Kentish town torch singer & Soho storyteller Madeleine Rose Witney releases her new single "Struttin" + announces debut EP 'From Now On' out November 13th
LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE “STRUTTIN” HERE
Kentish Town-born torch singer and Soho storyteller Madeleine Rose Witney returns with her swaggering new single “Struttin”, the next glimpse into her debut EP ‘From Now On’, set for release November 13th on 5dB Records (anaiis, Ashaine White, Mackwood).
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Written as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to her former flatmate Strutter, a mod in his sixties who lives on “a diet of Jack Daniels and burned sausages”, “Struttin” captures Witney at her most playful and charismatic. Behind the track’s funk-driven groove lies a loving roast of manhood, modern masculinity, and the curious characters that fill London’s fading underground.
“It’s a showstopping moment for a very individual character,” Madeleine shares. “He’s lived the same for 30 years, untouched by time, leaving toast crumbs in his wake. The
track’s a bit of a jibe, but full of affection.”
The single introduces a brighter, livelier tone ahead of ‘From Now On’, a four-song EP that offers neon-lit snapshots of a crumbling Soho and its eccentric figures. Part noir, part nostalgia, part raw autobiography, the collection walks a tightrope between glamour and grit, heartache and humour. Each track channels Witney’s full-bodied vocal and instinctive flair for narrative, evoking smoky basements, dreamlike hotel lobbies, and ghostly city streets.
‘From Now On’ Tracklist:
Shine
Struttin
Shut Up & Kiss Me
Behind Those Eyes
Rooted in the dimly lit jazz bars and glitter-streaked corners of London, Madeleine Rose Witney’s songs are vivid short films in song form. A self-taught singer, she found her calling sneaking into Camden venues as a teenager, mimicking the greats like Julie London and Lena Horne, and forging an identity through vinyl, velvet, and vibrato.
But ‘From Now On’ is a deeply personal promise. Inspired by a letter left by her late aunt, it marks the moment Madeleine stepped out from cover singer to artist in her own right.
“The songs I wrote for myself stayed in the shower,” she admits. “But this EP… it’s the first time I’m putting my own stories out there. It’s for her. It’s for me. And it’s for anyone who’s ever felt like they were just a little too much for the room.”
From the shimmering but sinister ‘Shine’, a song about women walking home alone at night, to the bittersweet ‘Shut Up & Kiss Me’, a patchwork of the sayings that defined her closest relationships, the EP is unafraid to contrast the cinematic with the broken.
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