CAROL ADES GETS PERSONAL WITH CRYING DURING SEX
GLOBALLY SUCCESSFUL SINGER-SONGWRITER HERALDS DEBUT EP WITH DEEPLY INTIMATE NEW POP TRACK
CRYING DURING SEX AVAILABLE NOW AT ALL DSPS
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Carol Ades is more than just relatable. The New Jersey-born singer-songwriter’s power lies in her ability to vocalize thoughts that we’ve all had, ones that perhaps we’ve been too scared to say out loud. – LADYGUNN
Globally successful singer-songwriter Carol Ades has announced today’s premiere of her powerfully intimate new single. Crying During Sex is available now at all DSPs and streaming services.
Crying During Sex marks the latest and most striking release thus far from Carol Ades (pronounced ahh-dis), formerly known best as acclaimed singer and songwriter Caroline Pennell. The provocative, deeply personal pop track heralds Ades’ much anticipated debut EP, arriving everywhere this fall, and will be joined by a Zachary Bailey directed visual later next week.
It’s about a really confusing hard time in my life where I was quite literally crying every time I would have sex, says Carol Ades. I felt like my body was hovering above me and it was so scary and confusing and sad at the same time. I’m not in that place anymore, but I wrote this in the thick of it so I could try and make sense of the experience. I think it’s something people don’t talk about a lot and I’m definitely not the only one who’s experienced it!
I mean, quite literally I was going through this really difficult experience where anytime I had sex I would cry. It was a mixture of sadness and confusion. It felt like my body was working against me. In my mind sex was supposed to be something that felt good and brought you closer to yourself but it wasn’t working that way for me. This song is simultaneously so special yet so sad to me because it takes me back to that confusing time that I’m still working through now! When I tell myself ‘Everything will be alright’ in the song, I’m really trying to hold onto that part of me that knows it will be. I don’t think a lot of people talk about sad sexual experiences because it hurts to re-live but I know I’m not the only one who’s experienced it in some form.
Crying During Sex follows this spring’s premiere of Carol Ades’ debut single, I Can’t Wait To Be British, available now at all DSPs and streaming services; an official lyric video is streaming now via YouTube. The pop anthem was met with critical praise from a variety of media outlets:
Stunning ‘I Can’t Wait to Be British’ is an unrelentingly emotional rollercoaster that surely only scratches at the surface of what Carol Ades has to offer. – THE LINE OF BEST FIT
‘I Can’t Wait to Be British’ encapsulates a moment of realization, when one comes to the conclusion that escapism from self is an endless and often tormenting cycle. Using the title phrase, Carol Ades epitomizes the myriad of universal ‘what ifs,’ a testament to her masterful pen and ability to memorialize those sacred feelings we yearn to never forget. – ONES TO WATCH
‘Ades’ brand of vulnerability is not only refreshing but extremely comforting. She perfectly articulates the all-too-common tendency to put life on hold until we can become some idealized (and unrealistic) version of ourselves. – LADYGUNN
Her unfiltered lyrics read like a diary entry and offer a raw intimate insight into her mind as the passion of her halcyon vocal brings these feelings of inadequacy and self-hatred to life, forming an instant connection as a result. This emotive guitar lead ballad of seismic quality is only a taste of what the sonic palette of Carol Ades has to offer us. – A1234
‘Ades is a gem of a songwriter. Every line she writes is important.’ – TWENTY MINUTES LATER
Carol Ades is a mass of contradictions, an old soul in a young body; an indie pop musician with a flair for the confessional; even her songs themselves are a masterclass in contradictory emotions, they might be sadder than the saddest, most desperate Tumblr post yet she’ll still make you crack a smile and let out a little laugh. – WE ARE THE GUARD
Crying During Sex and I Can’t Wait To Be British will both be featured on Ades’ upcoming debut EP, showcasing her evolving imagination with raw and real anthems as undeniable as they are unapologetic, emotional lyric-driven songs you can scream to or sob to in your car.
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I want fans to listen to these songs and feel like, ‘Oh shit, I really needed to hear that’ or ‘That’s what I was feeling this morning, but I couldn’t figure out the words to describe it’ Carol Ades says. I’m going to keep building a world around a community of people who feel like me and want to help each other through hard things.
Emotions make a mess. It’s not the kind of mess you can just shove under the bed either. Carol Ades isn’t here to help you scrub out the mess until you can’t see it anymore. Instead, she’s here to help you celebrate it, learn something from it, and move on confidently because of it. The New Jersey-born and Los Angeles-based artist, singer, and songwriter wants to empower you, but she’s going to keep it real too. Carol dedicated her whole life to music and even had a few brushes with major success on stage and behind-the-scenes. Following a bad breakup, she turned inward and wasn’t afraid to get raw in 2018. Under the influence of everything from the series Fleabag, Greta Gerwig, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Glennon Doyle to Japanese House, MUNA, and Phoebe Bridgers, she began to write her own coming of age story. Ironically, the first song of this phase ended up in the hands of two other artists, becoming Past Life for Trevor Daniel and Selena Gomez. With the onset of quarantine, she began writing for herself at a prolific pace, working her way through the mess of life by finally creating timeless music all her own.
My best friends call me Carol, she says. It feels a bit grandma-ish, which I love. I feel like I’m a 60-year-old in a 25-year-old’s body. Ades is my middle name and makes me feel so close to who I was as a kid. I didn’t make up a new name, since the music is so personal. Carol Ades feels like the ‘wiser voice’ in the back of my head who helps me solve problems. So many songs poured out of me over the last year as a direct result of processing change. Now feels like the right time to put out into the world.
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