History Music / Solange

* IdiosyncraticCoverArt: ''A Seat At The Table'' and ''When I Get Home'' are similarly composed photographs of Solange from the shoulders up, with some notable hair/makeup.

Being in the [[Music/{{Beyonce}} Knowles]] family and a touring member of [[Music/DestinysChild Destiny's Child]], she was involved in the music industry from an early age, releasing her debut album ''Solo Star'' at age 16. While it wasn't commercially successful, she was already involved in the production and songwriting aspects of the record.

* CoolBigSis: Solange and her sister Beyonce has always been each other's biggest fan. Beyonce wrote several songs with her and even invited Solange to perform stage several times. Solange was even in Destiny's Child as the third member for some time.

* DreamTeam: ''True'', being a collaboration between Solange and Dev Hynes.

* [[AngryBlackMan Angry Black Woman]]: Her song "Mad" is a deconstruction of this trope. Being a black woman in a place where one has constantly had to face negative consequences just because of one's blackness, she has "a lot to be mad about."

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Starting with ''Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams'', arguably one of the first examples of AlternativeRAndB.
** ''True'' incorpored elements of new wave and synthpop to the mix.
** ''A Seat at the Table'' incorporated elements of sophisti-pop, jazz, and rap as well as more ethereal music. ''When I Get Home'' is a bit similar in style, though it included more elements of [[TrapMusic trap]], psychedelic and even [[{{Ambient}} ambient music]].

* [[AngryBlackMan Angry Black Woman]]: Her song "Mad" is a deconstruction of this trope. Being a black woman in a place where one has constantly have to face negative consequences just because of one's blackness, she has "a lot to be mad about."

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Happens a lot in both ''A Seat at the Table'' and ''When I Get Home''
* LyricalDissonance: Many songs across ''A Seat at the Table'' are sonically light and dreamy, while touching themes of racism and violence.

** ''A Seat at the Table'' incorpored elements of sophisti-pop, jazz and rap as well as more ethereal music. ''When I Get Home'' is a bit similar in style, though it included more elements of [[TrapMusic trap]], psychedelic and even [[{{Ambient}} ambient music]].

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Starting with ''Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams'', arguably one of the first examples of [[PBRAndB "alternative R&B".]]

* ''A Seat at the Table'' (2016)

In 2012, she put out her EP ''True'', made in collaboration with Dev Hynes (a.k.a. Blood Orange). This record was heavily inspired by 80's [[NewWaveMusic new wave]], [[SynthPop synthpop]] and R&B which made her a name in the indie circles as well as with most critics.

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Solange Piaget Knowles, known mononymously as Solange, is a singer, songwriter, producer, music video director and actress from Houston, Texas.

Being on the [[Music/{{Beyonce}} Knowles]] family and a touring member of [[Music/DestinysChild Destiny's Child]], she was involved in the music industry from an early age, releasing her debut album ''Solo Star'' at age 16. While it wasn't commercially successful, she was already involved in the production and songwriting aspects of the record.

After taking a hiatus in music, during which she had a number of minor roles in films, Solange released her second album, ''Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams'' in the year 2008. Even though it was in its majority rooted firmly in the [[ContemporaryRAndB R&B]], soul and pop genres, it did take influences from more alternative and electronic sounds, which would continue to influence her on the rest of her career.