Fenne Lily

About

Fenne Lily is an artist, songwriter and producer originally from Dorset, England. Her third studio album entitled Big Picture was released in 2023 via Dead Oceans.

A gorgeous and gripping portrait of Fenne’s last two years, Big Picture was pieced together in an effort to self-soothe. Tracked live in co-producer Brad Cook’s North Carolina studio, the album delineates the phases of love and becomes a map of comfort vs claustrophobia. Though its creation took place amid personal and global turmoil, the ruminative yet candid Big Picture is Fenne’s most cohesive, resolute work to date, both lyrically and sonically. “This isn’t a sad album — it’s about as uplifting as my way of doing things will allow,” she says. “These songs explore worry and doubt and letting go, but those themes are framed brightly.”

While the album was written alone in Fenne’s Bristol flat, Big Picture was transformed from a solitary venture into a unifying collaboration during the recording process when she was joined by her touring band, Melina Duterte of Jay Som (mixing), Christian Lee Hutson (guitar and co-production), and Katy Kirby (vocals).