{"id":28175,"date":"2025-02-06T20:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/?p=28175"},"modified":"2025-02-06T20:53:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:53:49","slug":"merigold-digital-empathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/?p=28175","title":{"rendered":"Merigold\u00a0&#8211; Digital Empathy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<br><p>Merigold subtly grasped the essence of this issue, as she had direct experience of being in or near war zones for about 20 years. Her fear for the future is obvious and we support her concern for the survival of the human race.&nbsp;<\/p><br><p>The song &#8216;Digital Empathy&#8217; has a minimalist and elegant post-punk accompaniment that supports emotional and persistent vocals. The lyrics say it all, and Merigold sings from the heart, bringing an important issue to the surface.<\/p><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><br><\/span><p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">In the music video &#8216;Digital Empathy&#8217;, Merigold performs against the background of historical collages, which in turn are an organic addition to every word from this deep-rooted song. Footage of military conflicts, street protests, smart weapons factories, and thousands of drones \u2013 all of this is relevant now more than ever, and this artist subtly reminds us of who we are and where we are going.<\/span><\/p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><br><\/span><p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Watch the music video &#8216;Digital Empathy&#8217; below on YouTube and follow the work of the original and charismatic artist Merigold.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/merigold57.bandcamp.com\/music\">https:\/\/merigold57.bandcamp.com\/music<\/a>\n\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Digital Empathy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B2Bzz61aEHE?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>\n\n\n\n\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Digital Empathy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6MLtyNG2AHJz93MCBka9n6?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Digital Empathy&#8217; is the new single from Geneva-based indie artist Merigold. It is a manifesto about the use of robotic technologies in modern warfare. Indeed, it all looks like a computer game, but in reality, real people are in the crosshairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[13,113],"class_list":["post-28175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-reviews","tag-post-punk","tag-switzerland"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Digital_Empathy_Cover_Art.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28179,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28175\/revisions\/28179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}