Self Love is a single, one track released on May 20, 2024. It belongs to the stream of compact releases that has defined much of Shanin Blake's catalog: roughly twenty releases between 2022 and 2026, most of them singles. Five months later came Divine Dopamine, a 31-track project and the largest in the catalog. Later came Rainbow Codes ~ Medicine Music ~ Live Sound Healing, Vol. 1, which frames the recordings most explicitly as sound-healing material. Set against those, Self Love is a small, focused statement. Its title names the inward turn that runs through Shanin's "Music for the Heart" framing: music meant to help people reconnect with their truth.
The available material doesn't list instruments, vocal approach, tempo, or production details, and it names no collaborators, so I won't describe what I can't verify. What can be said comes from context. Shanin works as a musician, retreat leader, and sound healer, and the live work centers on sound baths and ceremony, where pacing and sustain matter more than rhythmic drive. The catalog also moves between registers: meditative, medicine-oriented material on one side, and pop-facing self-empowerment singles on the other. Which register Self Love leans toward is something your own ears should settle. Press play before deciding what to expect, and notice the voice, the space around it, and how quickly the track asks you to settle.
There is only one track here, and it is the title track: "Self Love." Because the release is a single, there is no sequence to navigate and no deep cut to hunt for. The track works as a complete thought.
What makes it worth your attention is how it fits the way Shanin presents their work. The artist's own language, sound initiation, sacred ceremonies, soul family, treats listening as participation rather than background. A song titled Self Love invites that kind of use. It could serve as a single intention to carry into a quiet moment, a breathwork session, or a few minutes of stillness. Its short format makes it practical for that. You can return to it repeatedly without committing to a full album-length session.
I can't tell you how the track achieves its effect in terms of arrangement or lyric, because those details aren't in the source material. I can tell you what it is for, judging by title and context: turning attention inward.
It's worth being careful here. The available material names no formal lineage, guru, or institutional tradition for Shanin Blake, so this guide won't place Self Love in bhakti, kirtan, or any historical school. The artist's vocabulary points instead to the contemporary sound healing and ceremony circuit: sound baths, retreat-style private concerts, breathwork, yoga, meditation, intuition practices, and community sharing. The profile carries a devotional music tag, which suggests the songs are meant to function with a ritual or prayer-like quality, but that is a signal about intent, not a claim about training or inheritance.
The better frame is Shanin's own: recordings that feed into a live, participatory practice. In that sense, Self Love is a doorway to the retreat world as much as a standalone song.
This release suits someone already inclined toward intention-led listening. It will likely land most for people in a transitional moment: recovering from a hard stretch, rebuilding self-trust, or starting a daily practice and wanting a short, clear piece of music to anchor it. It also suits newcomers to Shanin's catalog who want a compact entry point before taking on Divine Dopamine or Rainbow Codes. Though the FAQ material suggests starting with Rainbow Codes for the clearest link to the live sound-healing practice, a single is a lower-stakes first step.
It is less suited to listeners who want music as pure background texture, to skeptics of spiritual vocabulary, or to anyone expecting high-tempo electronic energy. The framing around the work is central, and if it doesn't speak to you, the music may not either.
Treat the single as a small ritual rather than a playlist item.
- Alone. The theme is personal, and company tends to dilute it.
- Headphones. Without knowing the production, headphones give you the best chance of hearing the voice and the space around it in detail.
- Evening or early morning. Pick a time at the edge of the day, when you can set an intention before or after rather than rushing past it.
- More than once. Play it through with no task, then again with your eyes closed. Let the first pass be about orientation and the second about attention. If you practice breathwork or meditation, try it as an opening or closing piece.
Afterward, sit for a minute before reaching for your phone. A single track gives you only a few minutes of music, so the quiet that follows is part of the listening.
If it resonates, the natural next steps are Shanin's other inward-facing singles, such as Intuition and Innerpeace, or the live and retreat side of the work, which is best explored through shaninblake.com.