‘Feeling of Falling’ reimagines the Coronavirus as a contemptible lover who is only interested in the surface level beginnings of a fleeting romance. “I had to reconceptualize what I was going through at the time. I found the pandemic impossible to process or understand so in order to write about it I needed to reframe the experience into something that I could relate to. I write love songs of all natures, so this was my way of turning something so huge and so global into something that I could really speak to, a song about heartbreak. I thought about what I’d say to the virus if it was an antagonistic lover, I have more experience with those than I do with plagues” explains Jones.

Music so relentlessly affecting could only be born of one thing: Ruby Jones’ willingness to take communion with the ghosts of her past. On ‘Feeling of Falling ’ Jones vocals are both as powerful as they are tender; she wraps a feeling of hopelessness in an upbeat skin which captures the feeling when someone is disastrously bad for you but you fall for them anyway.

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Jones elaborates, “Ultimately, ‘Eighteen’ is a rollicking and anthemic celebration of female friendship on the road. Being on tour as a female musician is a unique experience and one that isn’t often reflected in music in the way men’s stories are, so we were keen to explore this, while addressing the sombre reality of ageism and misogyny within the music industry.”

Blending Jones’s signature searing vocals with Miller’s country-soul twang, ‘Eighteen’ is a flawless revival of the pair’s supernatural-seeming ability to weave their voices together while maintaining their distinctive timbres.

Miller elaborates on her shared lead role, “When Ruby sent me the initial verse, I immediately loved it and responded with my take on the lyrics. Ruby and I haven’t sung together since we were little ratbag backing vocalists in Clairy Browne and The Bangin’ Rackettes, so it feels quite magical to be working together again”. She continues, “It’s been a beautiful experience to create a piece of music collaboratively, that speaks to our shared experience as artists.”

The track’s writing process began somewhat nostalgically for Jones, at a piano, inspired by a lyric that came to her at a particularly contemplative time for women in music, “I had this lyric running around in my mind — ‘I know, I could do it with my eyes closed’ — which is about how at this point in my career, what causes me the most anxiety isn’t my ability as a songwriter, performer or vocalist, but the diminishing space the industry holds for women after they ‘age out’ at 25.”

Miller elaborates, “The song came to us at a time when we were both reflecting on our careers in music — how hard we’ve worked, how much experience we’ve gained, and how much we have to say and offer — however, we often feel like we’re only just getting started. We both have dreams of success in an incredibly challenging industry, and this song was born from the fire we have within to support each other on this difficult road.”

In her concluding words, Miller reflects on the uniqueness of her long-awaited musical collaboration with Jones, “Within popular music, there are very few female duets where the song is equally led and co-written by both parties. Singers don’t often work with other singers collaboratively; if they do, it tends to be a man and woman, or one artist is a guest on the other’s song.” She continues: “‘Eighteen’ is an equal portrayal of our shared experience as artists and an accumulation of our feelings around the reality of being a female musician.”

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