Tessa Violet – Bad Ideas [2018]
Tessa Violet Bad Ideas Track List
November 30, 2019 released the album "Bad Ideas" by Tessa Violet, a popular singer, songwriter and blogger. The track list includes 11 tracks recorded at the T∆G Music studio. This second full-length work of Tessa was ready for release in the summer, but the singer put off her release, waiting for a reaction to two songs with which she introduced her fans at the end of winter during a tour of America. In addition, the singer launched content on Patreon, which allowed to provide funding for the project. The release of the first single “Crush” of the new album in June 2018 was accompanied by significant success, critics noted the completely new sound of Tessa. The video clip for this song, shot by MV director Isaac White, gathered more than 600 thousand during the week, and by the time the album was released – more than 50 million views on YouTube alone. The single “Bad Ideas” and the video clip for it were accompanied by no less recognition. “Billboard” noted the noteworthy versatility, energetic aesthetics and modernity of the singer, calling both compositions “confident and fresh additions to indie pop sound”. In fact, this is Tessa's first album, on which a solid team of musicians worked with her. The album opens with the track "Prelude" with Violet's soft, delicate vocals, at the end of which sets the pace for the following tracks. In their brilliant arrangements, there are elements of modern electronic, indie-pop, hip-hop along with classical and retro accompanied by acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussion. All this, combined with the use of the edlib rapper technique in vocals, makes the album original and memorable. The last track “Interlude III” with gentle singing and stingy guitar accompaniment leads “Bad Ideas” to a lyrical conclusion. The tour in support of the album was held in the USA, Great Britain, concerts in Amsterdam, Warsaw, Moscow were accompanied by success.