The modern music industry is obsessed with novelty, progress, the next trend. The singer never follows accepted norms and therefore D’Lee released the track ‘If There’s A Place,‘ and in it is contained a paradox which makes one think about the very nature of music: is dialogue across time and generations possible?

Her father, Frank English Sr., spent decades on writing songs that never left the pages of his notebooks. When Frank English Sr. died in May 2023, he took with him the voice that performed these songs. But the words remained.

She recorded ‘If There’s A Place‘ on Father’s Day 2024, and this unplanned synchronicity of time turned the studio session into something greater. Therefore ‘If There’s A Place‘ in D’Lee’s performance opens anew a view on music, it offers completion and the fullness of a circle. The father began, the daughter continued. The father wrote the words 45 years ago, the daughter gave them voice today.

D’Lee created a space for dialogue and the song ‘If There’s A Place‘ became an act of co-creation across time. D’Lee’s voice is gentle and deep. Her performance is filled with a feeling of love and gratitude. One’s heart involuntarily tightens while listening to ‘If There’s A Place.’ This song about the search for refuge from pain and the longing for a place where memories do not hurt.

Ultimately, ‘If There’s A Place‘ is a meditation on what remains after us. Not fame or wealth—what truly matters are only the words, melodies, emotions preserved in a form that others can carry forward. The feeling that Frank English Sr. left his daughter the possibility of dialogue beyond death stays with me. And she seized that opportunity, creating a work that belongs to both of them and simultaneously—to everyone who has ever searched for their place, free from pain.

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