Adeline - Intérimes (2020)

Rising singer, bassist and producer Adeline's new EP, "Intérimes", is 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.

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.