#LISTEN: "THE VALLEY" BY KESHIA CHANTE

Good evening and welcome to The Rebirth, #KCRyders! After a four-year hiatus the newly anticipated single from Keshia is here! (A bit earlier than the helmed 11/11) Nevertheless, we've gotten NEW music and THAT we're pretty excited about! The song itself details a relationship in which she'd like her distant significant other to at least meet her in the middle regarding where they are.


Stream Keshia's brand new single, "The Valley" on Bet.com by clicking here.

Article  from BET.com:

Keshia Chanté is taking her career back to where it all began.

The former co-host of BET’s 106 and Park is stepping back to the mic, and this time it’s all about the music. The 28-year-old Canadian songstress and Juno Award winner has returned with her new single, “The Valley.” Produced by Stephen Rezza, the track finds Keshia Chanté employing her sensual vocals to plead for a love unreturned. Relatable to many who’ve been there, the singer notes that “The Valley” is a snapshot of early adulthood.

“Love, heartbreak, dysfunction, my 20’s are about self discovery. My sound is where angst and honesty meet,” she says.

Keshia Chanté has previously garnered Top 10 radio success in Canada, as well as rounded up awards and acclaim. She originally hit the music scene at the age of 15, and has since rounded out her career to also include a successful two-year television stint. She now says the sum of her experiences has heightened her overall craft.

"I may have been a singer for many years, but today I am an Artist."

Chanté’s upcoming release is expected in 2017, and features collaborations with singer/songwriter Tayla Parx (Alicia Keys, Firth Harmony) producer Boi-1Da (Drake, Rihanna) and a host of others. 

#EXCLUSIVE: KESHIA CHANTE'S "THE VALLEY" DUE 11/11

Evening #KCRyders! We've got some exciting news to share. After what seems like forever and a day, the silence will be broken from our girl, Keshia on Friday November 11, 2016. "The Valley", her newly anticipated single (after her four-year hiatus from the music scene) is set to drop 11/11. The project itself is helmed as Keshia's FIRST worldwide release to her fan base under her independent imprint KChanteInc. set to drop later this year. Releasing right on the heels of the fifth anniversary of her last solo effort, "Night & Day", "The Valley" a ballad penned with Elle Vee, will showcase a "more mature" Chante. And if that doesn't spark your intrigue, with this single comes brand new look that showcases an edgier, confident, and subtly sensual woman that's asserting her womanhood and has finally come into her own.

You'll have to wait a few days to hear the "dawning of a new era"... but is clear that "Chante Season" has returned!

#KCQUICKNEWS: KESHIA CHANTE HINTS AT NEW MUSIC

Evening #KCRyders! "The end is near..." at least according to Keshia. After posting the new promotional photos on her respective Social Media accounts, she posted a photo to her Instagram earlier today with the cryptic message,  "the end will deliver the new breed".

She also confirmed new music on the way when tweeting to a fan on yesterday. With Hockey Wives wrapping up it's second season, this is the perfect time to strike while the iron is hot. Here's hoping we're set to go on ITunes worldwide when that new music drops!

#NEWPICS: NEW KESHIA CHANTE PROMO PHOTOS

Evening #KCRyders! Stunning new photos of Keshia surfaced on Keshia's social media accounts earlier this evening. The photos show Keshia casually relaxed in a director's chair in cascading raven-tinted curls, barefoot wearing a t-shirt dress. The simplistic nature of the shoot definitely makes us reminiscent of some of the Night & Day Era, "Day" photos shot in her former Toronto abode. Is this a tease? Or does this mean new music on the way? Either way, Keshia looks great!

WATCH: KESHIA CHANTE TALKS WITH WNETWORK ON BALANCING LOVE & CAREER

Evening #KCRyders! As promised we're posting the newest interview from Keshia on WNetwork. In Keshia's latest interview she talks about how she balances love and career with WNetwork. She explains in depth her decision to put her career on hold for now and focus on family. You can watch the interview by clicking here...

Note: Please keep in mind Keshia's interviews were filmed August 2015 so a lot might have changed since then.

If you're unable to see the interview, you can read the transcript for the interview below.


Keshia Chante's Vlog: Balancing Love and Relationships.

Transcript -

"It's really hard for two people to have a crazy, hectic schedule. And for there to be a lot of pressure publicly and we're both performers. He performs. I perform. In different ways. It can be really difficult and something always have to give, right? I can do my career til I'm old. I can be eighty. I can have a record label, sign artists. I can always be in the music industry, or I can always be singing. Look at Madonna! You can sing forever. Right? But for him, within hockey you can only do hockey for so long. You can only actually play on a team for so long.

So I think something's gotta give. And even though I like to balance career and love, I think there has to be priority at the end of the day. There's always gotta be that one thing that you're always go to and I always pick family. I always pick him. I always pick whatever, wherever he is I go. I gotta turn down certain opportunities so that I have time to stay at home. It's important! Most people, you know it's like "9-5", "Monday-Friday", And you guys are both working the same hours at the same time.

But because we're so different, I have to make a point to make sure it works. He can't control his schedule, but I can. So I'm the one that's gotta give. It's very hard for two people to have crazy careers to make it work. But I think that you can if you're both paying attention to what's going on, you spend a lot of quality time with each other and you communicate."

End Transcript

#NEWPICS: KESHIA CHANTE ON HOCKEY WIVES 2B-13

Morning #KCRyders! Happy Friday! Just in time for the weekend,  here are new photos of Keshia appearing in Wednesday's episode of WNetwork's Hockey Wives (Episode 2B-13 "Time Out" that aired May 4, 2016). In this episode, they show some of the footage that Keshia filmed with cast mates Taylor Wink, Martine Forget and additional guest star Sarah Elms.

The footage consists of beach-side service and conversation about Taylor's art gallery.  Followed by Martine, Taylor, Keshia, and Sarah having dinner in a Teppanyaki restaurant in Mexico. The last of the footage features Keshia attempting rappelling into a water filled cave in Mexico and then Keshia leaves the trip (which explains Martine, Sarah and Taylor's trio photos on Instagram minus Keshia even better now).

Click below  to see all of the BTS Photos!

Photo Cred: WNetwork/ All Things Hockey Wives

#KCQUICKNEWS: #WDISHBLOG #16 KC'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S MOST FASHIONABLE CITIES

Hey #KCRydersCrew! In Keshia's latest blog, she takes you on a trip around the world to places she's been as an artist and along with her hockey bf. She also divulged her secrets about the fashion life in places like Switzerland, Germany and the city of Toronto. We can't give you everything, so click here to read more about KC'S take on the fabulous fashion around the world.

#KCQUICKNEWS: #WDISHBLOG #15: KC'S 5 MINUTE MAKEUP ROUTINE

Morning #KCRydersCrew! Another day, another makeup tutorial blog from KC. Find out how to get camera ready in less than five minutes from KC by clicking here.

#KCQUICKNEWS: #WDISH BLOG #14: KC'S SECRETS FROM CELEBRITY MAKEUP ARTISTS

Morning #KCRydersCrew! KC gives her three steps of makeup prep from celebrity makeup artists: Prep, Blend and Glow. With everything from Evan water mist to bamboo brushes and the light up Lumme Iphone case you might of spotted on her Instagram as she was filming the finale of Season 2B of Hockey Wives in Mexico earlier this year. While it does sound a bit repetitive in nature as far as subject matter from   previous blogs that captured that same concept; one thing is for sure if you hear or see something more than once it's worth paying attention to. To see more of KC'S Secrets From Celebrity Makeup Artists click here.

#GETLIKEKEESH DIOR "SO REAL" MIRRORED SUNGLASSES

Afternoon #KCRyders! Here's a new glam look-for-less, that we affectionately call "Get Like Keesh". At the end of March, Keshia posted a WDish blog about her favorite spring-must-haves, one of them being these Dior "So Real" Mirrored Sunglasses. Below we'll show you how to get the exact pair, an inexpensive pair and a replica pair.

To get the exact pair Keshia rocks in her gif, you'll have to visit Barneys.com.

The Splurge (Cost $560) - Barneys.com
If you've got the dough, go for it! Barney's.com is a great place to get the exact match that Keshia wore in her gif. Believe it or not Keshia is a die-hard online-shopper and claims that she'll be one forever!

The Inexpensive (Cost $329) - Amazon.com
If you still want the exact pair that Keshia has, but for a lesser price, my go-to fashion fave is Amazon.com of course! Nine times out of ten, Amazon.com has what you're looking for and it's easier to navigate vs having to bid your way to a pair on EBay. But Ebay runs a close second!

The Replica (Cost $7-$20) - Target.com

Target.com (and Target in general) is one of my personal favorites to go to! They've got great replica's of todays current fashion trends for sometimes half or even close to 90% off the actual retail price. Target has mirrored sunglasses ranging between $7 and $20 bucks! Can't beat that!