After an eight year hiatus, Derry Fillin is splashing back into music with his newest single and music video “Excuse”. Following the success of April’s release “Coney Island”, “Excuse” continues Derry Fillin’s new songwriting style of energetic honesty and curating his perfect sound.

“Excuse” expertly utilizes trombones to create a jazzy underscore for Fillin’s subtle piano playing and heartfelt lyrics. The song explores a critical conversation in Fillin’s head, with quick back and forths as he contemplates his knowledge of life. Derry said himself, “Lyrically it represents a dialogue inside one - rather delusional - person’s head, a verse vs chorus type of exchange between the voices in one’s conscience, which I’m sure everyone has experienced at one point in their lives.” This pull in opposite directions is visceral as Derry Fillin’s voice builds throughout the track and ultimately succumbs to the chaos of the trombone. 

Shot entirely in black and white, the music video echoes and reinforces this madness of the mind as it follows the main character on an exploration of a variety of locations. With each passing second, the video’s star seems to switch between a calm exterior in public and a frantic demeanor while alone and at war with himself. Derry Fillin himself arrives in the video in quick scenes singing into a vintage microphone with an almost manic smile building over time as he narrates the internal crisis of the main character. The video is an almost haunting visual for such a deeply personal song, and also includes nods to a variety of famous artworks in scenes such as The Demon Seated by Mikhail Vrubel and The Church at Auvers by Vincent Van Gogh.

With such powerful visuals and personal lyrics, “Excuse” demands a space on your moody and angsty playlists. You can stream “Excuse” on Spotify and watch the music video on YouTube. Be sure to also follow Derry Fillin on Instagram so you don’t miss anything from music’s otherworldly singer-songwriter on the rise!