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21 July 2026 – ALA.NI And Adrian Younge Learn To Be ‘Proud Of Me’
By Editorial Team - July 21, 2026
Summary
ALA.NI and producer-composer Adrian Younge have announced 'Proud of Me', a collaborative album developed across almost a decade of sessions, life changes and emotional reconstruction.
Key Facts
- ALA.NI and Adrian Younge announce collaborative album 'Proud of Me'.
- The title track was written following ALA.NI's father's cancer diagnosis.
- The project was written and recorded in immediate day-and-night sessions.
- Entities: ALA.NI, Adrian Younge, Proud of Me, Los Angeles
- Tags: alani, adrian-younge, proud-of-me, alternative-soul, collaborative-album
<a href="/tags/alani">ALA.NI</a> and producer-composer <a href="/tags/adrian-younge">Adrian Younge</a> have announced ‘Proud of Me’, a collaborative album developed across almost a decade of sessions, life changes and emotional reconstruction. The title track was written after ALA.NI learned of her father’s cancer diagnosis, giving the song a deeply personal foundation without reducing it to a simple statement of grief.
Her voice moves with vintage elegance through Younge’s richly arranged production, but the emotion belongs entirely to the present. The wider album traces years spent in Los Angeles, touching on longing, romantic uncertainty, loss and the gradual process of learning to stand beside one’s own choices.
Their working method was unusually immediate: Younge developed instrumental worlds during the day, while ALA.NI wrote at night and recorded the following morning. ‘Proud of Me’ feels like music used as both shelter and evidence. It asks whether we can recognise our own progress before somebody else hands us a certificate with suspiciously decorative borders.