Emotional Oranges

Emotional Oranges is an American R&B/pop duo from Los Angeles, California.

History
Emotional Oranges was formed in 2017 when Azad "A" Right, an audio engineer for Drake, and Vali "V" Porter, a vocal coach for Adele, met at a bat mitzvah.

The group released its first single "Motion" on SoundCloud on May 4, 2018. It was later used as the theme song of RuPaul's Drag Race.

On May 10, 2019, the group released their first studio album, The Juice: Vol. I. Their second studio album, The Juice: Vol. II. was released on November 8, 2019. Both albums were released through Avant Garden Records and Island Records.

Emotional Oranges has cited The Weeknd, The xx, Lauryn Hill, and Matty Healy from The 1975 as influences.

Career
On May 10, 2019, the Emotional Oranges released The Juice: Vol. I. Emotional Oranges sold out its first headline run, called The Chill, Baby Chill tour. After playing the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles and the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, the group toured in London, Paris and Amsterdam. Leading up to the release of its second project, Emotional Oranges went back on the road for A Very Emotional Tour with support from Avant Garden label-mates Chiiild. This tour took them to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, and Europe.

Emotional Oranges performed "Personal" and "Your Best Friend Is a Hater" for Vevo's DSCVR Program.

On November 8, 2019, the duo released their second album The Juice, Vol. II through Avant Garden Records and Island Records.

On October 13, 2020, the group released the song "All That" with Channel Tres from their EP Juicebox. They later released the second single, "Bonafide", with experimental band Chiiild on January 13, 2021.

On April 13, 2021, the group released the single "Down to Miami" ft. Becky G.

On June 11, 2021, their third project, The Juicebox, released featuring the previous four singles as well as features from Vince Staples, THEY., Yendry, and Kiana Ledé.

On August 30, 2022, the duo announced plans to return to Australia and New Zealand for The Sad Fruit Tour, with performances at the Metro Theatre in Sydney, Max Watts in Melbourne, The Triffid in Brisbane, and the Powerstation in Auckland. All performances took place in October 2022.