Rising singer, bassist and producer Adeline is set to release her new Intérimes EP, a genre-blending collection of 7 songs that give a future-facing nod to old school soul, funk and R&B. The EP has received critical accolades spanning VOGUE, Rolling Stone, ESSENCE and American Songwriter. It’s title is a mash-up of the French words “intérim” (“the time in between”) and “rime” (French for rhyme), noting that each track on Intérimes captures a specific mood as a day turns into night.
In celebration, Adeline will perform an intimate EP release concert, “LIVE from My Living Room” in Brooklyn on Friday night (July 10th) @ 9PM ET, hosted by journalist Elaine Welteroth via her Instagram*. (*An additional show for European audiences will be streamed at an earlier time slot in the coming weeks; details TBD).
Following several strong singles w/ homemade (quarantine) videos including ‘Middle’, ‘Twilight’ and ‘After Midnight’, Adeline is pleased to celebrate the Intérimes EP release with another self-directed video for the collection’s sultry and soulful center-piece, “‘Just Another Day”. Shot in the Hamptons with her husband Sinclair on DP duty, and friend/collaborator Jonathan Singletary as co-director/DP, the video features Adeline portraying several characters, along with guest appearances by friends.
“‘Just Another Day’ is about questioning your place in the world, not feeling accepted, pretending to be in someone else’s shoes, so I wanted to show characters that exude confidence and self-acceptance as a message of hope for the LGBTQ people out there who feel rejected and misunderstood” notes Adeline. “The video features 3 beautiful friends of mine, Yussuf, Gitoo and Bambi. They are some of the people in my life who I look up to the most when it comes to confidence and style.”
Originally scheduled for release in early June, but postponed to give space for important conversations taking place around Black Lives Matter, Intérimes arrives during a time of major upheaval in America and the wider world. While these new songs confirm Adeline as an artist daring to challenge conformity, these experiences leading up to the release have also given her much to reflect on. Speaking about her involvement in the recent #BLM protests, Adeline offers the following statement to accompany the release today:
“The recent events of this tumultuous 2020 have made me reflect on what my place is in the world and in the music business. I’ve always been aware of the responsibility artists have to spread a positive message but I realized that whenever I perform and use my voice, it is a form of protest. Being an immigrant black woman, it is a constant fight internally and externally to find my place in this world. And I want to actively work towards making this world better for people like me. I just want everybody to know what I stand for and my hope is that supporting my music goes with a consciousness of supporting Black artists, Black women and Black lives.”
As well as an ascending star in the Funk & Soul scene, Adeline is a multi-instrumentalist, fashionista, BLM activist, and bass-player in CeeLo Green’s band. Following her departure from NYC nu-disco outfit Escort, the French-Carribean singer has begun forging a prominent solo career of her own, releasing her eponymous debut album in 2018 and its stately follow-up, Intérimes. Forging platinum pop from a white-hot crucible of styles and genres, its intoxicating evidence of an artist truly coming into their own. All tracks were produced by Adeline and her production partner Morgan Wiley, with ‘Twilight’ and ‘After Midnight’ also co-written with Jonathan Singletary.
