After Party (Adore Delano album)
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| Studio album by Adore Delano | ||||
| Released | March 11, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2014–16 | |||
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| Length | 44:36 | |||
| Label | Producer Entertainment Group | |||
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After Party is the second studio album from American singer-songwriter and drag queen, Adore Delano. The album was released through Producer Entertainment Group on March 11, 2016. It was made available to pre-order on February 18, 2016. The album's lead single, "Dynamite" was released on February 26, 2016 with the song's music video premiering the same day.
Background
In August 2015, Delano spoke to So So Gay, revealing that her double album would feature 22 songs, and will be released sometime in 2016. This was changed in a recent interview with Queen Magazine, confirming that half of the songs would be used for another album. She has performed a new song from the album, "I Can't Love You" various times on her tour. She's described it as "about not being able to give your full self to someone. It's a sad song". On November 17, 2015, Delano confirmed that her upcoming album's name was going to be called After Party. She confirmed it via Twitter, and later on through Facebook.[1] The album was put on Amazon Music for pre-order, with a release date of March 11, 2016.[2] The first single, "Dynamite," was released February 26, 2016, the second single, "Take Me There," was released March 10, 2016 and the third single, "I.C.U.," was released on September 1, 2016.[3] Adore was one of ten contestants on the second season of All Stars on RuPaul's Drag Race.[4] Delano quit the show in the second episode, becoming the first contestant in Drag Race history to voluntarily withdraw.
As of 2017, Adore is currently working on new music.
On April 4, 2017, after saying she should be multi-millionaire, Delano filed a lawsuit against Producer Entertainment Group. She revealed that she was supposed to earn $2.5 million over the past three years instead of only earning $300k. The management team then threatened to "destroy her career" if Adore continued questioning her finances.[5]
She's suing $1 million in lost wages, and another $2.5 million in punitive damages.
Promotion
Delano will embark on a tour to promote the release of After Party in the United Kingdom commencing on March 3, 2016 in London and concluding on March 6 in Manchester. Fans who bought VIP tickets were due to also receive their own physical copy of the album exclusively before the worldwide release, however this was later changed to receiving an exclusive signed poster.[6]
As with her previous album, Delano will also star in the North American leg of the RuPaul's Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons tour in April 2016, beginning in Seattle, Washington and concluding in New York, New York in May.[7]
Critical reception
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metro Weekly | 4/5[8] |
The album received generally positive reviews from select critics. Gordon Ashenhurst, writing for Metro Weekly, praised the album: "'After Party' is a twistedly tuneful pageant of club bangers and danceable downers. Putting the clichéd, comedy-based music of her peers in the shade, the former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant weds together funky house music with an appetite for after-hours introspection. Every song generates its own uniquely scintillating, gutter-glam glitz. Indulging in despair at every turn, it’s an album that both explores and intensely commits itself to escape from it."[8]
Singles
"Dynamite" was released as the album's lead single on February 26, 2016 with the official music video premiering the same day.[9] The song explores how the effects of being sexually attracted to someone can have on a person.
On March 9, 2016, Delano uploaded a teaser trailer for "Take Me There", the second single from the album. The official music video was released on March 11, 2016.[10]
"I.C.U." was released as the third single on September 2, 2016,[11] along with the music video.[12]
Track listing
All songs were written by Daniel Noriega and Ashley Levy and produced by Tomas Costanza and Paul Coultrup. Adore had previously stated that the album would contain 22 tracks. Recently in an interview with Queen Magazine, she said that she's saving half of the songs for a follow up album, which is why this album contains only 13 tracks.[13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I.C.U." | 3:02 |
| 2. | "Dynamite" | 2:43 |
| 3. | "Take Me There" | 3:16 |
| 4. | "Better Than the Movies" | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Foreign Lover" | 3:34 |
| 6. | "Bold as Love" | 3:32 |
| 7. | "After Party" | 4:09 |
| 8. | "I Really Like It" | 2:30 |
| 9. | "Out of the Blue" | 4:25 |
| 10. | "I Can't Love You" | 3:17 |
| 11. | "Save Your Breath" | 3:31 |
| 12. | "Constellations" | 3:25 |
| 13. | "4am" | 4:05 |
Reception
The album received positive reviews from critics with the majority stating it was more "mature" than Delano's debut. The Star Observer called it a "solid pop extravaganza".[14]
Commercial performance
In the UK, After Party debuted at number 71 on the Scottish albums chart and number 46 on the UK Download chart, but only made 181 on the official UK Albums Chart despite appearing at number 80 on the Official Albums Chart Update, a midweek sales-flash chart published halfway through the tracking week.
The album also went to number 140 on the Belgian Flanders album chart.
In the US the album debuted at number 192 on the Billboard 200. Though a drop from Delano's first album, which peaked at number 59, After Party outpeaked it on the US Dance/Electronic chart, opening at number 1.
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] | 140 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] | 71 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[17] | 181 |
| UK Digital Albums (OCC) | 46 |
| US Billboard 200[18] | 192 |
| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[19] | 1 |
References
- ↑ "Adore Delano chats to So So Gay". So So Gay.
- ↑ "After Party [Explicit]: Adore Delano: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ↑ "Listen to 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Star Adore Delano's 'After Party' Album: Exclusive Premiere". Billboard.com. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ↑ Avery, Dan (2016-06-17). "Logo Announces Contestants For "RuPaul's All Star Drag Race" Season 2". NewNowNext.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ↑ Delano, Adore. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Star Sues Managers for Stealing Millions". TMZ. TMZ.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ↑ Adore Delano. "Adore Delano – Tour Dates". Adore Delano.
- ↑ RuPaul's Battle of the Seasons. "RuPaul's Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons 2016 Extravaganza Tour". RuPaul's Battle of the Seasons.
- 1 2 Ashenhurst, Gordon (31 March 2016). "Album Review: Adore Delano – After Party". Metro Weekly. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ DannyNoriega on YouTube. "Adore Delano - Dynamite [Official]". YouTube.
- ↑ DannyNoriega (2016-03-10), Adore Delano - Take Me There [Official], retrieved 2017-04-15
- ↑ "I.C.U. - Single by Adore Delano on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ↑ DannyNoriega (2016-09-01), Adore Delano - I.C.U. [Official], retrieved 2017-04-15
- ↑ Keith Caulfield. "Listen to Adore Delano's 'After Party' Album: Exclusive Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ↑ "Adore Delano: Not a girl, not yet a woman". Star Observer. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Adore Delano – After Party" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ↑ "CHART: CLUK Update 19.03.2016 (wk11)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Adore Delano – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Adore Delano. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Adore Delano – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Adore Delano. Retrieved March 22, 2016.