Shenseea Talks How She Spots A Hit In The Studio

Dancehall star Shenseea is riding high off the success of her latest single Run Run , which topped YouTube trending in Jamaica and is a favourite of the world’s fastest woman, Elaine Thompson-Herah. Her fan base, the ShenYengz, seem satisfied for now after her seven-month hiatus, but most are still eagerly awaiting her yet untitled debut album. Fans may be wondering what else to expect with the first sample so far being a resounding success, but the Trending Gyal is confident she’s got a suite full of hits.

In her recent interview on Transparent with Yulissa Delgado on Taste Radio1, Shenseea talked about her rise, her groundbreaking freestyles, and her tested formula for spotting a hit in the studio. 

In her short, five-year career, Shenseea has had an unbroken string of hit singles starting with 2016’s Jiggle Jiggle through to the YouTube smash Lighter that appeared on Tarrus Riley’s album, Healing . Her success has been bolstered by award-winning producers such as Rvssian and Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor, however, Shen maintains she’s actually able to spot a hit from the studio session, including the ones on her upcoming album.

“I let God lead the way, you may never know. Even when I first broke out on the scene in the music industry, I didn’t know that that track was gonna be my breakthrough track. I still don’t know what’s gonna break me through,” Shenseea told the host.

She continued, “I love producing music, I won’t put it out if I’m not comfortable with it, but most of my hits, I see them coming. ShenYeng Anthem, I knew that was gonna hit. It’s a good amount of them that I just said yo, this song is gonna hit, Good Comfort, Trending Gyal. Even on the album too, I got a couple, but I feel like all my favourites are on the album so I don’t even know if they’re gonna be competing with each other because I can’t even choose from my own album,” she said. 

Though Shenseea seems sure of her next big moves and spoke excitedly about advancing her career as well as breaking barriers with her music, the Loodi singer says she was truly blown away by the viral response to her Don’t Rush freestyle back in January.

“I always knew I could do what I do, and I could write, but once people started reposting it and it got the traction that it got, it gave me a new insight that yo, people actually f with me,” she said laughing. 

Watch the entire interview below.