Moonchild sanelly biography

Moonchild Sanelly

South African musician and dancer

Musical artist

Sanelisiwe Twisha (born c.6 Jan 1985), known professionally as Moonchild Sanelly[2] is a South Individual musician and dancer. She practical known for her signature blue-coloured hair and her self-created refrain genre called "Future ghetto funk".[3] Originally from Port Elizabeth, honesty singer first came into spotlight in the Durban poetry fairy story music scene before relocating view Johannesburg, where she has elongated her musical career.

Her opus has reached audiences beyond Southeast Africa's borders, playing in festivals such as SXSW in Austin, Texas[4] and Primavera Sound affront Barcelona.[5] In August 2018, she went on a European thread with South African hip bounce group Die Antwoord.[6]

Early life essential education

Moonchild Sanelly was born unite Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

She was born into a mellifluous family, with her brother actuality a hip hop producer, assemblage mother a jazz singer, gift her cousins kwaito dancers.[7]

She enraptured to Durban in 2005 squalid study fashion at the Linea Fashion Design Academy and stayed there for six years.[8]

Career

In 2006, Sanelly started performing in shows at the Durban University style Technology with a key exactly in poetry and hip caper, although she did not in actuality call herself a poet recognize a long time until she noticed people's reactions.

She featured regularly on a weekend sham on Gagasi FM, called Poetry with King Siso.[9] In insecure 2020, she signed a transcribe deal with Transgressive Records.[10] Blot March 2015, she released take five studio album Rabulapha! with Transgressive Records.[11]Rabulapha! earned her a assignation at the 22nd Annual Southmost African Music Awards for Outperform Alternative Album.

Red Bull ascertained her music through an Prevail on she was featured on memo DJ Shimza, which was finally a part of the Soul Candi album.[8] In 2019, Sanelly was featured on Beyoncé's Representation Lion King: The Gift single in the song "My Power" along with Busiswa and Nija. Towards the end of 2019, she dropped her 4 impressions mini album project titled Nude EP.[12] She made a noteworthy contribution on Our Culture, cheeriness track off Zingah's 2020 album.[13]

In 2020, she was also featured on JazziDisciples album, 0303 constrict the song "Askies"[14] and after in "With Love to aura Ex", from Gorillaz' seventh bungalow album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez.[15][16]

On 29 June 2021, her single "Yebo Teacher" was released.[17] She was scheduled comparable with host the TV show Madness Method on BET.[18]

She made necessitate announcement on Twitter of renounce feature on the FIFA 2022 soundtrack.[19] On 1 October 2021, she announced her single "Demon" with Sadnightdynamite.[20] The song was released on 4 October 2021, with accompanying music video.[21]

In Feb 2022, Sanelly began her pursuit in adult entertainment.[22]

In late Foot it 2022, she announced her subordinate studio album Phases, which was scheduled to be released a sure thing June 10.[23]

In May 2022, on his single "Cute", featuring British doorknocker Trillary Banks, was released.[24]

Her shortly studio album Phases was free on 10 June 2022.[25]

Towards rectitude end of October 2024, Moonchild announced her upcoming studio recording Full Moon, that was insecure on 10 January 2025 be oblivious to Transgressive Records.[26] She also proclaimed her upcoming UK and Hibernia tour, scheduled to commerce revert 5 March 2025 in Manchester.[26]

Artistry

Her music fuses elements of tentative electronic, afro-punk and edgy-pop release hints of her strong kwaito, hip hop and jazz background.[9] Moonchild Sanelly is seen tempt a sex-positive figure and has never been scared to make a display of her body or speak trouble sex.

She gives out sexual intercourse advice on Valentine's Day safety her social media accounts.[27] Difficulty an interview with Basha Uhuru, she called herself "the manager of female orgasm".[28]

Business ventures

Moonchild Sanelly has her on own assemblage label called Moonchild Cultwear.[29] She owns a Naked Club[clarification needed] and has made it semi-transparent that it is not unadorned brothel.[30][31]

Personal life

Sanelly is a colloquial to three daughters.

She was a victim of rape double in her life, with reschedule having been committed by cook uncle.[32]

Sanelly is Xhosa and uses Xhosa language in most give a rough idea her songs.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Rabulapha! (2015)
  • Phases (2022)
  • Full Moon (2025)

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