Emilie Mølsted is having somewhat of a last supper. Her second album Elements is releasing soon, festival season is coming, and that means the Danish singer better known as Jada is about to get in tip-top shape. “This is the last one for me,” she motions to the glass of wine she’s holding, ensuring that the waiter has filled it up real good. “I treat myself like a top athlete when the festivals come around.”
After releasing her first album I Cry A Lot to critical acclaim in Denmark and winning a P3 talent award – think BBC Sound Of… equivalent – Jada is more than ready to conquer the UK and Europe next, one festival at a time. For someone who thrives on performing live, these are the best stages to play. “I just get very inspired by the way that it’s about community,” Jada explains. She smiles mischievously, then points at her brightly coloured hair as if to show that of course she enjoys the attention. “I love to be seen, but what I love most is to be the one that creates a community – and bringing whatever I have to that community.”
She gathers it’s probably a family trait, something to do with her upbringing. “Everyone in my family plays music – they’re folk musicians. My granddad is a classical composer, and so the way they’ve always been around music or about music has been to bring your talent to the table if you’ve got something to put on the table. For example, my aunt would maybe bake a pie, and we would sing. It was not performance. It was just, something like – everyone gave what they had to give. And that’s inspired me a lot.”
Traditional folk music isn’t that big in Denmark, and neither is it a main ingredient of Jada’s current music. Still, it remains a source of inspiration and there are certainly subtle undertones of it in her storytelling and soundscape. “It’s what made me connect to music, and now as a 29 year old, I’m redefining what my musical roots are.”
Both sonically and lyrically, Elements is indeed incredibly diverse – while still holding true to the quintessential Jada quality of each track. Unpredictable, smooth, and courageous. Above all, it’s honest. “I didn’t hide on album one, but that was a lot less intense. It was more me going, oh I remember a feeling I had when I was 13, let me write a song about that. It wasn’t an option with this album – it was more like, you are feeling this, so make it into a song,” she adds.
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