Odette’s third album Blink is set for release on Friday 6th November and today, she shares the final preview of the project with new single ‘Don’t’, accompanied by a video, watch here.
With perspective and self assessment at the heart of her songwriting, for Odette, ‘Don’t’ is another production that transmutes her immense overwhelm into something sonically healing. Like the nature of the relationship being sung about, the track shifts through crescendoing strings, keys and percussion, all matched with confessional lyricism that lives in the enduring hope that is felt across her upcoming record.
Says Odette, “Don’t is for someone who used to be very close to my heart. I’ve been hesitant to write a song for them because I still feel very ashamed about that time in my life. I was a very volatile, scared and controlling person for many years in this friendship. I didn’t want anyone to leave me alone with how I was feeling, and I was also experiencing intermittent psychosis and delusions, and because of that, I became someone who caused a lot of harm to people I deeply love and care about.
This song is trying to put some semblance of hope into the universe that the paths we’ve taken will one day intersect again.”
A love letter to enduring hope, Odette’s forthcoming album Blink is a cosmopolitan confessional. Drip-fed through previous tracks ‘AAAH!‘ and ‘Watch Me Go‘, Odette is never afraid to hold the mirror against herself, each lyric of prose and meter is layered in decaying texture. Part baroque pop, part jazz-rnb hybrid, Blink is at times sparse, psychedelic (in approach not sound) at others and always witty. She calls it “a beautifully mangled living thing”.
A candid recount of the human experience, Blink uncovers what it means to become aware of the world around you; entering young adulthood whilst you try to overcome your own battles. Love, heartbreak, endurance, self-realisation and the terrible places you go and have to fight your way out of in pursuit of where you truly belong.
Odette will return to the stage in November 2026 to perform her triumphant and gritty new album, tickets on sale now – presented by triple j and Select Music. Details on dates and tickets are linked below.
Stream / Download here.
Pre-order / pre-save Blink: here.
Thursday 5th November – Oxford Art Factory – Eora/Sydney
Saturday 7th November – Brunswick Ballroom – Naarm/Melbourne
Friday 13th November – Wild Village Festival – Wardandi Boodja /Southampton, WA
Saturday 14th November – Lion Arts Factory – Tarndanya/Adelaide
Saturday 21st November – Blackbear Lodge – Meanjin/Brisbane
Tickets and further tour details via odetteofficial.com
