"Tainted" is the new album from Ilse DeLange. With hits like "So Incredible," "Miracle," "Puzzle Me," and "The Great Escape," several multi-platinum albums, numerous awards (including Edison, a Golden Harp, a Golden Nutcracker, and the Popprijs), and her success with The Common Linnets, she is not only one of the most successful artists in the Netherlands but also very successful in Germany.

On the new album "Tainted," rifts in all their forms are the central theme. With every relationship breakdown, whether within a family, at work, or with a loved one, emotions are unleashed: doubt, uncertainty, self-reflection. The title says it all: your view of the world and of people changes, becomes colored. Everyone sees things from a different perspective, has their own truth, and their own healing process.

The songs on "Tainted," including the singles "Willing," "Drown Us Out," "Confetti Shotgun," and the new single of the same name, were written in Berlin, Nashville, and Ilse's home. Niels Zuiderhoek co-produced the album with Ilse and Matthijs van Duijvenbode.