Establishing the mood with an atmospheric vocal and an intimate piano performance with brooding cello, Oh. opens I Pray for Love with the poignant and metaphorical lyrics, “As long as I am, I’m a child in a timeless space, a wild force, won’t stand in place, I’m a fool on the run…”
The opus expands with a high emotional quotient and melodic mastery to take us on a journey of introspective depth with cinematic grandeur. I Pray for Love is about longing and love. Oh., also known as Olivia Hadjiioannou, feels wild, restless, and childlike. She cries out for connection and prays to be close, to be held, to be known.
All in all, it feels spiritual, intimate, and full of yearning with a deep will to exist within the frequency of love. Oh.‘s vocal performance is nothing short of sublime. It is full of raw emotion, manifesting a transcendent authenticity with every note. Her range is exquisite and bold.
We learn that the release follows a seven-year silence from Olivia Hadjiioannou when it comes to music releases. I Pray for Love also comes with an innovative short film which brings to life the fusion of timeless spiritual contemplation with artificial intelligence. The visual has already earned a slew of international awards including Best Short Film Created with Artificial Intelligence at the prestigious 7th Bridges International Film Festival in Loutraki, Greece.
Further international recognition includes an Honorable Mention for Best Music/Musical at Italy’s Assurdo Film Festival in Milan, an Honorable Mention from the Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (AIMAFF), and Official Selection at the Europe Music Video Awards (EMVA), the IMDb-accredited Alternative Film Festival (AltFF) in Toronto and the forward-thinking Geekapalooza Film Festival in Washington state.
We deeply connect with the composition and the accompanying visual. Philosophically, the opus expresses the soul’s yearning to transcend isolation through union with love as a divine, transformative force. This is something that feels zeitgeist and important for society to experience at this time of global turmoil, so for that, we are eternally grateful to Olivia Hadjiioannou.
We have added I Pray for Love to our New Music Spotlight playlist, as well as our TIMELESS and TRIPPY playlists, whilst we continue to stream Oh.’s wider discography, including I’m in Love, and Love Will Heal.