{"id":8973,"date":"2011-08-22T14:14:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T14:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/08\/22\/jayas-heavenly-cover\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:53:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:53:08","slug":"jayas-heavenly-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/22\/jayas-heavenly-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaya\u2019s \u2018heavenly\u2019 cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Brit singer launches series of cover versions<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"middle\" width=\"460\" height=\"257\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jaya_460x225.jpg\"\/><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><strong\/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><strong\/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><strong>BRIT Asian singer Jaya is getting into the \u2018Live Lounge\u2019 mood!<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The Londoner has launched a new section on her YouTube channel called \u2018Jaya Fridays\u2019 showcasing a series of cover versions. Her latest video consists of an acoustic version of Emeli Sande\u2019s brilliant new song \u2018Heaven\u2019. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The song sees Jaya step out of her usual high tempo R&amp;B and dance comfort zone and attempt a stripped back performance assisted only by a guitar. The resulting performance is brilliant!<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The video has received over 2,700 hits so far and Emeli Sande \u2013 singer of the original song \u2013 has also given Jaya\u2019s version thumbs up tweeting \u201cI love it\u201d!<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Jaya \u2013 born and raised in Wembley, North London &#8211; is determined to achieve big things. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The daughter of a Hindu priest, she says she wants to \u201cbreak the perception that all Asian women can do is be housewives.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cBeing an Indian pop singer I am aware that it makes me pretty unique,\u201d she says. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cI just hope I can be a positive role model to females, especially Asian females and let them know not to be afraid to dream, because I\u2019m chasing mine.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><strong>Here\u2019s Jaya\u2019s cover of Emeli Sande\u2019s \u2018Heaven\u2019 \u2013 What do you think?<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AgI-DrAtfC4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"460\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>&#13;\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brit singer launches series of cover versions &#13; &#13; &#13; BRIT Asian singer Jaya is getting into the \u2018Live Lounge\u2019 mood! &#13; The Londoner has launched a new section on her YouTube channel called \u2018Jaya Fridays\u2019 showcasing a series of cover versions. Her latest video consists of an acoustic version of Emeli Sande\u2019s brilliant new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}