{"id":485120,"date":"2019-04-26T05:33:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T11:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=827649"},"modified":"2019-04-26T05:33:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T11:33:36","slug":"hear-bj-the-chicago-kids-soulful-single-time-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/hear-bj-the-chicago-kids-soulful-single-time-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear BJ The Chicago Kid\u2019s Soulful Single \u2018Time Today\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/shutterstock_9242031gr.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bj-the-chicago-kid\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bj-the-chicago-kid\" data-tag=\"bj-the-chicago-kid\">BJ The Chicago Kid<\/a> has dropped the first single from his upcoming sophomore album <em>1123<\/em>. The track, produced by Dre Harris and J MO, is a groove-driven song with a retro R&amp;B vibe. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/business\/record-labels\/8508880\/bj-the-chicago-kid-sets-the-clock-for-new-single-time-today\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told <em>Billboard<\/em><\/a> of the new song, \u201cThis is the song that you play when you finally have time, the song you play as you imagine having the time and the song you send to that loved one to prepare for that time. This song simply lets that person know that they\u2019re never forgotten about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05loQxPpw8I?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The singer\u2019s debut album, <em>In My Mind,<\/em> was released in 2016, earning BJ The Chicago Kid three Grammy Award nominations, including one for best R&amp;B album. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5mQn_g0tB-g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">recently covered<\/a> Ella Mai\u2019s track \u201cClose,\u201d saying that he wanted to give a different perspective on the song. \u201cI think it\u2019s something really special about songs that can speak in a new, but nostalgic way,\u201d BJ said in a press release. \u201cThis song did just that for me, so I felt compelled to offer the male perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>1123&nbsp;<\/em>is slated for a summer release. The singer has not confirmed his collaborators for the album, but did tell Billboard, \u201cThere are so many details, nooks and crannies to this album that people will enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/hear-bj-the-chicago-kid-soulful-single-time-today-827649\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BJ The Chicago Kid has dropped the first single from his upcoming sophomore album 1123. The track, produced by Dre Harris and J MO, is a groove-driven song with a retro R&amp;B vibe. He told Billboard of the new song, \u201cThis is the song that you play when you finally have time, the song you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-485120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 04:10:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}