{"id":868002,"date":"2025-08-25T23:14:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/demae-continues-her-journey-with-dont-play-the-fool\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:14:53","slug":"demae-continues-her-journey-with-dont-play-the-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/demae-continues-her-journey-with-dont-play-the-fool\/","title":{"rendered":"Demae Continues Her Journey With \u2018Don\u2019t Play The Fool\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page\">\n<div>\n<p>Immersive alt-R&#038;B world-building&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            24 \u00b7 07 \u00b7 2025                                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<article id=\"article-full\" about=\"\/news\/track-of-the-day-284-lexie-carroll\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\">\n<div property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p>London vocalist <strong>Demae<\/strong> continues her journey with new single \u2018Don\u2019t Play The Fool\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The songwriter stood out with an EP on Touching Bass, before signing to the <strong>Jorja Smith<\/strong>-helmed FAMM imprint.<\/p>\n<p>A run of singles this year have paid witness to this Harlesden-raised artist\u2019s talent, with \u2018Ain\u2019t Easy\u2019 and the groove-centred \u2018Millionaire\u2019 framing her originality.<\/p>\n<p>New single \u2018Don\u2019t Play The Fool\u2019 was recorded in Gothenburg, and emerges from sessions with Swedish powerhouse <strong>Erik Rodin <\/strong>of <strong>Little Dragon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Demae explains\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDon\u2019t Play the Fool\u2019 was actually one of the first instrumentals Erik Bodin (of Little Dragon) sent me before we started working together in Sweden. I instantly connected with the bassline and that strong, shimmering jingle melody in the background. As always with most of my music, it draws from my own recent experiences. I think this track is a reminder to be kind, but not at the expense of yourself. Stay grounded, and don\u2019t let anyone walk over you\u2026 Don\u2019t get played !\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A beautifully immersive feast of alt-R&#038;B world-building, \u2018Don\u2019t Play The Fool\u2019 comes backed with a new video, steered by director Ivor Lawson-Adamah.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in now.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Demae - Don't Play The Fool\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T9fQEMUMm-U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            &#8211;\n                                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                                    <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weare8.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Join us on Weare8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/wp-content\/themes\/chop-child\/images\/WeAre8-banner.jpg\" previous-src=\"http:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/wp-content\/themes\/chop-child\/images\/WeAre8-banner.jpg\"><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a>\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>Join us on WeAre8, as we get under the skin of global cultural happenings. 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The songwriter stood out with an EP on Touching Bass, before signing to the Jorja Smith-helmed FAMM imprint. A run of singles this year have paid witness to this Harlesden-raised artist\u2019s talent, with \u2018Ain\u2019t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":868003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22823,145836],"tags":[5756,145835],"class_list":["post-868002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-continues","category-demae","tag-continues","tag-demae"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868002","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=868002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}