{"id":10042791,"date":"2025-12-10T09:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/?p=10042791"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:09:56","slug":"year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/12\/10\/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in ReView: Vanyaland\u2019s favorite homegrown songs of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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&#8217;re shouting out the songs we clung to for sanity during this unique unraveling of modern society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We held hip-hop &#8220;protest bops&#8221; near and dear; we stared down the abyss with dusky alt-rock; we bonded over slimy real estate figures through the power of post-punk. And yeah, maybe we pulled a muscle dancing to juicy &#8217;90s-style R&amp;B. Without further ado, here are the homegrown tunes, fresh out of the Boston music scene, we count among the highlights of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Billy Dean Thomas, <\/strong>&#8216;Minding My Business&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Good things come to those who stay unbothered. Billy Dean Thomas\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/08\/01\/billy-dean-thomas-unveils-a-protest-bop-called-minding-my-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">July single<\/a> \u201cMinding My Business\u201d is a dual image of managing your hustle and your manners, released as part of the non-binary Boston emcee\u2019s October LP <em>MX<\/em>. On the tune, Thomas plots their future and drops a few bars about being seen as a \u201cvillain,\u201d&nbsp; threading the two themes into a self-proclaimed \u201cprotest bop.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;\u201cThis song is a commentary on feeling villainized by the very systems and people that have caused you harm,\u201d&nbsp;Thomas told <em>Vanyaland<\/em> over the summer. \u201cNo matter how much you try to stay focused and out of the way, people like me are treated like a problem simply because we are Black, queer, and don\u2019t conform to the status quo.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMinding My Business\u201d turns the bigotry on its head and flags the real problem \u2014 disrespect \u2014 over a beat worth counting fat paychecks to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/465Xudn2wW4nxdYAV5iTKu?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chainlacing,<\/strong> &#8216;Parasol&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>New England didn\u2019t invent drowning in gloom \u2014 some blokes in &#8220;old&#8221; England did circa the late 1970s \u2014 but the artists here did elevate it to a season-specific art form. \u201cParasol,\u201d by New Hampshire outfit Chainlacing, may have <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/07\/18\/chainlacing-beat-the-depressing-heat-with-new-song-parasol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrived in July<\/a>, but its swaths of heady, droning rock have earned it a coveted spot alongside other go-tos for soundtracking fall\u2019s decay: Old Moon, Opera, House of Harm, and Boy Harsher, to name a few. To live in this region is to be miserable, at least occasionally; to make art here is to flip that misery into something as grimly beautiful as &#8220;Parasol.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4NJ1GLGlNODssIaPWEnkRk?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cut The Kids In Half, <\/strong>&#8216;Song of Two Humans&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When Cut The Kids In Half vocalist Jack Silver sings &#8220;I ain&#8217;t worth the sleep you&#8217;re losin'&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/01\/22\/cut-the-kids-in-half-spin-a-soured-song-of-two-humans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Song of Two Humans,&#8221;<\/a> it&#8217;s not as self-deprecating as it sounds. If anything, it&#8217;s a generous offer to cut the cord &#8212; and he&#8217;s hoping the other party takes him up on it. &#8220;Song of Two Humans&#8221; is about as catchy as a dirge can get, layering acerbic alt-rock and a matter-of-fact delivery to hammer the final nail into a relationship&#8217;s coffin. The tune and its needling message wound up on the Boston-via-New Jersey band&#8217;s album <em>What We Became<\/em> this past January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wrote the first lines after a strained conversation with an old friend, and somewhere along the way it became about a relationship,\u201d explains Silver.&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s about what it\u2019s like when you discover everything about someone, and one day you realize you don\u2019t like what you\u2019ve found. One day you\u2019re together, the next you\u2019re in each other\u2019s way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/6cAC3CHTm5K0RxTu9I4F1N?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Evan Greer and Ryan Ryan Cassata,<\/strong> &#8216;Protect Trans Kids (WTFIWWY)&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a beautiful thing, standing up for trans youth and asking a bigot what the hell their problem is, all in one fell swoop. And Evan Greer and Ryan Cassata\u2019s song <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/03\/31\/evan-greer-and-ryan-cassata-release-new-anthem-protect-trans-kids-wtfiwwy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cProtect Trans Kids (WTFIWWY)\u201d<\/a> \u2014 released in March on <a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/tdov\/\">Transgender Day of Visibility<\/a> \u2014 is an exemplary model of such efficiency. The pair\u2019s song rallies for the safety of transgender youth with simple-stated common sense; \u201cLet \u2019em play sports \/ Let \u2019em have fun \/ Let \u2019em go to school,\u201d the punk tune proclaims. Is letting kids be kids \u2014 and themselves \u2014 really such an ordeal? Moreover, can anyone object to those demands without cranking out a mini thesis paper? Probably not. Because explaining love is simple, and explaining hate is a chore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI really just want this to be a song that trans youth can scream along to in the car or sneak into the office and blast over the PA at their high school,\u201d Greer told&nbsp;<em>Vanyaland<\/em>. \u201cTransphobes have gotten more sophisticated in their hateful messaging, and we\u2019ve seen alarming backsliding from allegedly progressive politicians who are happy to throw trans people under the bus in exchange for political capital. They like to say things like \u2018it\u2019s complicated\u2019 or \u2018I support trans people but\u2026\u2019 The goal of this song is to remind people that it\u2019s actually pretty fucking simple: Let kids be kids. Stop bullying them. Just leave them alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5v9WsJ1P74V1NtAl05ui78?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FELIX! and Buddy, <\/strong>&#8216;MARGIELA MADMAN!&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can stop playing \u201cVogue\u201d during photoshoots now, FELIX! has delivered an adequate replacement for the old Madonna tune. The Brockton rapper never utters the words \u201cstrike a pose\u201d on \u201cMARGIELA MADMAN!,\u201d but he doesn\u2019t need to. Strutting, swiveling, and casting a scathing \u201cblue steel\u201d glance at the camera is all but implied on his <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/07\/10\/felix-struts-with-style-on-new-single-margiela-madman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">July single<\/a>, which moves with the gazelle-like finesse of a runway model. FELIX\u2019s flow is just as lithe, and with Compton rapper Buddy by his side, \u201cMARGIELA MADMAN!\u201d is further confirmation that FELIX! is a high-end hip-hop star.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/6RToMbRJd8tOO9S4TjZigv?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gymshorts,<\/strong> &#8216;PMDD&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Look, we understand that discussing any topic with the word \u201cmenstrual\u201d involved might make some people uncomfortable. Do you know what\u2019s also uncomfortable? Living with years of fatigue, body dysmorphia, \u201cdebilitating\u201d lower back pain, and mood swings, all because of a misdiagnosis. So maybe take one for the team and turn up \u201cPMDD,\u201d Gymshorts\u2019 punk ripper about enduring life with premenstrual&nbsp;dysphoric&nbsp;disorder. Written from the vantage point of Sarah Greenwell \u2014 the Providence band\u2019s singer and guitarist \u2014 \u201cPMDD\u201d is a balm for other people living with the disorder, and a wake-up call about the realities of PMDD for everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always kinda scary to write something so personal and vulnerable but I\u2019ve always found comfort in making light of dark stuff,\u201d notes Greenwell. \u201cIt\u2019s been empowering to own something that disrupts my life&#8230; It makes me feel good to imagine that a song I wrote could help someone who is going through something similar. When I see girls going nuts at these shows, I\u2019m like \u2018fuck yeah!\u2019 This is a movement!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7cJmt2D9UKosMB4Sb2a2Yr?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hyber, &#8216;Waiting For Your Call<\/strong>&#8216;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Believe it or not, there was a time when a ringtone call could cause a heart-flutter instead of a shudder. The predominant practice these days is to decline any phone call that\u2019s not your best friend or a takeout delivery person \u2014 jeez, anyone else is probably a psychopath \u2014 but Hyber\u2019s song \u201cWaiting For Your Call\u201d conveys the fabled adrenaline rush of waiting on a ring from someone you\u2019re aching to reconnect with. The <a href=\"http:\/\/&lt;iframe data-testid=&quot;embed-iframe&quot; style=&quot;border-radius:12px&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3JvnMfiPRb0v2E01BOJBcd?utm_source=generator&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;352&quot; frameBorder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture&quot; loading=&quot;lazy&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">June tune<\/a> jitters with antici&#8230;pation,&nbsp;sending you back to afternoons of standing by the \u201chouse phone,\u201d praying your junior high crush would call. Or maybe those visions are just a side effect of the pop-punk the song\u2019s cushioned in, as delightfully springy and yearning as anything released in the early aughts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3JvnMfiPRb0v2E01BOJBcd?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jill McCracken, &#8216;dependents<\/strong>&#8216;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jill McCracken\u2019s been on this list before, <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2022\/12\/13\/year-in-review-vanyalands-22-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">back in 2022<\/a> for their radical plea&nbsp;\u201chelp me, hold me, heal me.\u201d But in their latest chapter, the Boston soul singer isn\u2019t seeking reassurance anywhere but within themself \u2014 and the search is a fraught one. McCracken\u2019s August single \u201cdependents\u201d is a pendulum swing in the other direction, their new compass the rallying cry of \u201cI depend on me now!\u201d The tune feels like a rite of passage: A snapshot of that moment when the people-pleasing levee breaks and all that\u2019s left is a torrent of self-assurance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/35mipcmYQ7EziKkEIOKMHs?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lewis M., <\/strong>&#8216;KENNY OMEGA&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing wrong with an artist assuaging self-doubt in the privacy of their own studio. But tackling that uncertainty publicly &#8212; and with a hard-hitting battle cry, at that &#8212; is one hell of a flex. To reclaim his potential, Lewis M. channels his favorite wrestler on <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/04\/25\/lewis-m-wrestles-self-doubt-to-the-ground-like-kenny-omega\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;KENNY OMEGA,&#8221;<\/a> a fresh start after an era of life that the Boston rapper described as \u201cpoisoned.\u201d&nbsp;It&#8217;s a champion&#8217;s anthem &#8212; and while wrestling&#8217;s bold moments can be staged, the moxie behind &#8220;KENNY OMEGA&#8221; is very real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I watch him wrestle, I feel like I\u2019m watching an artist that makes everything they do in the ring feel incredibly intentional and specific,\u201d Lewis told <em>Vanyaland<\/em>. \u201cHis matches always tell complex stories. I view him among my very favorite storytellers in any artistic medium.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2lTs4nVMhMftMudQa9invK?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Meech BOLD, <\/strong>&#8216;BROCKTON BOXER&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s repping your city the fun way &#8212; wearing themed merch, name-dropping local celebs &#8212; and there&#8217;s doing it the serious way, and placing your neighborhood&#8217;s conflicts the forefront of your art. That&#8217;s exactly what Meech BOLD did with his January song <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/01\/16\/meech-bold-stands-for-his-city-and-gets-heavy-on-brockton-boxer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;BROCKRON BOXER,&#8221;<\/a> an ode to his hometown bearing the weight of \u201cheavy circumstances&#8230; both fiscally and spiritually,\u201d as he explained on Instagram. Through the solo track, the Brockton rapper and Van Buren Records member effectively enters the ring on behalf of his city, using nimble bars to ignite difficult conversations and praise the area&#8217;s impact on his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs an adult, being a daily figure within the socioeconomic construct of Brockton, I can truly express the needs of a city I believe to be one of a kind \u2014 prosperous beyond measure,\u201d he wrote in the since-deleted Instagram post about the song. \u201cThe various trials I\u2019ve encountered within the last three years alone in the city have only built up a champion spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4mbkeOv2593e1T6lrnLeQj?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Oompa and Connie Diamond,<\/strong> \u2018HO3 SH!T\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Oompa gives us <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2020\/10\/09\/walter-sickert-and-oompa-let-love-be-the-way-for-positive-steps-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wisdom<\/a>. She gives us <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2020\/11\/09\/oompa-summons-cleansing-relief-with-new-single-closer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hope<\/a>, wrapped in an infectious groove. She gives us a model of <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2021\/10\/01\/interview-oompas-new-album-unbothered-plays-like-a-promise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unflappable grace<\/a>. And she gives us ass-shakers, a la <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/02\/17\/oompa-and-connie-diiamond-shine-on-new-collab-ho3-sht\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cH03 SH!T,\u201d<\/a> her April collab with Connie Diiamond. That\u2019s not to say that the Roxbury rapper\u2019s saucy single lacks depth. If anything, \u201cH03 SH!T\u201d demonstrates a thorough understanding of what it takes to make a crowd drop their money and\/or body on the floor. Either way, you\u2019re going to be feeling it in the morning, when the electric bounce of \u201cH03 SH!T\u201d is still ringing in your ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5QU7ETQNBiA6oW46oA1vXt?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Paper Lady,<\/strong> &#8216;Joe Modern&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These are divided times,  but rest assured that we can always reunite against a common enemy: Slimy real estate associates. Paper Lady\u2019s unique choice of topic for their song <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/04\/18\/paper-lady-skewer-joe-modern-with-jumpy-post-punk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cJoe Modern\u201d<\/a> isn\u2019t why we love the April single \u2014 we chalk that up to how its post-punk advances in precarious leaps and bounds \u2014 but the subject matter certainly cements it as one of Boston&#8217;s most memorable releases of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of [the songs] is about our realtor that we were working with when we were looking at houses and he\u2019s just like, the worst, so we wrote this song about him,\u201d said Paper Lady vocalist Alli Raina, describing the song at Boston Calling last year before their performance on the Orange Stage. \u201cI feel like our Boston people will understand that \u2014 the frustration of working with a realtor.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0CwWjzfcsDckJxOIi5jm7a?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shandelle, &#8216;TREAT U RIGHT<\/strong>&#8216;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nostalgia is, generally speaking, a filthy liar. But damn if Shandelle\u2019s song \u201cTREAT U RIGHT\u201d doesn\u2019t squeeze every last lusty drop out of &#8217;90s R&amp;B. The Boston singer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/10\/09\/shandelle-cruises-with-a-crush-on-new-tune-treat-u-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">October single<\/a> is a window into old-school crushing, and the view is so sultry that it practically arrives slicked with condensation. But even as great as \u201cTREAT U RIGHT\u201d is as a come-on, it\u2019s also peak \u201cgirls\u2019 night out\u201d material \u2014 the one push you need to down the extra shot, pick the heels that are an inch higher, and drop your dance moves a foot lower. No matter how you play it \u2014 flirty or fun \u2014 \u201cTREAT U RIGHT\u201d lives up to its name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/01EZ51xLGBqegku5xhkB3C?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ShellzWithAZ and Brandie Blaze,<\/strong> &#8216;VOWELS&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Class is in session, and ShellzWithAZ and Brandie Blaze have the floor. The two area emcees \u2014 from Brockton and Boston, respectively \u2014 teach a lesson in declarative statements with their January tune <a href=\"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/02\/12\/shellzwithaz-and-brandie-blaze-spell-out-their-skills-on-new-song-vowels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;VOWELS.&#8221;<\/a> Their prime example? The line \u201cA E I O U \/ I make this shit look good.\u201d ShellzWithAZ and Blaze lob various versions of the lyric back and forth, building hype as they vault off each other&#8217;s momentum. &#8220;VOWELS&#8221; shines for its streamlined self-confidence, but also its seamless flow between the two artists. 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