Twenty thousand people were mid-conversation, mid-drink, chilling in the comfortable noise of a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Friday April 24th when Adéla came onto the stage and caused a palpable vibe shift in the arena. Phones dropped to laps, voices trailed off, the audience leaned in, drawn by something that registered in the body before the brain.

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