Bryan Ferry has unveiled a brand-new song, his first original piece since 2014’s Avonmore.
This track, called “Star,” started as an idea from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails. Ferry, along with singer Amelia Barratt, finished it up. You can watch the video for “Star,” which was directed by Ferry and James Garzke and features Barratt, below. This is the only fresh song on Bryan’s upcoming compilation album Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023, set to be released on October 5.
After Avonmore, Ferry mainly focused on recording covers, including some of his own songs. He also teamed up with Todd Terje for a cover of Robert Palmer’s “Johnny and Mary” in Terje’s album It’s Album Time. This track will be the last one on the fifth disc of Retrospective. When they announced this new album, they also shared a cover of Bob Dylan’s song from 1965 called “She Belongs to Me.”
“A couple of years ago I helped her record an audiobook here in my studio. I was very impressed by her writing, and this is the first song we did together. I’m very excited about this new work—there’s a lot more to come,” said Ferry about working with Barratt.
