Mel Chanté is a poet, artist, creator of self-talk platform Vow to Self + author of Brown Butter. She’s the creator + host of the Vow to Self podcast. She leads meditations on The Shine App, while hosting its podcast The Daily Shine for the past year, voted one of Apple’s best self-care apps of 2020.

Boston native and Brooklyn living, Mel has been sharing  spoken word  poetry on stages across the U.S. and Europe, in major cities like Boston,  New York City, Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, London, Copenhagen, Berlin and more.

Mel’s debut book of poetry, Brown Butter, is a collection of affirming words and poems for self love, worth, expression and healing. She’s the creator of a community space for self-talk, Vow to Self, sharing affirmations and uplifting messages, and anyone can message an affirmation that spreads light. Mel also hosts the Vow to Self podcast, voicing grounding affirmations in each episode.

Mel’s popular single and visual, Magnificent, is from her debut EP, FLO, available on all podcast platforms.

Magnificent visually captures the essence of Flo, a journey of poetry and melody through life’s daily rhythms that all lead back to honoring self-love.

With performances turning virtual, Mel’s performed in front of audiences expanding into the thousands, including Rupi Kaur’s open mic, Sofar Sounds’ Living Room and BandsinTown.

Mel hosted The Daily Shine by The Shine App for the past year, which was voted Apple’s Best of 2020 self-care apps.

You can listen to Mel’s poetry on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Youtube,  Soundcloud and all other platforms.

If you want to book Mel Chanté to perform, speak, host a workshop, partner as an influencer or another project, send her a quick note.