{"id":2456131,"date":"2026-06-12T10:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2456131"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:47:53","slug":"sa-yandani-announces-new-single-ahead-of-debut-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sa-yandani-announces-new-single-ahead-of-debut-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0SA: Yandani announces new single ahead of debut EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The 20-year-old musician, who has built a following of more than one million users on TikTok, is scheduled to release the six-track EP on 10 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to Yandani, \u2018Touch\u2019 explores the emotional intensity of being deeply attracted to someone despite recognising the complications within the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Touch\u2019 is about being so in love with someone to the point where you lose control over your own life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though the person seems to be playing games with your feelings, their beauty and presence are so powerful that you are willing to drop everything just to be near them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song combines pop and R&amp;B influences and was co-written with British songwriter and producer Sacha Skarbek and songwriter Stephen Barnes. Skarbek is known for his work on songs including You&#8217;re Beautiful and Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt, as well as Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the songwriting process, Yandani said the collaboration focused on creating an upbeat and enjoyable track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very fun writing this song with Sacha and Stephen. We didn&#8217;t want to make it super serious \u2013 we just kept it fun, bouncing ideas off each other. Having that much fun during the writing process was the most meaningful part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The forthcoming EP was developed over a two-year period, with recording and writing sessions taking place in London, Durban and Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>According to Yandani, <em>About You <\/em>examines various aspects of young relationships, including love, heartbreak, confidence and vulnerability. The project blends pop and R&amp;B influences across six tracks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this EP I\u2019m hoping that people see that even if you are sad and going through a lot, you&#8217;re still a baddie and you don&#8217;t need anyone to bring that down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can cry and be sad but my music is here to lift your spirit and remind you that you are the baddest.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yandani - Touch (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W97_InQ-2Gg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"video-filter-wrapper\"><em><strong>Contributors:\u00a0Bakang Mokgautsi, Muvhango Ndou, Mbongeni Yaka, Hlomisa Nqayana and Sisi Nkabinde<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicinafrica.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 20-year-old musician, who has built a following of more than one million users on TikTok, is scheduled to release the six-track EP on 10 July 2026. According to Yandani, \u2018Touch\u2019 explores the emotional intensity of being deeply attracted to someone despite recognising the complications within the relationship. \u201c\u2018Touch\u2019 is about being so in love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2456132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2456131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SA-Yandani-announces-new-single-ahead-of-debut-EP.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456133,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456131\/revisions\/2456133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}