Queen Ethelburga’s Releases New Hit Single With The Help of Chart-Topping Duo Billen Ted
Introducing a world-first musical collaboration between independent school Queen Ethelburga's, Global Media and hit-selling music producers Billen Ted. "Feels Like Home", a student-composed pop hit, is available on all major music platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.
A cohort of the talented student team visited the Global Media offices in Leeds to hear the advert of the song played on Capital FM. The radio station is playing the adverts in May and June throughout Yorkshire and the North East. In addition, the official music video is also available on Queen Ethelburga's YouTube Channel.
2 famous music producers, 13 QE students, 2 workshops & 1 hit radio station. Students from across all four of the Collegiate’s schools: Chapter House, King’s Magna, The College, and The Faculty worked with producers Sam Brennan and Tom Hollings (a.k.a Billen Ted) to create this potential summer dance hit.
Global Media and Billen Ted ran two workshop sessions where students created all elements of the song and music video; from the underlying melody to the dance choreography:
- The melody originated from Fleur (Year 6), Imogen (Year 7) and Sophie (Year 9) playing the keyboard;
- Eden (Year 13) sings "Feels Like Home" and the lyrics are based student's thoughts about the school;
- Paul (Year 13), Mark (Year 11), Owen (Year 12) and Catherine (Year 12) play the instruments, plus a special saxophone solo by Oliver (Year 12);
- Iniabasi (Year 12), Adam (Year 11), Eden, Stacey (Year 6), Fleur, Sophie and Imogen sing the backing vocals;
- Ruci (Year 12), Emma (Year 12) and Georgia (Year 12) choreographed the dance routine.
The Behind The Scenes Making of Feels Like Home
Here's a little backstage glimpse into the making of the project:
“This is the first time we’ve worked with a school. It’s just doing something a little bit different – as Producers, we don’t get out of the studio much! The students we worked with are really talented, and if there are any words of wisdom we can give and share about songwriting that we can pass on, it’s a job well done, we think.”
Billen Ted
Daniel Machin, Principal of Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate, shares why he was keen to undertake this ambitious project:
“At QE, we’re always looking for new, innovative, and ultimately stand-out opportunities for our students. We have incredible talent across the four schools, from the younger years in Chapter House up to our Sixth Formers. When we bring this together as one ‘Team QE’ community on collaborative and ambitious projects I think the results are amazing. So, a massive thank you to Billen Ted and Global Media for making this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity happen for our students.”
The song is available across all major streaming channels, including Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music. Also, it is available to use on all social media channels.
For more information about studying at QE, visit www.qe.org.
