- 2025-04-18
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MUSIC
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Billie Marten Releases New Song “Leap Year”
British singer-songwriter Billie Marten will release her upcoming fifth studio album “Dog Eared” on July 18, 2025.
From the album, she unveiled a new song “Leap Year” on April 16, 2025.
The song is the third single off of the album, following “Crown” and “Feeling”.
She wrote the song in bed on Leap Day in 2024. It tells the story of a couple who can only rendezvous every four years.
The track was written by Billie Marten and produced by Philip Weinrobe. The accompanying music video was directed by Callum Devlin.
Billie Marten said of the song, “This is what happens when you’re having a sick day in bed but your mind wanders off somewhere dreamy and there’s no stopping it. Leap Year is the first fictional love song that I’ve written - but lain over the top of such a traditional structure and songwriting form. I had just been listening to a lot of 1920s/30s music for a project and I remember thinking, ‘what would happen if I did it like they did it?’”- She continued, “I picked up this app which is a digital version of an Optigan that you can get on your phone. It has pre-stored sample sounds that you can play chord by chord. I stitched some buttons together and it became this song. It was written in a Leap Year, 29th February 2024, which is where I got the title and premise from. It's about two people who can only be reunited every leap year; they have one day every four years. It's a song about fleeting love and the pain that can bring.”
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The new album comprises 10 songs, which she recorded with producer Philip Weinrobe at his Sugar Mountain studio in New York. It is her first album in two years since the 2023 album “Drop Cherries”
Producer Philip Weinrobe said of the album, “Dog Eared is a fucking miracle. This record feels like what music is supposed to be — a creative dialog between wide open musicians, all pushing in the exact same direction. And that direction is clear - the controls are set for the heart of Billie's incredible songs. Yes, the record was recorded live. Yes, Billie sang the lead vocals as it was going down. Yes, we were huddled up in a circle - no headphones, no walls, no playback, nothing separating each person from the next, and nothing separating the performers from their performances.” - source : Apple Music
