Sony music news – Angèle releases third album ‘instinct’
ANGÈLE RELEASES THIRD ALBUM 'INSTINCT'
A BILINGUAL RECORD FEATURING JUSTICE, SOULWAX, CAROLINE POLACHEK AND SEBASTIAN
Listen to Instinct - Album by Angèle | Spotify
Belgian superstar singer, songwriter and producer Angèle releases her third studio album, 'Instinct', out now via GGL Records / Sony Music.
When Angèle broke through at just 21, she was improvising. She wrote, composed, produced and tinkered without a real structure, without guidance, without a handbook. For 'Instinct', she challenges herself by moving forward without a safety net. After years of wanting to prove she made her songs without relying on anyone else, Angèle finally gave herself permission: to step outside pop conventions, to keep a slightly imperfect (yet perfectly in-tune) vocal take, to spend months alone at home composing, producing and writing every song herself and, later, to surround herself with others.
First among them was her longtime ally Tristan Salvati. A friend, songwriter and co-producer, he plays a role on Instinct close to that of a coach. Around that core, Angèle invited new energies into her orbit. French Touch 2.0 icon Justice joins her on 'What You Want' and Flemish electronic duo Soulwax on the club-driven anthem 'Trop'. American singer Caroline Polachek lends her voice, and her Brussels-shaped French, to the hedonistic 'Love Triangle', also featuring SebastiAn; its visualizer was released earlier this week. British songwriter and producer Oscar Scheller (Charli XCX, Lily Allen, Shygirl, Ashnikko) co-wrote 'f4ck 4ever' in just two hours in a Greenpoint studio.
Focus track 'Au Revoir' came out of Angèle’s first collective songwriting session, with Swedish producer Elvira Anderfjärd (Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Tove Lo), Luka Kloser, her co-producer on Addison Rae’s debut album, and Oscar Holter (The Weeknd’s 'Blinding Lights'). “For years, I sometimes preferred inventing stories with people who weren’t right for me rather than being alone,” says Angèle. “With this song, I bid farewell to that emotional dependency, in a mix of French and English because it felt right.”
Angèle recorded everywhere, all the time: at Brussels’ ICP studios, at La Fabrique in the south of France, at New York’s Electric Lady Studios and in apartments converted into home studios. Her surroundings seep into the songs, from the crowd at her concerts in the opening track to a New York ambulance siren in the breakup ballad 'On verra', and snippets of conversations between friends in the closing 'NYC Blues'. New York, where Angèle perfected her English, has become more than a refuge: it is a musical anchor.
The album also gives her family a new place. On 'Je sais', she addresses her father, Marka. The intimate remains political: the artist who once penned the feminist anthem 'Balance ton quoi' now delivers a sentimental protest song with 'Trop', as well as the moral crisis of 'Une seule vie'.
From the earliest stages, Angèle wanted movement above all. She partnered with (LA)HORDE, the choreographic collective behind Madonna’s 'Celebration Tour' and Rosalía’s 'LUX Tour', and director of the Ballet National de Marseille since 2019, which oversaw the visual direction of the project. Together, they conceived 'Instinct' as a 360-degree experience, with music calling for images and images summoning movement. The cover photograph is by Grant James-Thomas.
Angèle broke through in 2017 with 'La Loi de Murphy', followed by her albums 'Brol' (2018) and 'Nonante-Cinq' (2021) and sold-out tours from intimate venues to stadiums. In nine years, she has become one of the most influential European artists of her generation, with close to 4 billion streams globally. She has recorded with Dua Lipa and performed 'Nightcall' with Phoenix and the late Kavinsky at the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She serves as Global Ambassador for Chanel and has a partnership with Adidas.
The 'Instinct' era has drawn wide international media attention, from Pitchfork, Billboard, NME, Nylon, Wonderland, i-D and The Times to Zane Lowe, BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders, Genius and Trackstar. Angèle has appeared on the covers of Vanity Fair France, Vanity Fair Italia, T Magazine Germany, Nuebo in Spain, and Society and Les Inrockuptibles in France. In 2027, she takes 'Instinct' on a world tour, including five nights at Paris’ Accor Arena and dates in Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Barcelona and Amsterdam.
TRACKLIST
March 3 – Reims, Reims Arena
March 8, 9, 10, 12 & 13 – Paris, Accor Arena
March 20 & 21 – Brussels, ING Arena
April 17 – Montreal, Centre Bell
April 21 – New York, Brooklyn Paramount
April 24 – Los Angeles, The Wiltern
April 28 – Barcelona, Sant Jordi Club
May 1 – London, Roundhouse
May 5 – Berlin, Metropol
May 7 – Cologne, E-Werk
May 11 – Amsterdam, AFAS Live
September 28 – Strasbourg, Zénith de Strasbourg
October 1 – Lille, Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre Mauroy
October 7 – Amnéville, Galaxie
October 9 & 10 – Nantes, Zénith Nantes Métropole
October 16 – Montpellier, Sud de France Arena
October 19 – Toulouse, Zénith Toulouse Métropole
October 23 – Bordeaux, Arkéa Arena
November 3 & 4 – Lyon-Décines, LDLC Arena
November 6 – Lausanne, Vaudoise Aréna
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