Be Someone (Official Video)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/9gP3Ks9De2c\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9gP3Ks9De2c\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Be Someone (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since we last checked in with Born Stranger. 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