Cello releases debut single “Vitamins”

Based in Brighton, newcomer Cello arrives with an charged up sound, sitting somewhere between confrontation and control. Originally trained at the Junior Royal College of Music in London, her origins are based in classical discipline, but what she’s built from that background moves in a very different direction. Under the Cello moniker, she reshapes that training into something sharper, where tension becomes the whole point.

Her name itself nods to that past; as a trained cellist, she developed within a world defined by structure and virtuoso performance. But as Celle, she breaks them apart, pulling out the elements and reworking them into a new context, resulting in music which lands in a space she describes as post-punk-pop, though even that feels slightly too neat. Between playfulness and discomfort, humour and critique, she’s creating a musical output unlike any other while leaning into the awkwardness of the ideas it explores.

Her debut single titled “Vitamins” offers the first clear entry point into that world and as an introduction, it doesn’t ease the listener in. It establishes her voice with a punch, built on hypnotic repetition and a delivery that feels intentionally flat, almost detached and that detachment becomes part of the message, allowing the track to move between satire and sincerity without ever fully committing to either.

Thematically, “Vitamins” takes aim at wellness culture and the expectations placed around modern femininity and there’s a particular focus on the idea of self-improvement as something transactional. In Cello’s world, the language of care becomes something else entirely, shaped by pressure, expectation and performance, offering a portrait of exhaustion, not as a dramatic collapse, but as something ongoing, something stitched into daily routines.

Opened by the bright stabs of staccato synth notes, the track jumps as Cello’s bouncy vocal delivery rolls above the uptempo shuffle of jittery drums and driving guitar lines, forming a gripping punk rock scene. Cut with instantly memorable hooks and angsty, sardonic lyricism that takes aims at the endless cycle it’s mirroring, “Vitamins” progresses with subtly unsettling flourishes of atonal guitar lines to craft an epic outing that’s musically engaging as well as conceptually profound.

Paired with the single is a music video created by Martin Gordon which features Cello performing the song and dancing in front of a series of visually invigorating, colourful backdrops, bringing the music alive on screen in spectacular fashion. While “Vitamins” serves as the first window into the intriguing musical world that Cello is creating, it already suggests a broader framework where repetition, tension and commentary collide. With the forthcoming album Kung Fu Disco on the horizon, Cello is set to make a significant impression on what’s sure to be her breakout year as an exciting new artist on the rise.

Watch the music video for Vitamins below

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