DONNA MISSAL ANNOUNCES UPCOMING ALBUM, ‘REVEL’, DUE OUT JUNE 16

Donna Missal dials up the excitement with the announcement of her anticipated upcoming album, Revel, and the release of a new single, “Out Of Me.”

Co-written with Swedish-American producer/ songwriter Marcus Andersson (Demi Lovato, Monsta X, Rina Sawayama), and produced both by Andersson and Billboard (Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Robyn), “Out Of Me” is a delicious dancefloor ready, electro-pop tune. The pulsating beat is the centerpiece of the hypnotic production, with gentle synths accentuating Donna’s ethereal vocal performance. Her evocative tonality perfectly delivers the pleading lyrics, “Honestly, It takes it out of me; Reaching for a light, When it goes suddenly out.”                                                             

When asked about what inspired the song, Donna explained, “Writing ‘Out of Me’ was about an acceptance of where I was, just to be that tired from that endless reaching feeling, I think I just needed to talk about wanting to stop. I think that's why movement has been such a cathartic thing to use for this album, from production to visuals.” 

Continuing with her dance theme, Donna worked with director Sadie Wilking on the mesmerizing “Out Of Me” music video. The visual features an incredibly emotional partnered dance piece performed and choreographed by Alyssa Allen and Jordan Lang. Donna excitedly shares, “I love how ‘Out of Me’ has been interpreted into something so symbiotic by these inspiring dancers.” - WATCH

“Out Of Me” comes at the heels of Donna’s incredibly powerful single “Flicker”, which showcased her undeniable talent and unyielding passion for her craft. The song was the perfect reintroduction to the newly independent artist, displaying not only her determination and fortitude, but providing fans a glimpse into this new body of work which Donna believes is the most authentic she’s ever created. 

Donna will self-release her independent full-length effort, Revel, on June 16th via ADA Worldwide. Writing and recording the project was healing and transformative for Donna. “Revel is an album about pushing through pain and reaching for light and feeling the revelry of transcending our darkest times.” She said, adding, “It’s hopeful, but it’s honest about how hard that can be. Inevitably though it’s so full of energy, and it was the most cathartic process to make it. It’s my first independent album and I feel more free and connected to what I’ve made than ever.”

PRE-SAVE DONNA MISSAL’S ‘REVEL’ ALBUM: https://donnamissal.lnk.to/Revel 

About Donna Missal:

In the summer of 2022, Donna Missal was disoriented to find herself living out of her car and on friends’ couches in Los Angeles, questioning whether she could continue – financially and emotionally – to make music. In the past five years, she had collected tens of millions of streams across platforms, cultivated a passionate fan base for her heartfelt songwriting, played festivals from Bonnaroo to Bottle Rock, and toured with high-profile artists including Lewis Capaldi, CHVRCHES, and King Princess. Rolling Stone calls her music “stunning”, and Billboard has hailed her “drop kick of a vocal.” But still, Missal was struggling. Working through the pain, she found refuge in the creative process, digging deep into her beliefs about safety and satisfaction.

Last year, Missal shared on Twitter that she’d been let go at the end of her four-year recording contract. “It’s emotionally exhausting to posture like everything’s cool,” she wrote, of the “optics Olympics” that keep artists from sharing their challenges openly. Missal’s record deal had felt meaningful – it included resources, structure, and a set of people contractually obligated to believe in her. With this barometer of self-worth removed, she was unmoored and devastated. Fighting to take care of her basic needs while still working in the studio with other artists, Missal gained a new awareness of the tenuous nature of success in the music industry. 

Missal had started out as a songwriter and backing artist, collaborating with artists like Tinashe, Sharon Van Etten, Macklemore, and Lee Fields, and landing a publishing contract in her early 20s. After what The Guardian called the “strident queer torch songs” of 2020s Lighter, Missal became a sought-out vocalist, tapped to contribute a cover of Cigarettes After Sex’s “Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby” for the Oscar-winning film Promising Young Woman. In the confines of the early pandemic, Missal dove into bedroom pop recordings, using her powerful voice in a quieter way to avoid disturbing her neighbors. She showcased this spare and sexy homespun electronica on 2022’s in the mirror, in the night EP, which was executive produced by Sega Bodega (FKA Twigs, Caroline Polachek).

To represent her journey through the last year for the nightclub anthem “Flicker”, she enlisted choreographer Sadie Wilking to work with her on a video centering Missal performing a combat dance sequence in a grimy warehouse. Missal didn’t want it to be sexy. She wanted it to look like she was fighting for her life, and she trained for months to manifest the sequence’s display of physical power. Sweaty and muscled, Missal’s visceral movements in “Flicker” contrast with the ethereal sounds of the song. It embodies and completes her transformation.