Adam Noviello

Acclaimed actor and singer Adam Noviello launches their debut EP ‘Tears, Drugs & Voicemails’, an exploration of gender, sex, love and loss, featuring a vocal cameo from Adam’s Grandmother, Judy.

Adam notes that their lyric writing can tend to sound like drunk voicemails, which was the inspiration for the EP title.

“Writing music has always been a wonderful creative outlet for me. Over the years my desire to make and release my own songs has been a dream. When the pandemic shut down the theatre industry in 2020, I lost multiple jobs. I decided now more than ever, that it was time for me to channel all my creative fire into my own music.”

Best known for their work on stage, including playing Hannah From Hamburg in La Cage Aux Folles, appearing in Funny Girl, Matilda The Musical, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Chess The Musical, playing Farrah and Young Bernadette in the 10th Anniversary Australian Tour of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, and most recently as the title role in The Who’s rock

opera Tommy, Adam has moved into releasing their own music seamlessly.

This saw Adam release their debut pop anthem ‘Heretic’. The single, which celebrates gender queerness and all gender-nonconforming humans, achieved #1 on the Australian iTunes Dance Chart as well as #2 on the Australian iTunes Top Song Chart, #5 on the Australian Independent Record Labels Association Chart, plus clocking over 42k views on the official music video on YouTube, as well as being added to Triple J Unearthed’s Pride Playlist. Following this success Adam released their second single ‘Another You’ which showed a moodier alt-pop side to the artist, hitting the iTunes Pop Chart Top 10 and reaching #7 on the Australian Independent Record Labels Association Chart. These two,

among 4 other tracks, feature on their debut EP ‘Tears, Drugs & Voicemails’, showing the artist’s diversity and creative drive.

Known for their powerful imagery and visuals, Adam credits this to years of exploration.

“For as long as I can remember I have experimented with my gender expression through fashion and my work. As a child who played in their mother’s high heels, I have always felt a sense of curiosity towards what we choose to wear and what that says about us. I never understood how the way fabric is cut and sewn together, and how high the heels of your shoes are determined your gender identity. Through years of exploration, which I was predominantly able to do on theatre opening night red carpets, I was able to discover my non-binary identity. This helped me to love this body of mine. What I have achieved with this body inspires me to use it as a way of expressing my consciousness, my sexuality, my vulnerability and my confidence. If that then inspires others to go on their own journey of self-discovery and reflection, I will have achieved the ultimate goal for myself as an artist”

While their two worlds of theatre and music are quite separate, they draw immense inspiration from the theatre world into the music they write.

“I think there is an innate theatricality to how I sing and the songs I write that feels very authentic to me. It is my dream to marry all facets of my creative life together, which I feel is very present in this collection of songs.”

With their EP launching at The Curtin on the 9th of August, fans will be able to officially hear ‘TEARS, DRUGS & VOICEMAILS’ on August 10th 2022 through Global League Records.