Los Angeles jeanie boldly steps into the music spotlight with her debut single, “Lady Who I Love.” The track is half groove-heavy and half heart-full. Co-written with Christy Lamb and Marc Orrell, it is a welcome exploration of the emotional landscape of motherhood and throws a retro-soul and modern-pop twist on the topic.
Inspired by a playful back and forth with her daughter, the song unfurls into a profound reflection on time passing, parental love, and that bittersweet pang of watching your child grow up. jeanie’s warm, textured, and quietly powerful voice sings through a profoundly intimate and instantaneously universal terrain. There’s a lived-in candor here, a quiet wisdom that sticks with you.
Recorded in Orrell’s home studio in Silver Lake, the production is rich and never afraid to try things. The tune’s disco-tinged throb winks at Diana Ross, but its instrumental breakdowns and sweeping melodies channel the vibe of Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin. It’s just the bridge that is a moment that jeanie does a raw, Robert Plant-like wail in the right before Orrell comes ripping through on his guitar with a solo that is as cinematic as it is cathartic. That’s a lot of nerve for a debut single, and it comes off like gangbusters.
Lamb and Orrell pieced the lyrics and melody together, and both songwriters bring a screenwriter’s sensitivity to storytelling. It’s uncommon for a first-time songwriting team to submit a polished, textured, and emotionally stunning track like this one. But “Lady Who I Love” seems like the song that’s been sitting in someone’s heart for a long time, finally finding the voice it always deserved.
There is a magnetic, honest quality to jeanie’s artistry, her skill for blending genres, emotions, and eras without getting lost in the mix. Her music is wistful, never derivative, heartfelt, and never saccharine. With “Lady Who I Love,” jeanie shows that even as she’s only just stepping into music, she’s doing so with intention. If this is what a debut sounds like, we can only imagine the genius yet to be revealed.
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