Carol Ades

Remember that friend who made your teenage bedroom feel like the safest place in the world? Carol Ades creates that same sanctuary in her music – a space where chaos is celebrated, lessons are unearthed, and you emerge stronger on the other side. The New Jersey-born and Los Angeles-based artist, singer, and songwriter has a knack for making you realize your most personal stories are somehow everyone’s stories, and that maybe none of us have ever had an original feeling – we’re just all living through different versions of the same coming-of-age moments.

Long before stepping into her own spotlight, Carol spent years behind the scenes, writing for other artists while quietly navigating her own path as a musician. It was during a classic “wrong- time-right-place” period of self-discovery – one that included embracing her queerness in the middle of everything else falling apart – that she began turning her raw experiences into songs that felt undeniably her own. Drawing inspiration from cultural touchstones like Fleabag, Greta Gerwig, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Glennon Doyle, alongside musical influences Japanese House, MUNA, and Imogen Heap, she began crafting her own “coming of age” sound. 2024 marked a breakthrough year for Carol with the release of her debut album “Late Start” and a triumphant first headline tour that proved what her growing fanbase already knew – she makes the kind of emotional, lyric-driven songs you can scream to or sob to in your car. You’ll find she’s a lot like that friend who lets you cry on her shoulder but still tells it like it is when you need to hear it the most, holding your hand through the mess with timeless music that feels like a late- night conversation with your most trusted confidante.