Saint Avangeline – Carolina Creature

Today, ethereal singer-songwriter Saint Avangeline released her new single, “Carolina Creature.”

Sparked from memories of an old relationship, the track unfolds in a dreamlike haze as she reflects on complicated feelings from their early days together. Looking at the relationship through rose-colored lenses, she realizes the person is no longer who they once were. The accompanying video captures the track’s murky reverie, as Saint Avangeline and a faceless partner enjoy a seemingly gorgeous day at the lake.

“On our first date we went to a lake and had such a lovely day; I remember them spinning me around in the water and feeling so happy and warm,” Saint Avangeline says. “‘Carolina Creature’ is about looking back on that day, but from a place of realizing how they turned out to be a completely different person than I thought they were.”

“Carolina Creature” follows last month’s release of “Limerence.”

Saint Avangeline will also be embarking on a string of dates this fall, performing in Los Angeles on October 19 at The Roxy and New York City on October 26 at The Meadows, with a newly announced show in Atlanta on November 1.

For Saint Avangeline, making music is a conduit for self-salvation—a divine catharsis she refers to as “sucking the poison out of my soul.” The 23-year-old lesbian, Atlanta-based independent artist brings a lavish originality to that process of transmutation, endlessly channeling her most unbearable feelings into songs steeped in a raw ethereal beauty. In the latest manifestation of her extravagant vision, Saint Avangeline now shares a selection of songs that drift from ethereal dream-pop to dark wave to a wildly enchanted genre all her own—ultimately charting a path from painful delusion to the sublime awakening of true love.

At a young age, Saint Avangeline became fascinated with music from other lands. Her mother was born in Japan and her family’s Syrian lineage dates back nearly 700 years to the small mountain town of Al-Nabek. Despite her immense vocal talents, the young artist felt incredibly self-conscious about her voice and hid her passion for singing for most of her childhood. “For about ten years I’d only ever sing in my closet when no one else was home, and only in Japanese,” she recalls. “There was this cognitive dissonance where I told myself I could never be a singer, even though I was secretly singing all the time.”

As she began sharing her voice with the world, Saint Avangeline posted a personalized cover of Lana Del Rey’s “Million Dollar Man” in 2020 and quickly drew a rapturous response, soon amassing a devoted following by putting a sapphic spin on other pop songs. Saint Avangeline applied the popular themes to a queer perspective, offering representation to her new fans. Within a year she’d penned her first original piece and instantly discovered the transformative power of songwriting. “‘Lilith’ was the first song I ever wrote, and it’s about a sexual assault by one of my previous partners,” she reveals. “I wrote it to try to cope and heal, and since then my inspiration has mostly come from a desperate place of trying to get everything out of my system.”

Over the course of her explosive career, Saint Avangeline has amassed millions of rabid fans, earning over 56 million streams on Spotify on her spellbinding hit “Lilith” off her debut album Gardener of Eden (2022), which also gained over 67 million streams. In 2023, she released the song “Every Girl Gets Her Wish”–a cover of the unreleased Lana Del Ray track, “Every Man Gets His Wish”–which has gained over 13 million streams.

As she looks back on her work to date, Saint Avangeline speaks to the singular joy she’s discovered in communing with those who find solace in her music. “Sometimes queer women will reach out and tell me how it feels good that there’s someone creating my style of music but talking about the lesbian experience,” she points out. “I also hear from people who’ve gone through abuse or assault, and who tell me I expressed something that they couldn’t put into words on their own. At the end of the day I wrote all of these songs to save myself—so the idea that they could end up helping someone else really means so much to me.”

Live shows:

Oct 19 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy

Oct 26 New York, NY @ The Meadows

Nov 1 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

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