{"id":12460,"date":"2021-08-09T12:14:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=12460"},"modified":"2021-08-09T12:14:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:14:39","slug":"leon-gropp-with-his-brilliant-new-single-swerwer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/08\/09\/leon-gropp-with-his-brilliant-new-single-swerwer\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Gropp With His Brilliant New Single &#8220;Swerwer&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LeonGropp.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LeonGropp.jpg?resize=450%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LeonGropp.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LeonGropp.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leon Gropp<\/strong> is not only an acclaimed guitarist and gifted vocalist, but also a well-known television presenter on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the popular kykNET morning show, <em>Ontbytsake<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His single, <strong><em>SWERWER<\/em><\/strong>, has just been released and showcases his brilliance as musician and songwriter. It was written by the artist himself and was produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/douvoordag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Douvoordag<\/a>\u2019s talented Jattie de Beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song, which has already been playlisted by various radio stations, is about the cognitive dissonance that any thinker struggles with when confronted with conflicting ideas and beliefs within herself. <em>\u201cUnfortunately, the world and our existence are not that simple. But there is also a great deal of freedom on the other side of this disillusionment,\u201d<\/em> Gropp explains about the meaning behind his latest release. <em>\u201c<strong>SWERWER<\/strong> is a tribute to the seekers, doubters, disillusioned, pensive and logical.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SWERWER (lyric video)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xbMJ_n7vQKs?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<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>SWERWER<\/em><\/strong> follows in the successful footsteps of his debut single and music video, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5jgB6HnQcBY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Bakenlig<\/em><\/a> that was released in 2018 and was very well received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leon is a family man who enjoys spending time with his loved ones. He is best-known as former member of the guitar duo, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch2.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CH2<\/a>, with whom he won numerous awards \u2013 including Vonk, SAMA and Ghoema Awards for <em>Best Instrumental Album<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he is not on stage, he enjoys creating visual stories through creative marketing videos for small\/ medium sized businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He still has a lot of plans and dreams for the future and looks forward to sharing them with his fans. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>SWERWER<\/em><\/strong> is now available on all digital platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/5mjHoz4LwaIsavOimr71M0?si=15ypYI2vSzeKrP0UQjvDwA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/5mjHoz4LwaIsavOimr71M0?si=15ypYI2vSzeKrP0UQjvDwA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/za\/album\/swerwer-single\/1576278687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/music.apple.com\/za\/album\/swerwer-single\/1576278687<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can also get it on his website: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leongropp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>www.leongropp.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Gropp is not only an acclaimed guitarist and gifted vocalist, but also a well-known television presenter on the popular kykNET morning show, Ontbytsake. His single, SWERWER, has just been released and showcases his brilliance as musician and songwriter. It was written by the artist himself and was produced by Douvoordag\u2019s talented Jattie de Beer.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/08\/09\/leon-gropp-with-his-brilliant-new-single-swerwer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Leon Gropp With His Brilliant New Single &#8220;Swerwer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}