Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – She has promised herself that she is going to by no means sit out taking part in mas once more. As an artiste, Shivonne Churche-Isaacs, the entertainer generally known as Lil’ Bitts, perceive the ins and outs of the competition season in Trinidad and Tobago. She’s been within the enterprise for 20 years, however by no means in one million years had she imagined she would really feel the way in which she did when she made the aware resolution, one season, to take a seat out parading the streets on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. Bitts mentioned she actually received sick and has since vowed, she is going to by no means ignore Carnival’s name once more.
All set and able to hit the highway with Yuma on Carnival Monday and Tuesday, the singer is worked up about this lengthy carnival 2025 season.
Social Media Pages
5 songs launched to her credit score, Bitts is having fun with the fruits of her labour and fairly candidly shares moments of unbridled pleasure, on her social media pages.
“Many individuals have been taking a look at my social media pages. The engagement with followers has led to promoters contacting me. Social media is a key instrument for artists,” she says.
She encourages her friends and new artists to make use of this digital useful resource totally.
New Music
In current days, the artiste has been sharing a mission that she feels is a vital component that has been lacking from her repertoire. “Brighter Days,” produced by Gaffa Productions, has been a very long time coming.
“This mission was three years within the making and it’s very particular to me. It’s a track that I do know is critical, particularly due to the occasions we’re going through. I actually wished to do a track that was significant and that is it,” she mentioned.
Different notable mentions on the mission are Stemz, District 6 Studios and Benje Music- musical minds from across the area.
Bitts with M1
“That is what I like and recognize about expertise – the truth that regardless of being elsewhere, we’re capable of join and get the job executed,” highlighted the singer. Equally, she recorded ‘Wetter’- a 2025 launch executed collaboratively with M1, separate and aside from him, finally revealing a observe that she is extraordinarily comfortable to have been capable of do. “I like female and male collaborations and M1 is a very unimaginable artiste; he isn’t like some other artiste within the house. We have been presupposed to work on a observe collectively a few years in the past and it by no means occurred, so this chance got here alongside and we made it occur,” she defined.
Carnival Season
A prolonged Carnival season brings with it large alternative for artistes to discover and ship extra to their followers. This season, Bitts obtained a name from the Pungalunks Manufacturing facility.
“I received a name and was supplied the chance to contribute vocals to a chutney track,” she mentioned, excited to disclose that the observe, collaboratively executed with Reshma Ramlal – the Warrior Princess, was a dream come true for her. “Once I was a baby, I liked dressing up in Indian put on and I might have a look at all of the East Indian motion pictures. I used to be at all times intrigued by the tradition and I knew at some point I wished to do a Chutney track, however I wished it to occur organically,” she mentioned, and that it did.
The duo has since accomplished manufacturing of a video for the one, ‘Poowah Nah Prepared,’ and out of the expertise, Bitts says she is as soon as once more in awe of the multi-cultural magnificence that exists in T&T. “Capturing the video – the general vitality of the tradition made me notice simply how stunning T&T is.
We’re so multicultural. I actually loved being across the staff. They have been very supportive of me and all through the expertise, I felt like we have been all actually one individuals.”
Ramlal has since made it into the semi-finals of the Chutney Soca Monarch competitors.
In 2024, Bitts collaborated with Barbados’ DJ Ky on a track known as, ‘Watchin It.’ The observe has since crossed over into T&T’s 2025 season and Bitts admits that she likes working with the Bajan producer.
“DJ Ky and I mesh very well. We now have a particular vibe. He’s additionally answerable for the manufacturing executed on ‘Wettah’ with M1,” she mentioned.
Exterior of that, the artiste has additionally unleashed ‘Pattern,’ which was produced by Advokit Productions and co-written by Azaryah, Package Israel and Bitts herself.
“I made an additional effort to write down for myself. I believe there’s a really particular connection to the track’s lyrics whenever you pen them your self. This isn’t to say that I gained’t welcome songs written by different songwriters although.”
Lil’ Bitts
A girl who wears a number of hats, Lil’ Bitts has grown tremendously over the previous 20 years. She has seen the Soca enterprise evolve and says as a lot as she doesn’t like change, she understands it’s the one fixed.
“Once I began off on this enterprise, we might store our music round to DJs and the general public, with CDs. I keep in mind taking CDs to the blokes with the carts on Frederick Avenue in Port-of-Spain. As we speak, every thing is on social media; it’s mainly your promo package,” she reiterated.
Nonetheless on the subject of evolution, Bitts recalled that again within the day, Soca artistes weren’t reliant on stylists and make-up artistes, like they’re in the present day. “Again then no one had stylists. You’d go right down to Tent Metropolis on the town, or to Arima, get your garments, costume your self otherwise you may see a mode in {a magazine} and also you’d get somebody to stitch a reproduction, however these days it’s a full glam squad,” she highlighted, mentioning that for up-and-coming artistes, the hassle to face beside greater artistes who can afford stylists and different professionals, can show difficult.
“My recommendation to new artistes is to spend money on themselves early. When this season ends, start planning for the subsequent season and discover ways to professionally do issues for your self. Once I was youthful, my mom had me be taught hair and make-up, and when issues are tight, I can handle alone,” she admitted.
A radio persona at city frequency, Boom94, Lil’ Bitts is maneuvering within the enterprise of music and media properly. “I did radio broadcasting on the age of 17 and I’ve executed tv beforehand, however radio has confirmed to be extra of a problem,” she admits. It doesn’t matter what comes her means although, Bitts is consistently making strikes to enhance and develop.
She hopes her newest launch, ‘Brighter Days,’ will uplift others. She desires them to seek out energy to look previous their challenges. As a substitute, she encourages them to concentrate on the chances forward.
