Shandelle Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/shandelle/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:09:56 +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 Shandelle Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/shandelle/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/10/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:54:47 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042791 Well, that happened. 2025 was definitely a year, a whole 12-month rollout of the most absurd political and economic developments in recent memory. (A presidential administration accidentally texting out military strike plans? Kim Kardashian hawking faux-hair thongs? The tsunami of AI slop rapidly overtaking the equally-vapid Internet ragebait made by actual humans? How can a loving god permit such lunacy?) But the end of the year is always ripe for counting blessings, and as 2025 comes to a close, we’re […]

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]]> Shandelle cruises with a crush on new tune ‘TREAT U RIGHT’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/10/09/shandelle-cruises-with-a-crush-on-new-tune-treat-u-right/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:27:03 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042457 If you crossed Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison” with the Cardi B and Bruno Mars duet “Finesse,” it’d sound something like Shandelle’s new single “TREAT U RIGHT.” While wrapping up a dance mixtape last fall — what would become February’s release CAPSULE_002: CLUB DIOSA — the Somerville artist felt compelled to cleanse her electronica-heavy palate with grooves culled straight from the ’90s. That pivot back in time would end with this slinky cruiser, a pledge of allegiance to a budding crush […]

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]]> Shandelle juxtaposes sweet n’ sticky love on new two-pack https://vanyaland.com/2024/02/21/shandelle-juxtaposes-sweet-n-sticky-love-on-new-two-pack/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:14:47 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10037366 First comes love, then comes… sweat. Shandelle connects the sweet and sticky sides of relationships on her two-pack AMOR // SUDOR, which taps producers ProSwervez and GIBDJ to illustrate the Spanish translations for “love” and “sweat.” Released today (February 21), the seductive pairing of new tracks “is there still love?” and “closer” — plus the accompanying sped-up versions — primes fans for the Boston artist’s to-be-announced alter ego. “Part of the reason why I titled the two-pack in Spanish is […]

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]]> Shandelle laments the ‘life you chose’ in new tune with Nate Nics https://vanyaland.com/2023/05/02/shandelle-laments-the-life-you-chose-in-new-tune-with-nate-nics/ Tue, 02 May 2023 15:59:16 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10034314 Shandelle is rethinking how she picks her friends and picks her battles. The Boston musician armors up emotionally in “life you chose,” her Nate-Nics-assisted tune that seeks breathing room from her loved ones’ heartaches and headaches. The April single skirts people who misinterpret open arms as a therapist’s couch, setting a firm boundaries with fluid R&B that gracefully frames Nics’ featured verse. Both artists’ intertwined narratives feed off one another, each voice reaching for relief; “I’ve been overstimulated / I […]

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