Adam Reverie might be new to you, but he’s been making music for seven years now. The Detroit emcee released his new EP Soul Ties a couple weeks back. Before that though, he was featured on Sway In The Morning and freestyled for Sway and Royce Da 5’9. In doing so, Rev got the chance to make his mission known: #SignRevToDreamville. In this interview, we’ll talk about his time on Sway, his endeavors with Dreamville, and why Rev chose to go in this new direction lyrically and sonically with Soul Ties.
Blavity: Now, hopefully this is the last time I gotta ask you this, but introduce yourself to the people who don’t know who Adam Reverie is.
Adam Reverie: I’m Adam Reverie hip-hop/soul recording artist by way of Detroit, MI.
B: I’m just going to jump into things here, we’ll talk Soul Ties in a second. Sway in the Morning — first off I’m proud of how you represented Michigan in that cypher, but second, how did you hook that up?
AR: Thank You Michael, I was asking God a week or so before I was on Sway In The Morning to give me an opportunity on a bigger platform to be heard. I just so happened to follow Sway on Instagram and saw that he’d be in Detroit and I knew this was my chance, this was my prayers being answered, this was my moment.
B: What was that experience like for you? Real talk, were you nervous? Coming out of that, what did being on Sway mean to you as an artist?
AR: I knew that this experience could be big for me if I just did Adam. I wasn’t nervous, I was more so prepared. I had in the back of my mind “this could change your life forever,” so I rapped as if it would. Being on Sway is special for me because no one can take that moment away from me, but also because I gained so many open supporters of my dream. I can only pray that they continue to support me.
B: During your time on Sway, you made it clear that your mission was to sign to Dreamville, home of J.Cole. Out of all the potential options, why Dreamville?
AR: I love the freedom that Dreamville gives their artists, the intimacy displayed with their fans and the act of service outside of the music. I just believe if it were to manifest it’d be special for both parties.
B: Soul Ties is the new EP. What inspired this project and the different direction you took with this one?
AR: I created Soul Ties after I was intimate with a woman from my past that I had no business getting back involved with. I played the fool again and it hurt. I don’t want to hurt like that anymore, yet I still battle with lust so I created Soul Ties. It’s my cry out to God, it’s my cry for help, it’s my warning to our young kings to love instead of lust, because you don’t want to be 30 still battling with this mess.
B: With a lot of EPs, you see artists take maybe a month or so to promote it. But we’ve been hearing singles and hearing about Soul Ties for a while now. Why the more extended promotional support?
AR: Honestly, I just wasn’t ready to release it, my spirit wasn’t right so I postponed its release until I was secure enough to share such an intimate project with the world.
B: Ok, now the music. Soul Ties has a lot of diverse sounds. And lyrically, you give us a lot of different styles. With you being a veteran already, why showcase this diversity in your art now?
AR: Thank you for noticing the diversity in this body of work, I believe I’ve displayed that diversity in my previous bodies of work as well, but with Soul Ties, I created this project in hopes to move on from past demons. So I guess the music is as diverse as the vices that inspired it.
B: Although we don’t know exactly what the future holds, what’s next for Adam Reverie?
AR: I just want peace, Michael, I just want to honor God, create music for a living, raise my son and maybe one day find the love of my life, grow old and inspire people along the way.
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