Blazing onto the South African music scene, with her sights firmly (and rightly) set on a global breakthrough, comes hands-down the best new artist of 2011
Among the tracks on ChianoSky’s album is “Hasta La Vista”, a fiercely incendiary track in the vein of Jazmine Sulivan’s “Bust Your Windows”, that is likely to become the catchiest anthem about a boy wronging a girl this year. And the versatility of this gifted artist can be heard on songs like “I Must Let Go”, a softer-edged ballad of stark beauty.
“People ask me often what I write about,” ChianoSky says of the song’s she co-written on her first record.
“I write about boys. I write about love. I write about heartache. It’s about the kind of things that people have written about for centuries but as a songwriter, you interpret these things differently and in your unique voice.”
ChianoSky is only 18, but one listen to her debut radio single, the provocatively titled “Sick Sick”, and you’ll know in an instant that she’s the real deal.
Already well-known in the modeling community, ChianoSky is now poised for international impact with a debut that’s set to shake-up South Africa’s dull pop scene with its cross-genre influences. No ordinary teenager, ChianoSky pursued her music career with a single-minded intensity that saw her grow up, for the most part, outside the boundaries of convention. Now the pay-off has come, with the release of a debut album from an artist who is nothing short of remarkable.
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