Preview | CYANCA
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Charlotte R&B musician CYANCA blends soul, honesty and vulnerability into an electrifying sound.
Charlotte R&B musician CYANCA brings powerful honesty to every note. She shares how her upbringing, personal healing and evolving identity shaped her signature sound, full of soul, reflection and emotional clarity.
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Arts Council within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Preview | CYANCA
Preview: 4/9/2026 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlotte R&B musician CYANCA brings powerful honesty to every note. She shares how her upbringing, personal healing and evolving identity shaped her signature sound, full of soul, reflection and emotional clarity.
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- In church, I just gradually started to navigate towards the instruments.
- Mm-hmm.
- It really started in church, like, my love for music.
[chill synth music] ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Okay, I back it up then I leave ♪ ♪ I'm way too clean ♪ ♪ Pull up to my shows in Givenchy, look like a fein ♪ ♪ My mans gonna set me up for that, for that ♪ - [Announcer] Join us Thursdays for new episodes of "Shaped By Sound."
♪ I'm just jumping off that beam, ha ♪
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