Shawna Beesley, known as Adaline, was born on October 23, 1988, and is an alternative-pop Canadian singer-songwriter from Ottawa, Ontario. She gained international attention early in her career in 2009 after meeting Robert Pattinson at a Juno Award party and posting about their encounter on Twitter. The post was picked up and shared widely by Twilight fans, leading to a significant increase in interest in her music. Her sophomore release, Modern Romantics, was nominated for Pop Recording of the Year at the 2012 Western Canadian Music Awards. Her music video for “The Noise,” the first single from her next album, premiered on Interview Magazine and received more than 100,000 views in its first week. In 2013, she was invited to undertake a 10-month composer residency at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre. She has collaborated with artists including Buck 65, Fake Shark Real Zombie, and Adult Karate. In 2015, she recorded a cover of Genesis' “Follow You Follow Me,” which was featured in the Cineplex animated short film Lily and the Snowman. She also contributed to the score of The Canyons, co-writing three songs with Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene. Her songs “Keep Me High” and “Ghost” were later featured in the film Below Her Mouth and the television series Wynonna Earp, respectively.
