MOONCHILD SANELLY - Bomba Exeter - 28 August 2025

Name: MOONCHILD SANELLY - Bomba Exeter - 28 August 2025
Start: 2025-08-28T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-08-28T23:00:00+00:00
Location: Bomba

Schedule

Thu Aug 28 2025 at 06:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Bomba | Exeter, EN

MOONCHILD SANELLY | THURSDAY 28th AUGUST | BOMBA | EXETER———28th August 2025 - 7:00 pmBombaAge Restrictions: 16+———TicketsADV: £15.00 OTD: £20———7Deadly Spins presents: MOONCHILD SANELLY (+ VERY SPECIAL GUEST)——— Funktion-One sound Intelligent lighting systemIntimate & independent music venues———HeadlinerMOONCHILD SANELLYSupportVery Special Guest (TBC)——— Thu 28th Aug 20257pm - 12:00amBomba ExeterEX2 4AP——— Advance tickets from £15.00 / On The Door: £20Buying tickets in advance helps us as an independent club put more likes this on. We appreciate everyone that supports us, and we can’t wait to see you all on the dance floor!

MOONCHILD SANELLY BIOWith a discography that embraces South African homegrown genres from Amapiano and Gqomto her own pioneering style dubbed “future ghetto funk”, musician and creative visionaryMoonchild Sanelly has from the outset blazed her own unique trail. The Port Elizabeth-bornmaverick is known for her vibrant, inimitable style, affirming lyricism and storytelling, as well asinspirational honesty, across a career which deftly encompasses constant experimentation andinnovation, while always remaining accessible and singularly recognizable as MoonchildSanelly.
Following the success of her award-winning debut studio album Rabulapha! (2015) and thegenre-crossing sophomore album Phases (2022), the self-described musical shapeshifter isback with the release her new studio album Full Moon in January 2025. Produced by JohanHugo, Full Moon is a collection of 12 songs which displays Sanelly’s unique sonic fingerprint,joyous attitude, distinctive vocals and genre-bending hits, not forgetting a glorious aestheticcrowned by her signature teal-coloured Moon Mop.
Recorded in multiple locations while on the road, Full Moon is an introspective yet kineticdisplay of her versatility. “I can make any genre, I have fun creating music because I’m notlimited,” she says. It’s club-ready beats oscillate between electronic, afro-punk, edgy-pop,kwaito, and hip-hop sensibilities. Stand out tracks include ‘Big Booty’ on which listeners areinvited to join Moonchild in self-celebration as she recites a love letter to her own body; andowning one’s sexual accomplishments on such tracks as ‘Boom’ where she professes “Richn*ggah d*ck don’t hit Like a broke n*ggah d*ck.” Moonchild’s lyrical prowess and sense ofhumour are exhibited further in the wordplay on ‘To K*ll A Single Girl’ – a breakup song withtequila – of which she says “I had to let go. I’m always truthful but I had unnecessary thornswhen it came to my truth, it was potentially ruining my relationships”; and electrifies mundaneeveryday tasks on first single and “audacious anthem” [CLASH] ‘Scrambled Eggs’.
Sonically, Moonchild continues to carve out her own style, one that further illustrates the varietyof grooves South Africa has to offer alongside Amapiano, beloved of her original fan base. Agoal when in the studio is to create songs which will allow for an instant, instinctive connectionwith a live audience, she wants them to sing along. Yet Full Moon is a body of work that holdscontrasts and self-reflection. While it bounces between ear-splitting bass and high-pitchedpowerful vocals on high-octane songs such as ‘Gwara Gwara’ and ‘Sweet and Savage’ (watchher dynamic performance of the track at a recent COLORS show), it displays a vulnerability andsoft-spoken sensuality on ‘I Love People’ as the artist recounts her “silly little” sexual fantasies.The inverted lullaby melodies on the Xhosa-led ‘Mntanam’ carry mournful messages of failedfatherhood delivered to a now-adult child. “It’s an apology from useless parents. Taking fullaccountability for what they did not do,” she says.
Thematically the album sees Sanelly embrace the art of letting go and forgiveness, both ofherself and others, as she revisits scenarios across her extraordinary life in a series of musicalsnapshots. The song-writing process for Full Moon saw her focus on the self and her journeytowards self-love, the studio a place which allowed her the creative and personal space requiredto share these stories.
“My music is about the body and liberation. No one can make it OK for you to feel like you don’tlove yourself,” she explains. This new album is the body of work of which she is most proud, aswe are seeing the many sides of Moonchild Sanelly. “That’s why it’s called Full Moon”, shesays, adding, “A lot of South African music is about dance and forgetting your problems. Myvulnerability is about me finding words to describe situations that I used to say f*** you to, whenI didn’t have previously to express them because of how dark they were to get into this journey.”That journey from the Durban poetry scene and pool parties of Johannesburg to internationalstardom is one driven by an innate creativity, unique self-expression and extraordinaryconfidence, as well as a knack for teaming up with like-minded artists. A self-confessed“collaboration whore”, she is known to many as the firebrand whose vocals livened upBeyoncé’s ‘My Power’ on the Lion King soundtrack in 2019. She has collaborated with artistsfrom Ezra Collective to Steve Aoiki, and Ghetts to Gorillaz, and is currently bathing in theafterglow of the hugely successful ‘Big Man’ – one of 2024’s songs of the summer [TheGuardian] - an exploration of gender roles penned alongside British star Self Esteem. Herunforgettable live performances have seen her play to crowds from SXSW in Austin, Texas, toPrimavera Sound in Barcelona, with a staggering ten performances across Glastonbury Festivalthis year alone.
Full Moon marks the return of a singular artist like no other. Led by singles Scrambled Eggs,Sweet & Savage, Big Booty and Do Your Dance, the stars are aligned and 2025 is shapingup to be Moonchild Sanelly’s year.

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