Regina Spektor Releases Meditative New Single, “Birdsong”

Regina Spektor has released a new, short and sweet single, “Birdsong.” First heard on Amazon’s The Romanoffs, the single is a collaboration between Spektor and the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner.

The track, clocking in at a little over a minute and a half, abandons the singer-songwriter’s signature piano in favor of a sparse and somewhat sporadic acoustic guitar. It’s meditative in nature, musing on tranquility in the morning (and the ebb and flow of such) with lines like “Out of the quiet / Out of the sunrise / I hear the birdsong / give way to sirens.”

The release comes just after Spektor’s performance with National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Next month, she will join the likes of Lana Del Rey and Mitski, to name a few, at Jack Antonoff’s fifth annual Ally Coalition Talent Show, benefitting LGBTQ+ communities.

here we go! the 5th annual @allycoalition talent show. all proceeds go to homeless LGBT youth centers (new alternatives NYC and ruth ellis detroit) — tix: https://t.co/p6zxSWXB8J password: jackstix pic.twitter.com/bzXIBwGtFt

— jackantonoff (@jackantonoff) November 5, 2018

A few days later, Spektor will join the Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays benefit supporting the True Colors Fund, which works to end homelessness in LGBTQ+ youth.

NOW LIVE: Pre-sale for @CyndiLauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays concert! Can you believe this lineup? This year’s show is going to be the best ever. Use password EQUALITY to get your tickets: https://t.co/NLUekUbDfH#Home4Holidayspic.twitter.com/dBtStuRYGl

— True Colors Fund (@TrueColorsFund) October 17, 2018

Check out “Birdsong” below, and revisit Paste’s 2016 interview with Spektor and our ranking of her 10 best songs.