Adi Oasis has never written a breakup song before. You wouldn’t know it from listening to “Separate Ways.”
The tempo is slow and relaxed with a deep pocket, and the arrangement feels like a crate-dug conversation between classic soul and modern R&B.
You get warm keys, a round bass figure with that elastic Adi touch, and drums that settle into a head-nod swing setting the mood.
The first thing that hits is the slow groove. It feels timeworn, a throwback to satin-smooth records, yet there is clarity in the mix that keeps everything fresh.
Over it, Adi’s voice glides intimately and controlled, even as she’s processing the end of something.
She sings, letting breath and texture do as much storytelling as the words. Silky harmonies fold in on the pre-chorus and bloom on the hook, where the melody lifts just enough to feel inevitable.
It is introspective music you can still bop to. Lyrically, she keeps it clean and direct. “I was waiting for you to get your shit together” sets the tone with plain-spoken honesty.
The perspective is not bitter so much as clear-eyed. She sketches a partner who “holds aces” but “folds on [their] doubts,” then flips the frame toward self-respect: “It’s not my job to make you try to see the bigger picture.”
Travel images carry the pivot from stuck to moving: “First class on the next flight,” “I’m the one that’s driving.”
By the time she reaches “Used to think that you were the one, but I don’t feel the same,” the chorus feels like a boundary rather than a burn.
The title says “separate ways,” not “my way or the highway.” She’s just choosing herself.
“Separate Ways” is a breakup song for adults. No drama, no dwelling. Just a woman recognising her worth and walking toward something better.
Put this one on when you need a reminder that leaving can sound this smooth.
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