Moonchild Sanelly has announced her third album ‘Full Moon’ with a new single called ‘Do My Dance’, and shared details of a 2025 UK and Ireland tour. Listen and find all the details below.
The South African musician and dancer is due to release the record on January 10 via Transgressive, following on from 2022’s ‘Phases’. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.
Recorded in Malawi, the UK and Sweden, and produced by Johan Hugo (Self Esteem, M.I.A., Kano), the 12-track ‘Full Moon’ is said to showcase Sanelly’s “unique sonic fingerprint, joyous attitude, distinctive vocals and genre-bending hit-making prowess”.
The forthcoming LP is set to see the artist delve into electronic, afro-punk, edgy-pop, kwaito and hip-hop music.
“I called this record ‘Full Moon’ to convey a really clear sense that I got from living and writing these experiences,” explained Sanelly in a statement. “‘Phases’ showcased all my sides, the different phases of the moon, and this one is all those parts of me being in unison with each other.”
She continued: “When the moon is in phases, it shows parts of itself at a time. ‘Full Moon’ is me, lit up in my entirety. The arrival of my whole self. It’s the arrival.”
‘Do My Dance’ is an energetic and anthemic taste of the new record, with rapid-fire verses skipping atop a happy hardcore-inspired drum beat.
The single is accompanied by a colourful official music video, which was directed by Nate Thomas and filmed in Johannesburg. Tune in above.
My album ‘FULL MOON’ is a culmination of everything that I needed to experience to get to this point, every emotion I had to feel, everything I went through… This has it all, from beginning to end.
Can't wait for you to hear it on Jan 10th.
Pre save via the link in my bio. pic.twitter.com/fMxW6H9DNW
— Moonchild Sanelly (@Moonsanelly) October 8, 2024
Sanelly has already previewed her upcoming LP with the songs ‘Scrambled Eggs’, ‘Sweet & Savage’ and ‘Big Booty’. In June, she teamed up with Self Esteem on the single ‘Big Man’ – which will not feature on ‘Full Moon’.
The full tracklist for Moonchild Sanelly’s ‘Full Moon’ is:
1. ‘Scrambled Eggs’
2. ‘Big Booty’
3. ‘In My Kitchen’
4. ‘To Kill a Single Girl (Tequila)’
5. ‘Do My Dance’
6. ‘Falling’
7. ‘Gwara Gwara’
8. ‘Boom’
9. ‘Sweet & Savage’
10. ‘I Love People’
11. ‘Mntanami’
12. ‘I Was the Biggest Curse’
Additionally, Sanelly has announced a UK and Ireland headline tour for next spring. The trek is scheduled to kick off in Manchester on March 18 ahead of further stops in Dublin, Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham and Bristol, ahead of a final gig at Heaven in London.
Find ticket information here, and see the full itinerary below.
Moonchild Sanelly’s 2025 UK and Ireland tour dates are:
MARCH
18 – Yes (The Pink Room), Manchester
20 – The Grand Social, Dublin
21 – The Wardrobe, Leeds
22 – King Tut’s, Glasgow
24 – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
25 – Strange Brew, Bristol
26 – Heaven, London
Before then, Sanelly is due to tour across the UK and Europe at the end of this month and into November following some live dates in Australia.