{"id":50382,"date":"2019-06-10T10:45:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T09:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=50382"},"modified":"2019-06-10T10:45:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T09:45:32","slug":"indie-pop-randb-artist-shelita-releases-highly-anticipated-new-single-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/06\/indie-pop-randb-artist-shelita-releases-highly-anticipated-new-single-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Pop\/RandB Artist Shelita Releases Highly Anticipated New Single &#8216;Religion!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Award-winning Indie Pop\/RnB artist Shelita has just released her highly anticipated new single &#8216;Religion!&#8217; (from her soon to be released self-title debut album) to critical acclaim. Her rise to pop stardom is inspirational, going from a once depressed, suicidal and frustrated former foster youth, Shelita has overcome unbelievable obstacles and through her music is releasing her expressions of the triumphs of the human spirit.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shelita\u2019s unique vocal delivery evokes a strange beauty, as if she was channeling a blend of Bjork and Beyonc\u00e9 to create an intimate yet powerful performance all her own. She made her first appearance in the pop urban music scene charting #14 on Billboard\u2019s Next Big Sound Chart in February 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Los Angeles born yet raised in Seattle, Shelita left for Europe to pursue her music career. Shelita has been a trailblazer in adopting new technologies, including blockchain, to show the world a new artist model that puts artists first. She is the archetype of what is possible for modern creatives. Through touring the world, she built a loyal fan base and has been leading as new artist movement that combines music and tech in innovative ways.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50385\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/06\/indie-pop-randb-artist-shelita-releases-highly-anticipated-new-single-religion\/shelita-burke-profile-001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shelita-Burke-profile-001.jpg?fit=3456%2C3205&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3456,3205\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Shelita-Burke-profile-001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shelita-Burke-profile-001.jpg?fit=640%2C594&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50385\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shelita-Burke-profile-001.jpg?resize=640%2C594&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"594\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IN SHELITA\u2019S WORDS:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis song has magic that only music can describe. I poured my whole being and heart into this one. Sometimes you are so in love with someone and it is a divine experience that takes you to a higher place that is hard to put into words, in this song I wanted to write and deliver something that captured that feeling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was so excited after I wrote this song that I called up some of my friends and played it for them over the phone and they kept saying that there was something about this song that just took them to a different place. One of those people I called was the person I wrote the song for and let\u2019s just say wedding bells may be ringing soon\u2026 \u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The release of this single comes after having amassed over 20 million streams with her last EP, Special, and reaching #24 on Billboard. &#8216;Religion!&#8217; is available worldwide through all major streaming services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to &#8216;Religion!&#8217; from the upcoming debut album &#8216;Shelita&#8217; available June 21, 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about Shelita online on her <a href=\"https:\/\/shelitaburke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shelitaburke\/\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelitaBurke\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShelitaBurke\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5V0TpjZuquJ43WvKZyskj1\">Spotify<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/shelitaburke\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning Indie Pop\/RnB artist Shelita has just released her highly anticipated new single &#8216;Religion!&#8217; (from her soon to be released self-title debut album) to critical acclaim. Her rise to pop stardom is inspirational, going from a once depressed, suicidal and frustrated former foster youth, Shelita has overcome unbelievable obstacles and through her music is releasing her expressions of the triumphs of the human spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,12133],"tags":[8656,15308,8703,68,226,240,15613,18621,21594],"class_list":["post-50382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-news","tag-billboard","tag-eileen-shapiro","tag-grammy-awards","tag-new-music","tag-pop","tag-rb","tag-religion","tag-rnb-2","tag-shelita-burke"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-d6C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49910,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/05\/maad-baad\/","url_meta":{"origin":50382,"position":0},"title":"MAAD &#8211; &#8216;BAAD&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"24\/05\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"New York born, LA based pop-soul singer MAAD is also a DJ as well as a recording artist, which is reflected in her sound, which while contemporary, contain homages to the legendary sisters of the past, such as Donna Summer, and Diana Ross. 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