Charlotte OC Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/charlotte-oc/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:17:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Charlotte OC Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/charlotte-oc/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite national songs of 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/08/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-national-songs-of-2025/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:46:50 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042753 It’s said that music helps keep us sane in insane times, and as we noted at the year’s midway point, that theory has been put to the test in this miserable and exhausting 2025. So to wrap up a year where music either inspired action or helped soundtrack distraction, we’re rounding up our 20 most favorite tracks that have helped ease life’s firehose of chaos and provide a little bit of levity during our long and tiresome days. As is […]

The post Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite national songs of 2025 appeared first on Vanyaland.

]]> Charlotte OC spirals with intent on the dramatic ‘Cider and Black’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/07/17/charlotte-oc-spirals-with-intent-on-the-dramatic-cider-and-black/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:01:37 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042022 Earlier this month Vanyaland rolled out its first-ever Half-Year In ReView series, highlighting the best tracks, films, and comedy specials of 2025 so far. It was done in part due to the wave of incredible art keeping us sane in insane times, and an influx of singles that filled up our Best Of lists faster than usual. Included in that crop was “God, We Tried,” the remarkable comeback track from longtime V fave Charlotte OC. Now the English songwriter born […]

The post Charlotte OC spirals with intent on the dramatic ‘Cider and Black’ appeared first on Vanyaland.

]]> Half-Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 10 favorite national songs of 2025 (so far) https://vanyaland.com/2025/07/03/half-year-in-review-vanyalands-10-favorite-national-songs-of-2025-so-far/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:00:56 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041921 It’s said that music helps keep us sane in insane times, and that theory has really been put to the test in this miserable 2025. So as we hit the half-way point of the year, we’re rounding up the new and notable singles that have helped distract from the chaos and provide a little bit of levity during our days. True to form, the bangers we’re feeling the most this year span a spectrum of genres, from SpiritWorld’s hellacious acres […]

The post Half-Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 10 favorite national songs of 2025 (so far) appeared first on Vanyaland.

]]> The V List: Five of our favorite national tracks from March 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/04/02/the-v-list-five-of-our-favorite-national-tracks-from-march-2025/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:43:38 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041098 Editor’s Note: Anyone who says there isn’t good music coming out these days — and quite literally, every day — simply isn’t paying attention. Vanyaland’s compilation feature The V List highlights the best in new music, both homegrown and national, over the past month, pulling together the sounds that have soundtracked the website in recent weeks. It’s all the stuff we’re bumping here at Vanyaland HQ, one new bop at a time. Charlotte OC, ‘God, We Tried’ Around these parts, we simply love a good O’Connor comeback story. […]

The post The V List: Five of our favorite national tracks from March 2025 appeared first on Vanyaland.

]]> Charlotte OC forges a brave path forward with ‘God, We Tried’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/03/20/charlotte-oc-forges-a-brave-path-forward-with-god-we-tried/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:44:21 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041015 Around these parts, we simply love a good O’Connor comeback story. So we’re excited and intrigued by the return of Charlotte OC, the English singer-songwriter who not only resurfaces with an elegantly dramatic new single in “God, We Tried,” which already feels like one of 2025’s best, but also reveals some personal setbacks that allow proper view to this enchanting new release. “God, We Tried” dropped on Wednesday (March 19) via Embassy of Music, and sets up a new EP […]

The post Charlotte OC forges a brave path forward with ‘God, We Tried’ appeared first on Vanyaland.

]]> Charlotte OC sends for her lover down in the haunting ‘Mexico’ https://vanyaland.com/2021/09/13/charlotte-oc-sends-for-her-lover-down-in-the-haunting-mexico/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:27:20 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10027746 There’s cool. And then there’s Charlotte OC cool. The English alt-pop singer-songwriter of Malawian-Irish descent has unveiled a string of riveting singles leading up to next month’s hotly anticipated album Here Comes Trouble, capped off this past Friday (September 10) with “Mexico”. The track’s seductive and haunting demeanor is furthered by its official visual, which dropped today, and it’s another tantalizing look into her world as she comes to terms with a relationship falling apart. “I wrote this song when […]

The post Charlotte OC sends for her lover down in the haunting ‘Mexico’ appeared first on Vanyaland.

]]> Charlotte OC emerges stronger from a toxic relationship on ‘Bad News’ https://vanyaland.com/2021/06/18/charlotte-oc-emerges-stronger-from-a-toxic-relationship-on-bad-news/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:58:29 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10026722 Last we caught up with Charlotte OC, the British alt-pop singer was catching a “Satellite” for an alien love story way up above us. That was a hundred thousand years ago (ahem, January 2019), and she’s been quite busy since. A string of riveting singles has decorated her 2021 so far, and today (June 18) the northern soulstress drops a sultry and magnetic tune called “Bad News” that’s anything but. It’s all about coming to terms with a toxic relationship, […]

The post Charlotte OC emerges stronger from a toxic relationship on ‘Bad News’ appeared first on Vanyaland.

]]> Charlotte OC takes her alien love story up to a ‘Satellite’ above https://vanyaland.com/2019/01/16/charlotte-oc-takes-her-alien-love-story-up-to-a-satellite-above/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:30:59 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10002396 Back in November, Charlotte OC dropped a subtle yet soulful alt-R&B banger in the shape and sound of “Satellite”, a shimmering track that hit so late in 2018 it might have flown under everyone’s “Best Of” radar. But this week the British singer-songwriter has unveiled a colorful, alien love story video for the track, and it should position her as one of the breakout stars of ’19. The clip was co-directed by Charlotte OC and Luis Cross (Bipolar Sunshine, Octavian), […]

The post Charlotte OC takes her alien love story up to a ‘Satellite’ above appeared first on Vanyaland.

]]>