Chapter Fifteen
that’s really special
our division standing.
a couch on national television if I hurt you.
Romance rumors abound amid investigation into red-carpet stunt at the World Music Awards
by Avery Michaels
published on October 22
Lyric Adair and Cash Curran are red-carpet official!
The pop star, 24, and the football player, 28, confirmed their relationship, making their red-carpet debut at the World Music
Awards Sunday evening before Adair took to the stage, performing “A Minute to Midnight,” the second single off her upcoming
album, Santa Ana.
Adair dazzled in a yellow, off-the-shoulder dress from Christian Siriano, accessorizing with Bea Bongiasca jewelry and Mach
Adair and Curran left in a separate car.
Sinclair and Peterson did not immediately return Notoriety Magazine’s request for comment.
Poppy (10:57 p.m.): Did you see the article Notoriety published?
Poppy (10:57 p.m.): It’s about us.
Rosaline (11:02 p.m.): They’re the worst. I called them out publicly years ago for being sexist. They’ve had it out for me ever since.
Rosaline (11:02 p.m.): Am I going to have to send a cease-and-desist letter?
Poppy (11:05 p.m.): It shockingly wasn’t . . . uncharitable? But there’s this line at the end of the article that . . . one sec.
Poppy (11:06 p.m.): “Sinclair, notoriously private, has never spoken publicly about her sexuality, but has long been an avid advocate for the
LGBTQIA+ community.”
Rosaline (11:07 p.m.): What about it?
Poppy (11:08 p.m.): Does it bother you? People speculating that you and I are dating?
Rosaline (11:10 p.m.): Only so far as my personal business should be just that—personal. But that’s a hazard of the job I accepted a long time ago.
Rosaline (11:10 p.m.): But if you’re asking because of the part where I’ve never publicly spoken about my sexuality, no.
Rosaline (11:11 p.m.): I’ve been out to my family and friends since I was seventeen.
Rosaline (11:11 p.m.): It’s hardly a secret that I’m a lesbian. I just don’t talk about it on social media because I don’t really talk about anything
personal on social media.
Rosaline (11:12 p.m.): But I’m not interested in hiding, either.
Rosaline (11:12 p.m.): I’ve always known, or at least since Lyric attained a certain level of fame that yanked me into the spotlight, that it would
be talked about when I dated someone.
Rosaline (11:13 p.m.): The fact that people are going to act like it’s news when I’ve been out for half my life is actually kind of hilarious to
me.
Poppy (11:14 p.m.): That’s a relief.
Poppy (11:14 p.m.): That you aren’t being outed against your wishes, I mean.
Rosaline (11:15 p.m.): Definitely not. You can breathe easy.
Poppy (11:15 p.m.): Wait. You said when you dated someone.
Rosaline (11:15 p.m.): I did.
Poppy (11:15 p.m.): But you’ve been Lyric’s publicist for eight years.
Poppy (11:15 p.m.): Are you telling me you haven’t dated anyone in eight years?
Rosaline (11:16 p.m.): Not publicly.
Rosaline (11:16 p.m.): I dated a music supervisor for a while, but she wasn’t out to her family.
Poppy (11:17 p.m.): Wow.
Poppy (11:17 p.m.): And you want to date me? ??
Rosaline (11:18 p.m.): I really do. ?
October 23
in my pining era @claudiaxyz92 · 6h
we need to give those two publicists a ship name. i can’t keep calling them those two publicists
liliana @evanbuckleystan98 · 6h
replying to @claudiaxyz92
Roppy? Pinclair? Sinterson? Sincoppy?
in my pining era @claudiaxyz92 · 5h
?????
Victoria @pdxprincess · 5h
replying to @evanbuckleystan98 @claudiaxyz92
ooh what about posaline?
October 24
Rosaline (4:34 p.m.): People on X are attempting to figure out the best way to smash our names together into a portmanteau so that they can ship
us.
Poppy (4:56 p.m.): Get the fuck out.
Poppy (4:57 p.m.): What are our options?!
Rosaline (4:59 p.m.): Someone started a poll. The contenders appear to be Roppy, Pinclair, Sinterson, and Posaline. I’m partial to Pinclair or Posaline,
personally.
Poppy (5:03 p.m.): Hm. I like Posaline.
Poppy (5:04 p.m.): Go get on your Love Island burner account and vote for us!
October 26
Lyric Adair @lyricadair · 3h
Today’s the day. Santa Ana, my rawest album to date, a reflection and expurgation of the last two years of my life, is out now.
I’m feeling a little overwhelmed about it being out in the world, but I’m ready to let this chapter go.
It belongs to you now. Grab your tissues, grab your wine, and maybe consider blocking your ex. xoxo ?
Cash Curran @cashcurran · 3h
Congratulations on another banger of an album @lyricadair. I’m so proud of you, baby ???
Lyric Adair @lyricadair · 3h
replying to @cashcurran
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Rosaline Sinclair @rosalinesinclair · 3h
It’s Santa Ana day! @lyricadair, I know how hard you worked and how much of yourself you poured into this album—blood, sweat,
and tears. Couldn’t be prouder!
Lyric Adair @lyricadair · 3h
replying to @rosalinesinclair
Love you, Roz!! You’re the best! ??????
Poppy Peterson @poptartpdx · 2h
Happy release day @lyricadair! Today should seriously be a national holiday.
Lyric Adair @lyricadair · 2h
replying to @poptartpdx
Poppy!! ????
‘Santa Ana,’ a gut-wrenching, no-holds-barred relationship postmortem, is Lyric Adair’s best album yet
by Andre Ruiz for Rolling Stone
published on October 31
The Santa Ana winds are commonly believed to affect people’s moods and behaviors. Like its namesake, Santa Ana, the highly anticipated sixth studio album from pop superstar Lyric Adair that released on October 26, is wild, temperamental,
melancholic, and at times even wrathful, vacillating between euphoria and desperation, perfectly capturing the storm of emotions
that accompanies the end of an intense relationship.
Make no mistake, this is a breakup album. The title track “Santa Ana” is a manic-depressive roller coaster, at times melodic
and at others near histrionic, featuring a back track of a flatlining heart monitor. It is sonically and lyrically a push-pull
that begs the question of the listener—is the opposite of love hate? Or is it indifference?
Adair’s lyricism shines on tracks like “Psyche,” a siren-song-like ballad, and “Ember,” a veritable dirge that explores the
idea of trying to resuscitate a relationship you know is dead, while “A Minute to Midnight” reigns supreme as a powerhouse
punch-you-in-the-gut heartbreak anthem demonstrating the star’s growth and range as a vocalist.
Despite what it sounds like, the album isn’t all doom and gloom and rage. “Silver Lining,” the final track on the album, is
a dreamy, hopeful, lullaby-like invocation, closing the door on this chapter of Adair’s life, not with a slam but with a gentle,
reverent snick.
Adair’s last album, TL;DR, released a little over two years ago and in that time Adair has undergone several life changes. Recently, Adair confirmed her relationship with Portland Pathfinders’ quarterback, Cash Curran, making their public debut as a couple at the World Music Awards.
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All’s fair in love and war and music: Lyric Adair spurns ex-boyfriend on her new album, Santa Ana
by Dominique Eisenstadt
published on November 1
If there’s one thing Lyric Adair is great at, it’s transforming heartbreak into art . . . and raking her exes through the
mud in the process.
Santa Ana, Adair’s sixth album, released on Friday to much fanfare. But not everyone’s loving the new album.
A source close to Ansel Daily, drummer for the Domestic Noir Plot, and Adair’s ex-boyfriend, told Notoriety Magazine that, “Ansel’s really hurt, honestly. He doesn’t think it’s fair that the whole world only gets Lyric’s side of the story
and accepts it as gospel truth. There was a lot of love between them. Just because their relationship ended doesn’t give her
any right to slander him in her songs and make him out to be some kind of villain. She’s just as much to blame for their breakup
as he is.”
Both Adair and Daily were tight-lipped following their breakup earlier this year, but rumors abounded that the reason behind
their split was the latter’s infidelity, which Adair references on tracks “A Minute to Midnight” and “Go with Grace.”
Notoriety Magazine has reached out to Lyric Adair’s rep for comment.
November 26
Where in the world is Lyric Adair (tracking updates) @whereslyric · 19h
Lyric flew from Los Angeles (LAX) to Portland, Oregon (PDX) yesterday evening. The approximate flight distance is 833 miles.
Flight time is 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Lyric Adair is rumored to be spending Thanksgiving with Pathfinders’ quarterback boyfriend Cash Curran—here’s what we know
by Jaimie Xin
published on November 26
With Turkey Day fast approaching, fans are wondering whether Lyric Adair and Cash Curran will be spending the holiday together,
and if so, where they plan to spend it.
In October, Adair broke the internet when she attended a Pathfinders’ game, cheering on Curran alongside his parents from
inside the VIP box. Their relationship has been heating up since. The duo, who have been crowned American Royalty by fans,
made their official red-carpet debut on October 21 at the World Music Awards where Adair took to the stage, performing the
second single from her recently released album, Santa Ana, which has taken the airwaves by storm and continues to dominate the charts, monopolizing every spot of the Billboard Hot
100’s top 10.
The star expressed her gratitude on social media:
Lyric Adair @lyricadair · 11/3
Are you serious?? I’m utterly verklempt right now. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you for listening, thank you for
streaming, thank you for riding this roller coaster with me. ?
With another album on the books and a tour yet to be officially announced, though fans are crossing their fingers an announcement
will come before the end of the year, Adair appears to have some free time on her hands. Free time some eagle-eyed fans believe
she intends to fill with her NFL superstar beau. Not only did her private jet make the trip from Los Angeles to Portland yesterday,
her publicist, Rosaline Sinclair, made a rare post to her personal Instagram account, sharing a photo of the Portland International
Airport’s iconic teal, geometric-patterned carpet, which made a return to the main terminal in 2024 after being removed in
2015.
Rosaline Sinclair @rosalinesinclair · 1d
Embracing the weird and wonderful this holiday season.
Sinclair, Adair’s publicist of the last eight years, garnered some attention following her appearance on the World Music Awards
red carpet, many viewers taking note of the “undeniable chemistry” she had with Poppy Peterson, Cash Curran’s friend and publicist.
Chemistry so undeniable that a large number of Adair and Curran’s fans are now shipping the two publicists, some even believing
that they’re secretly dating.
Sinclair originally hails from Portland, meaning there’s always a chance she made the trip to the Pacific Northwest solo.
However, that seems unlikely. The Portland Pathfinders do not have a game on Thanksgiving Day, freeing up Curran to spend the holiday indulging in a little turkey and stuffing with family.
The Pathfinders will be going head-to-head with the Patriots in a highly anticipated matchup on Sunday, December 2.
Lyric Adair and Cash Curran’s relationship timeline so far
July 6: Adair’s split from Daily is confirmed to Notoriety Magazine
August 28: Curran makes a public Hail Mary X pass at Adair
August 29: Adair begins following Curran on X and Instagram
September 21: Curran is spotted leaving the Beverly Hills home of Adair’s publicist following an away game against the Chargers
October 7: Adair attends Pathfinders game in Portland, celebrating in a private box alongside Curran’s parents
October 7: The Portland Pathfinders and NFL official X accounts begin following Adair and Adair’s publicist begins following Curran
October 7: Adair and Curran are spotted getting cozy at a postgame celebration where Curran’s teammates were also in attendance
October 21: Adair and Curran make their red-carpet debut at the World Music Awards
October 26: Curran publicly congratulates Adair on her album release, calling her “baby” in a tweet
Representatives for Adair and Curran have yet to respond to requests for comment from People.