{"id":813592,"date":"2024-12-20T23:30:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T05:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/review-isabela-merced-of-the-last-of-us-releases-cuffing-season-single-and-music-video\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T23:30:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T05:30:20","slug":"review-isabela-merced-of-the-last-of-us-releases-cuffing-season-single-and-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/review-isabela-merced-of-the-last-of-us-releases-cuffing-season-single-and-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Isabela Merced of \u2018The Last of Us\u2019 releases \u2018Cuffing Season\u2019 single and music video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><small>Isabel Merced. Photo Credit: Steven Simione.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Actress and singer-songwriter Isabela Merced (\u201cThe Last of Us\u201d and \u201cAlien: Romulus\u201d) released her new holiday single and music video for \u201cCuffing Season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song was written by\u00a0Merced and produced by Phil Simmonds.<\/p>\n<p>Isabela Merced allows her crisp, crystalline vocals to shine on this track, which are controlled and refreshing. <\/p>\n<p>There is a warmth and authenticity to it like no other, and Merced is expressive in her delivery: it is soothing and seductive at the same time, and it will resonate well with her fans and listeners.<\/p>\n<p>The song encompasses elements of pop, indie, adult contemporary, jazz and big band, all in one. Merced deserves to be commended for her originality and distinct tone. <\/p>\n<p>Merced proves that she is one of the most underrated female recording artists in the contemporary music landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The music video (directed by Dito Andr\u00e9s and\u00a0Merced) has a hypnotic, retro \u201980s vintage vibe to it, which is sultry and infectious, and it may be seen below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Isabela Merced - CUFFING SEASON\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wPc8mPgzUro?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>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The fact that the video was filmed in a monochromatic black and white fashion makes it even more timeless, raw, and appealing. It is evident that Isabel Merced has an old soul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuffing Season\u201d is available on digital service providers by <a href=\"https:\/\/sndo.ffm.to\/xgg3nvv\">clicking here<\/a>. She is able to move her listeners and fans on an emotional level thanks to the pristine clarity of her voice. <\/p>\n<p>It is worth more than just a passing glance like a warm cup of hot cocoa, and it garners two giant thumbs up. Well done.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about multihyphenate Isabel Merced and \u201cCuffing Season,\u201d follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/isabelamerced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/isabelamerced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@isabelamercedmusic?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/isabelamercedofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"music Markos Papadatos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Markos-headshot-photograph-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"150\" width=\"150\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal&#8217;s Editor-at-Large for Music News.<br \/>\nPapadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 22,000 original articles over the past 18 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 16-time &#8220;Best of Long Island&#8221; winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the &#8220;Best Long Island Personality&#8221; in Arts &#038; Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Digital-Journal-Logosm.png\"><\/p>\n<p><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Digital-Journal-Logosm.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Digital Journal\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/entertainment\/review-isabela-merced-of-the-last-of-us-releases-cuffing-season-single-and-music-video\/article\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Isabel Merced. Photo Credit: Steven Simione. Actress and singer-songwriter Isabela Merced (\u201cThe Last of Us\u201d and \u201cAlien: Romulus\u201d) released her new holiday single and music video for \u201cCuffing Season.\u201d The song was written by\u00a0Merced and produced by Phil Simmonds. Isabela Merced allows her crisp, crystalline vocals to shine on this track, which are controlled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":813593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":{"0":"post-813592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-news","8":"tag-podcast-music"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}