{"id":180850,"date":"2026-03-06T15:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180850\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:31:25","slug":"um-artist-chxndlr-on-his-upcoming-new-single-revenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180850\/","title":{"rendered":"UM artist CHXNDLR on his upcoming new single: \u201cREVENGE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>CHXNDLR’s new single “REVENGE” releases on March 7. Graphic Courtesy of Jacob Chandler.<\/p>\n

At 19 years old, Jacob Chandler, known artistically as CHXNDLR, already understands something many musicians spend years trying to figure out: authenticity will outlast a trend time and time again.<\/p>\n

Chandler is a sophomore at the University of Miami, where he\u2019s pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Music Industry with a minor in Marketing. Chandler didn\u2019t stumble into music. He\u2019s been building toward it since he was six years old.<\/p>\n

The result is \u201cREVENGE,\u201d Chandler\u2019s new single releasing March 7. Entirely written, produced and performed by him, the track is a Y2K-inspired hip-hop with elements of R&B and hyperpop<\/p>\n

Piano quickly became a constant throughout his life. Jazz piano followed and with it came improvisation, instinct and the freedom to create.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since being based in Miami, that same freedom has influenced his production work.<\/p>\n

Chandler\u2019s relationship with music evolved the most during the pandemic. What simply started as a hobby and something he says he was \u201creally bad at,\u201d, slowly became an obsession.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Music production wasn\u2019t just another skill to learn, it became a passion. What pulled him in most was the limitless nature of production. With production, he realized, you can build anything from nothing.<\/p>\n

In January, Chandler attended the National Association of Music Merchants convention in Los Angeles. There, he spoke on how being around industry professionals and emerging artists led to the idea that success meant picking a lane and staying there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For a moment, he considered the idea. Chandler had already experimented before, even releasing a house track he later admitted didn\u2019t feel authentic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t matter what the genre was,\u201d Chandler\u00a0 said. \u201cIt was the idea that I was trying to pick a niche. I felt like I was being kept in a box.\u201d<\/p>\n

That realization was pivotal. Instead of narrowing himself, he decided to expand. \u201cREVENGE,\u201d his upcoming single, shows his ability to experiment but keep the same energetic beats that makes CHXNDLR.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou might have gotten me good, but I\u2019m going to make sure what happens to me happens to nobody else. That\u2019s my revenge,\u201d Chandler said.<\/p>\n

Part of him admits he imagines an audience and what they might expect. But he\u2019s learning not to let that expectation dictate the work. As he puts it: create what feels good.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour art can be you being yourself and not you being forced to be someone you\u2019re not,\u201d Chandler said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His minor in marketing isn\u2019t a backup plan \u2014 it\u2019s part of his long-term vision. He wants to exist on both sides of the industry as an artist who creates and and helps other artists bring their visions to life.<\/p>\n

For now, \u201cREVENGE\u201d represents something simple but powerful: a 19-year-old artist choosing freedom over formula. And that may be his most defining move yet.Listen to \u201cREVENGE\u201d on Spotify<\/a> when it comes out on Saturday, March 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHXNDLR’s new single “REVENGE” releases on March 7. Graphic Courtesy of Jacob Chandler. At 19 years old, Jacob…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-180850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}