Welcome to the New World, and the world is answering back.
Shaney Poo, aka Mr. Shane, dropped his new album project "Welcome to the New World" in July 2026, and the response has been anything but quiet. The project's viral single "New World Bounce" has pulled in tons of reviews and collaboration requests and is still going crazy on social media to date, while the album's headlining single "Have to Confess" featuring Nova Novais keeps the momentum building. From the US to Africa to the UK and beyond, influencers around the world are going crazy over this project, and it shows no signs of slowing down. For a summer release, the staying power has been remarkable: the reviews keep stacking, the collaboration requests keep landing, and the buzz has yet to cool.
The global reaction makes sense the second you hear where the sound comes from. Shaney Poo is a Haitian-American artist, songwriter, producer, and cultural curator from Boston, MA, with a genre-blending style that fuses pop, hip-hop, Afrobeat, and gospel. It is music built for movement across borders: his work reflects love, purpose, and creative freedom, the kind of combination that translates in any language and on any timeline. When a single record can live comfortably in so many genres at once, a worldwide audience is not a surprise. It is the plan, executed the way only a producer and curator with his range could pull off.
But Shaney Poo's impact runs deeper than one album. As co-founder of B.L.A.C Pop Music and Show & Tell Boston, he has become a beacon for Boston's indie music scene, transforming a city long known for jazz and classical into a hub for rising pop and hip-hop talent. With a signature clean-cut, expressive image and roots planted firmly in community-building, he has earned a reputation as a true Renaissance man, pushing the boundaries of sound, style, and service all at once.
That Renaissance energy is exactly what "Welcome to the New World" bottles. The viral run of "New World Bounce" brought the reviews and the collaboration requests. "Have to Confess" featuring Nova Novais stepped up as the headlining single. And together, they have turned a summer album drop into a worldwide conversation, one bounce at a time.
For an artist whose foundation has always been community, the irony is sweet: the Boston scene-builder now has the whole world showing up. With "Welcome to the New World," Shaney Poo is not just welcoming listeners into his vision. He is proving that a sound rooted in love, purpose, and creative freedom travels everywhere.