Adrianne Lenker
FiNe i---
Fallen Affect
Status: Peer Reviewed
Alice Nuccio - May 20, 2025
Last Edited: May 20, 2025
Contributors: Calin Copil , Sierra Rose , Peter Szabo , Alice Nuccio
Adrianne Elizabeth Lenker (born July 9, 1991) is an American musician. She is the lead vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of the band Big Thief, as well as an established solo artist. She has released several solo albums, including Abysskiss (2018), Songs and Instrumentals (both 2020), and Bright Future (2024), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. She did not attend high school and instead received her GED at the age of 16. She attended the Berklee College of Music on a scholarship provided by Susan Tedeschi of the Tedeschi Trucks Band. She has been nominated six times for Grammy awards. Lenker's lyrics have been described as "unequivocal", "instinctive" and "deeply personal". She likens her writing process as a "collaboration with the universe or a higher power".

ENERGETICS

J: Rigidity
14/35
P: Fluidity
8/35
Pe: Proactive Fluidity
14/35
Pi: Reactive Fluidity
6/35
Je: Proactive Rigidity
6/35
Ji: Reactive Rigidity
29/35
Pe Ji Je Pi 8 15 22 30

STYLES

Fi-Te: Candid
31/63
Ti-Fe: Measured
22/63
Ni-Se: Grounded
12/56
Ne-Si: Suspended
26/56
Alpha Beta Gamma Delta

EMOTIONS

Eu:
Eg:
FA:
4/21
6/21
3/5

SIGNAL DATA

Judgment

R-1 Rigid Posture:
4/7
R-2 Body Centric:
4/7
R-3 Punctuated Motions:
2/7
R-4 Vertical Movements:
2/7
R-5 Subordinate Fluidity:
2/7

Je Articulator

PR-1 Head Pushes:
2/7
PR-2 Head Shakes:
2/7
PR-3 Shoulder Shrugs:
PR-4 Fluent Articulation:
2/7
PR-5 Projecting Hands:

Ji Compass

RR-1 Poised Receding:
7/7
RR-2 Disengaging Eyes:
7/7
RR-3 Exerted Pushes:
4/7
RR-4 Momentum Halting:
4/7
RR-5 Meticulous Hands:
7/7

Perception

F-1 Fluid Posture:
2/7
F-2 Eye Centric:
2/7
F-3 Gliding Motions:
2/7
F-4 Horizontal Movements:
2/7
F-5 Subordinate Rigidity:

Pe Explorer

PF-1 Restless Momentum:
4/7
PF-2 Toggling Eyes:
2/7
PF-3 Body Swaying:
4/7
PF-4 Casual Hands:
2/7
PF-5 Alert Perk-ups:
2/7

Pi Worldview

RF-1 Viscous Inertia:
2/7
RF-2 Fixed Gaze:
RF-3 Diagonal Eye-Drifts:
2/7
RF-4 Searching Scowling:
2/7
RF-5 Narrow Head Zoning:

Fi/Te

Ca-1 Taut Nasolabial Area:
7/7
Ca-2 Vertical Snarling Smiles:
4/7
Ca-3 Four Point Pulling:
4/7
Ca-4 Wobbling Lips:
2/7
Ca-5 Asymmetrical Smirks:
4/7
Ca-6 Sassy Movements:
2/7
Ca-7 Plateau Velocity:
2/7
Ca-8 Nasal-Breathy Voice:
4/7
Ca-9 Grasping Hands:
2/7

Ni/Se

Gr-1 Taut Preseptal Area:
Gr-2 Lax Pretarsal Area:
2/7
Gr-3 Taut Outer Edges:
2/7
Gr-4 Intense Scowling:
Gr-5 Pointed Eye Toggles:
2/7
Gr-6 Eye-Head Parallel Motion:
Gr-7 Grounding Effect:
2/7
Gr-8 Bodily Awareness:
4/7

Ti/Fe

Ms-1 Lax Nasolabial Area:
Ms-2 Horizontal Curtain Smiles:
4/7
Ms-3 Two Point Pulling:
4/7
Ms-4 Symmetrical Lips:
4/7
Ms-5 Emotional Neutralization:
4/7
Ms-6 Coordinated Movements:
Ms-7 Parabolic Velocity:
Ms-8 Laryngeal-Faint Voice:
4/7
Ms-9 Puppeteer Hands:
2/7

Ne/Si

Su-1 Lax Preseptal Area:
4/7
Su-2 Taut Pretarsal Area:
2/7
Su-3 Lax Outer Edges:
4/7
Su-4 Concerned Scowling:
2/7
Su-5 Brushstrokes Eye Toggles:
4/7
Su-6 Eye-Head Trailing Motions:
4/7
Su-7 Levity Effect:
4/7
Su-8 Quirky Skits:
2/7

Unguarded

Eu-1 Responsive Nodding:
Eu-2 Polite Smiling:
2/7
Eu-3 Bashful Body Movements:
2/7

Guarded

Eg-1 Upset Mouth Tension:
2/7
Eg-2 Assertive Pushing:
Eg-3 Stern Expressions:
4/7

Fallen Affect

FA-1 Fallen Affect:
3/5