Adrian Jean is an American-born, Brazilian-based R&B and pop singer/songwriter and producer, who currently splits his time between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Influenced by Stevie Wonder, Frank Ocean and Teena Marie, he quickly established a sound that blends old school with contemporary sounds with the release of his debut single, 2019’s “See The Stars,” which lead to his being named as a Bandsintown Big Break Artist. Jean has become a TikTok sensation with his work amassing over 25 million streams on the platform.

Since relocating to Brazil, Jean has built a strong connection with the country, collaborating with renowned local artists like Carol Biazin, MC Du Black, Ebony and YOUN, as well as production teams like Los Brasileros and Htimaker. Here in the States, Jean has collaborated with Jimmy Burney and Janette Sewell, best known as the co-writer of the Grammy Award-winning, smash hit “Empire State of Mind.“

The American-born, Brazilian-based artist’s highly anticipated EP King Size, which is slated for a May 2025 release. The EP’s first single is The Hitmaker — the production team of Andre Vieira, Wallace Vianna, and Breder — produced, show-stopping “Cachaça,” a seamless synthesis of contemporary pop and R&B, trap and Brazilian funk paired with Jean’s soulful crooning describing a universal sentiment — the desire to drink and dance away your heartache.

“Cachaça” can trace its origins back to a wildly successful songwriting camp hosted by Jean in Petrópolis, Brazil in 2021. He gathered a team that included Jimmy Burney, Carol Biazin, DAY, Limns and Hitmaker

Cachaça” was born during a songwriting camp hosted by Adrian in Petrópolis in 2021, and it continues to deliver hits today. For this track, he gathered an impressive team: Jimmy Burney, Carol Biazin, DAY Limns, and Hitmaker. “I didn’t sit in the studio thinking ‘today we’re going to make funk,'” Adrian Jean says. “My approach was: ‘today we’re going to create good music.'”

“The result was a song that, to me, sounds like a major label release; something I could hear on the radio,” he adds. “That made me feel great, knowing I produced this record. After working in Brazil for four years and immersing myself in the culture, I feel this is an inevitable reflection of my musical journey here.”

Directed by Junior Scoz and choreographed by Flávio Verne and Nayane Fernandes, the accompanying video for “Cachaça” was filmed in a bar in São Paulo emphasizes the song’s sultry, buzzing energy — while capturing the narrator’s desire to obliterate his pain with booze and dancing.

“Cachaça” was also part of the soundtrack for the Raphael Montes-written soap opera Beleza Fatal, which premiered on HBO last month.