Contender the most gorgeous debut you’ll hear this week coming right up… I’m loving Hey Stranger from Billie Flynn, the latest signing to Gabrielle Aplin’s Never Fade Records. Sharing the track online, Billie explained that it was written a few years ago, and that she’d always wanted it to be the first track she officially release. For me, it was the beautiful instrumentation that immediately grabbed my attention… as piano and acoustic guitar build into a richer soundscape filled with strings. Come from the strings, but stick around for Billie’s exquisitely intimate vocals. At once, the track feels as if Billie is singing directly to you, and as if the track should be occupying a film soundtrack, playing over footage of the Cornish coast that Billie calls home. In short: it’s lovely, get listening.
“This song came to me in a dream, I dreamt the melody and woke up frantically trying to find my phone to record a voice note, I still have it. It’s about seeing someone again that isn’t in your life anymore and hoping that they’re proud of who you are now.”