{"id":29070,"date":"2021-10-08T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=29070"},"modified":"2021-10-08T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T17:29:07","slug":"gap-profiles-indie-pop-singer-songwriter-willa-amai-in-fall-2021-campaign-with-voices-of-inclusion-and-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/gap-profiles-indie-pop-singer-songwriter-willa-amai-in-fall-2021-campaign-with-voices-of-inclusion-and-optimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Gap Profiles Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter Willa Amai In Fall 2021 Campaign With Voices of Inclusion and Optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><u>GAP PROFILES INDIE POP SINGER-SONGWRITER WILLA AMAI IN FALL 2021 CAMPAIGN WITH VOICE OF INCLUSION AND OPTIMISM<\/u><\/strong><br><br><em><strong>Blows By, Amai\u2019s New Single To Release As A&nbsp;Part Of The Campaign<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Y9Oi0im1dIr8DNQ5sfU0SeBjLNSmn2tyJZnoey9MOK9ngrTjswCLp8Ilk5tOLGVfLEWoy6sS_pCXj92bD3AupNVYIRAktzOMjk3DXLEOUuQVKPZnbFtBREMqcC2keQ7X5DeuVYANF2GCFFZagVqpsZ6GddQy-Q=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/cd12d040046f20d8a8611a6ee\/images\/43ea857d-5394-85f0-75f2-d15dd05c7d66.png\" width=\"383.52000000000004\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>&nbsp;[<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rubensteinpr.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cd12d040046f20d8a8611a6ee&amp;id=a5e5f8d2ba&amp;e=800f00c88f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/a><strong>]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>New York, NY \u2013 (September 22, 2021) \u2013<\/strong>&nbsp;Seventeen-year-old music phenom, Willa Amai &nbsp;has been tapped as one of the INDIVIDUALS Shine as Gap Amplifies Voices Through Diverse Ensemble of Modern Changemakers Campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp; Gap continues to champion modern American optimism by celebrating INDIVIDULAS who represent the positive impact of being your true self.&nbsp;&nbsp; Gap\u2019s Fall 2021 adult campaign amplifies the voices of a distinct and diverse cast that better represents all of us.&nbsp;&nbsp; These individuals transcend race, gender, age, abilities, and talents as catalysts for change, reflecting what\u2019s possible from anyone.<br>&nbsp;<br>The INDIVIDUALS campaign includes positively energetic culture shapers, ranging from an award-wining Chinese filmmaker to a Black Deaf BASL activist to an aspiring, young astronaut, to an aspiring young astronaut, who define their creativity, self-expression and personal style. inspired by a unique take on the concept of \u201c15 minutes of fame,\u201d the campaign captures the essence of the INDIVIUSALS in just 15 seconds.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>The&nbsp;INDIVIDUALS:&nbsp;<strong>Willa Amai<\/strong>&nbsp;(@willaamai),&nbsp;17-year-old mental health advocate and singer-songwriter who is releasing \u201cBlows By,\u201d her new music video filmed during the Gap campaign that breaks today<strong>Chlo\u00e9 Zhao<\/strong>, award-winning&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;director, writer,&nbsp;editor&nbsp;and&nbsp;producer&nbsp;<strong>JaShaun&nbsp;St.John<\/strong>&nbsp;(@jashaunstjohn), Native&nbsp;actress discovered by Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, amplifying her Lakota tribe<strong>Alyssa Carson<\/strong>&nbsp;(@nasablueberry),&nbsp;20-year-old space enthusiast, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; educator,&nbsp;aquanaut&nbsp;and&nbsp;aspiring astronaut,&nbsp;pursuing her dream to travel to Mars<strong>Angus Cloud<\/strong>&nbsp;(@AngusCloud),&nbsp;irreverent Irish American actor,&nbsp;staying true to himself<strong>Nakia Smith<\/strong>&nbsp;(@itscharmay), influencer&nbsp;and&nbsp;BASL&nbsp;activist&nbsp;for the Black Deaf &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; community&nbsp;who advocates for all to be seen and heard&nbsp;<strong>The&nbsp;Ebinum&nbsp;Brothers<\/strong>, Victory &amp; Marvel&nbsp;(@ebinumbrothers), Nigerian&nbsp;brothers&nbsp;and&nbsp;artistic&nbsp;communicators&nbsp;using the medium of dance to&nbsp;showcase&nbsp;movement as a method to speak about&nbsp;life,&nbsp;ecology and belonging&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Helena Howard<\/strong>&nbsp;(@helenahoward_officially),&nbsp;multiethnic, breakout&nbsp;actress&nbsp;acclaimed for her coming-of-age performances<strong>Delfin Finley<\/strong>&nbsp;(@delfin),&nbsp;dynamic Los Angeles-based visual artist&nbsp;with an activist upbringing<strong>Kailand Morris<\/strong>&nbsp;(@kailandmorris),&nbsp;philanthropist,&nbsp;model, designer&nbsp;and&nbsp;musician, combining influences from all disciplines to forge his unique path\u201cThis&nbsp;dimensional&nbsp;cast&nbsp;of INDIVIDUALS embodies&nbsp;modern American optimism,\u201d&nbsp;says Mary Alderete, global head of Gap marketing.&nbsp;\u201cGap&nbsp;continues to amplify the voices of&nbsp;changemaking&nbsp;and culture shaping&nbsp;INDIVIDUALS, celebrating who they are and what makes them&nbsp;a&nbsp;true&nbsp;representation of&nbsp;the voices of&nbsp;today.&nbsp;These incredible individuals&nbsp;characterize&nbsp;an optimistic future&nbsp;fueled by&nbsp;creativity, possibility and unity.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\u202f&nbsp;<br>The campaign was&nbsp;concepted by Gap Global Creative Director, Len Peltier,&nbsp;directed&nbsp;by&nbsp;Christian Weber with portraits shot by&nbsp;renowned&nbsp;photographer Mark Seliger \u2013 INDIVIDUALS and creative&nbsp;visionaries&nbsp;in their own right. Weber and Seliger have been capturing signature Gap creative for years, spanning from the&nbsp;1990s to today.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>\u201cBLOWS BY<strong><em>,\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>being the 5th single from Amai\u2019s debut album,&nbsp;<em>I CAN GO TO BED WHENEVER<\/em>, is the song that is being used in Amai\u2019s 15 second teaser and is the upcoming video that was also shot as an accompanying video from this GAP campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI am so beyond thrilled and honored to be apart of this GAP campaign.&nbsp; Advocating for activism and individuality has always been so important to me, and I will forever be indebted to Gap and everyone who worked on this project for allowing me to do that!\u201d<br>&nbsp;<br>As&nbsp;Amai&nbsp;continues to rise, the industry will undoubtedly&nbsp;notice, and&nbsp;the fans will soak in her honesty. If truth is what her mentor Linda Perry was looking for, well she hit the motherload.<br>&nbsp;###<strong>For More Information on Willa Amai:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Facebook &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rubensteinpr.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cd12d040046f20d8a8611a6ee&amp;id=fd7a4256ad&amp;e=800f00c88f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.facebook.com\/WillaAmai<\/a><br>Instagram &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rubensteinpr.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cd12d040046f20d8a8611a6ee&amp;id=6ef7f93785&amp;e=800f00c88f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.instagram.com\/willaamai<\/a><br>Twitter &#8211; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rubensteinpr.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cd12d040046f20d8a8611a6ee&amp;id=b827cde08e&amp;e=800f00c88f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.twitter.com\/willaamai<\/a><br>Youtube- 6 Million +,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rubensteinpr.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=cd12d040046f20d8a8611a6ee&amp;id=07a6b8c4b8&amp;e=800f00c88f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.youtube.com\/c\/WillaAmai<\/a><br>Apple Streams- 2.1 Million +<br>Spotify- 3.8 Million +<br>Shazam- 58.5K, #1 Most Shazamed Song&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rumble-com wp-block-embed-rumble-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Gap Profiles Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter Willa Amai\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/vkvbu9\/?pub=34v0r#?secret=KKXq7Atlxn\" data-secret=\"KKXq7Atlxn\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAP PROFILES INDIE POP SINGER-SONGWRITER WILLA AMAI IN FALL 2021 CAMPAIGN WITH VOICE OF INCLUSION AND OPTIMISM Blows By, Amai\u2019s New Single To Release As A&nbsp;Part Of The Campaign &nbsp;[WATCH] New York, NY \u2013 (September 22, 2021) \u2013&nbsp;Seventeen-year-old music phenom, Willa Amai &nbsp;has been tapped as one of the INDIVIDUALS Shine as Gap Amplifies Voices [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pop-music","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29072,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29070\/revisions\/29072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}