Wendzelle’s New Single “Make Up Your Mind” to Benefit Domestic Abuse Shelter
On January 1st, 2021, WENDZELLE released her second single, “Make Up Your Mind”. Initially slated for release with another artist, and plagued by 2 years of production woes, the persistence of this song’s message prevailed. “Make Up Your Mind” is a dance-pop anthem promoting female empowerment and owning one’s self-worth. The track encourages listeners to “make up their minds” to be treated with respect and dignity. “Make Up Your Mind” was inspired by memories from Alyssa’s past relationships - relationships marked by anger, manipulation, and violence. As this track tackles domestic violence, Alyssa has partnered up with Laura’s House of Orange County to donate 50% of profits from streams and sales to the organization to help women and children facing abuse.
Artist Bio:
WENDZELLE (born Alyssa Wendzel) is a pop / R&B / EDM songwriter, producer, vocalist, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist who focuses on celebrating “fem-powerment” and the diversity of human emotion. As a songwriter, she wrote “Empty Spaces”, a track co-produced with Grammy-nominated producer Brandon “Blue” Hamilton (Justin Bieber, Ne-Yo, Usher, Ciara), and independently released by Mariah Belgrod. Currently, “Empty Spaces” has over 95,000 streams.
An in-house songwriter and producer at Sony Europe-affiliated Focal Productions, Inc., Wendzelle has ghost-written and co-produced for pop, rock, folk, and international artists. She has collaborated with the teams from Studio D in Sausalito, CA, and Send It Records in Seattle, WA. In 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alyssa self-released her first song under the pseudonym WENDZELLE, a name that not only celebrates her family history, but her commitment to writing music directed towards a female audience. The track, “Excuses”, is a collaboration with Seattle-based House producer and DJ Lowsh. While she describes releasing her own music as “weird,” Alyssa has embraced the challenge of expressing her own thoughts in her own voice, letting people see her “off-the-wall” and edgy personality.
Press Quotes:
“The beats drive hard, the grooves look you in the eye, challenging you not to dance…by the chorus you will be dancing anyway so you might as well just get on with it from the start…” (A&R Magazine on “Empty Spaces”)
“The song’s lyrics … will captivate you from the very first note.” (Indie Music Women - on “Empty Spaces”)
“This track pulls you in & keeps you captivated up to the beat drop & you dance around your room (or my fave, your car) in a trance like state.” (Danielle Marie of BadKollective - on “Excuses”)
“This song is so important to me, not only as an artist, but as a human. As someone who struggled in the past to find my own value in relationships - and who stayed in unhealthy relationships for too long - “Make Up Your Mind” is my constant reminder to know my own worth, and to make sure others do, too.” (Wendzelle on “Make Up Your Mind”)
“It’s incredibly rewarding to take a song from start to finish - from writing this song on my own at my kitchen table, to rocking out in post-production. Taking such an active part in every step of a song’s journey is definitely my favorite part of being a music creator.” (Wendzelle on “Make Up Your Mind”)
Please contact Alyssa at alyssa@wendzelle.com for interviews and any further information.
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