Moonchild Sanelly: “I don’t consciously decide whether I want to date men or women.” With her signature blue hair and sexually empowering persona, Moonchild Sanelly is one of the most distinctive music artists on the continent.
And, at the end of 2020, the gqom star revealed that she is dating a woman. The Gqeberha-born Sanelly launched her career performing in Durban.
Moving to Joburg, she started to take on the rest of South Africa (and the world) with her “future ghetto punk” sound; fusing elements of electronic, afro-punk, pop, kwaito, hip hop and jazz.
Sanelly has since performed at festivals around the globe and in 2019 was famously featured on the track My Power, on Beyonce’s critically acclaimed album Black is King.