Derry Fillin wants to create a movie in your mind. The singer-songwriter pens cinematic songs about romance and relationships, drawing influence from songwriting legends like Bob Dylan and The Beatles. Fillin grew up attending music school for guitar, eventually recording original songs on his tape recorder throughout his adolescence in the early 2000s. After an eight-year hiatus from making music, Fillin began recording new songs and shaping his new era of music in New York City, releasing his first single as Derry Fillin in April entitled “Coney Island.” “I used to be more detached from my songwriting,” Fillin says. “But now my songs are very personal.” Amassing over 10k Spotify streams to date, “Coney Island” is a breezy, guitar-driven track that harkens back to the sound of 90s British bands like Oasis and Blur. With his upcoming debut EP on the horizon, Fillin is diving into his new era of music, shaping the sound he was always meant to create.

Derry is super excited to share his new single and music video for “Excuse”!

Here’s what he had to say about it: 

“This is the first song that I wrote for the EP; starting as a basic piano tune, it later evolved into something grander with the addition of trombones to sort of underline its jazzy roots. Lyrically it represents a dialogue inside one – rather delusional – person’s head, an exchange between two sides of one’s conscience. We wanted the video to tell a story. Combining the black and white setting and a Robert Johnson type legend, it follows a person who sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads to achieve stardom and fame”.