{"id":1286,"date":"2017-09-23T16:47:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T20:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2018-06-20T12:48:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T12:48:50","slug":"jhene-aikos-short-film-trip-emotional-exploration-pain-healing-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/jhene-aikos-short-film-trip-emotional-exploration-pain-healing-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Jhen\u00e9 Aiko\u2019s Short Film \u2018Trip\u2019 Is An Emotional Exploration Of Pain And Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1289\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jhene.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jhene.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jhene-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jhene-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jhene-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>R&amp;B artist Jhen\u00e9 Aiko has opened up her heart in the purest form with\u00a0<em>Trip<\/em>, her most personal project to date. The 23-minute autobiographical short\u00a0is a prelude to her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tripthealbum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest album<\/a>\u00a0of the same name, which made a surprise release shortly after the film. Prior to listening, we highly recommend watching the short, as it features raw poetry, songs from the album, and stunning visuals that are sure to give you an exceptional experience.<\/p>\n<p><em>Trip<\/em>\u00a0follows Penny (Jhen\u00e9 Aiko), a poet struggling to find the right words and in search for inner peace after the devastating loss of her brother. When she meets a free-spirited stranger who persuades Penny to join him on spontaneous adventure with no destination, she embarks on a journey that is an honest and sometimes messy exploration of self, mourning, and, ultimately, healing \u2013 a journey we can all relate to.<\/p>\n<p>The project was written by Aiko and co-directed by Tracy Oliver (<em>Girls Trip<\/em>). It pays homage to Aiko\u2019s late brother, Miyagi, who lost his battle to cancer in 2012. Watch <em>Trip<\/em> below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o4os5TXo6Vk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R&amp;B artist Jhen\u00e9 Aiko has opened up her heart in the purest form with\u00a0Trip, her most personal project to date. The 23-minute autobiographical short\u00a0is a prelude to her\u00a0latest album\u00a0of the same name, which made a surprise release shortly after the film. Prior to listening, we highly recommend watching the short, as it features raw poetry, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,177],"tags":[31,39],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","category-music","tag-featured","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}