Lost Love and Lingered Pain in Maria Lane’s “empty bed, empty sheets”

February 16, 2025

Lost Love and Lingered Pain in Maria Lane’s “empty bed, empty sheets”

Brooklyn singer and songwriter Maria Lane is a name that you will want to remember. With her new single, ‘empty bed, empty sheets’, released on February 14, she positions herself as an artist defined by emotion and sound elegance. Her voice is delicate but somehow pierces you, enwrapping every word like a whisper. It invites you into this private space of heartache, and you just feel it. Influenced by Phoebe Bridgers and Lizzy McAlpine, Maria has created an otherworldly and melancholic world in which love and loss coexist in a hypnotic haze.

Maria wrote this song after she experienced an awful betrayal. It's a cinematic breakdown in which intimacy no longer exists. Her voice floats over the verses, whispering to you like she’s sharing a secret that's too hard for her to speak out loud. The track was produced with Justin Meyer and it goes back and forth between these quiet confessions and these lush, layered harmonies that make it even more heartbreaking. It’s the kind of song that works its way inside of you on late nights, looking out the window, caught between nostalgic memories and disillusion.

More than just a standalone release, ‘empty bed, empty sheets’ has the same strong themes of her debut album, Black and Blue, but it feels like a natural next step in her deeply personal journey. Maria is undeniably able to dive into the hardest emotions and somehow make heartbreak feel almost comforting. There's something about her music that stays with you, it sinks into your mind and soul.

For those who were in New York on February 13th, Maria Lane performed live for the first time at Arlene’s Grocery. If 'empty bed, empty sheets' is anything to go by, people have experienced pure vulnerability and dreamy melodies—the kind of performance that leaves you feeling like you’ve lived through something profound and meaningful.