Moonchild Sanelly livid by SA Radio Station. Women empowerment activist and Musician Moonchild Sanelly is putting South African Radio Stations on blast after her new single ‘Askies’ featuring the ‘ Jazz Disciples’ has been pulled from radio station playlists in Mzansi.
Moonchild’s verse is a confident affirmation, paying homage to women and the self-esteem issues that women face on the daily.
Moonchild describes the funky song as the women’s anthem and is furious that SA radio stations have banned the song describing the content as explicit.
The mother of one is known for her risqué lyrical content and her verse on this song is no different than any other. Sanelly openly speaks of thunder thighs, butts and big bobs and the frustration caused by the difficulty in expressing her body because of society and its restrictions.
Sanelly expressed her disappointment over having the song removed from radio playlist in a two part rant on Twitter with the caption “Dear South African Radio Stations and your double standards!!”.
In her video, the singer asked: “how many women are objectified by men in songs and are played on the radio but are played on the radio” and questioned why a song that celebrates body positivity from a woman is removed from the radio.
The “Yebo” collaborator let it be known that she will always speak for up for women and will never stop celebrating the no matter how much the media may scrutinise and label her music as explicit.
She boldly emphasised her message saying “I will not stop for as long as it’s about women owning their bodies and celebrating them, I will not stop, you can call it explicit all you like.”
The people of twitter seem to stan with Sanelly as they are also questioning why the song has been banned, saying that the singer has been done an injustice.
Sanelly has now started the #thunderthighschallenge to get the people going.
We’ll just have to wait and see if the cries of twitter have been heard but in the mean time take a look at Moonchild defending her Song.
By Sinakho Mandla
