a tender piano ballad that captures grief in its most human form

it’s been a year is the kind of song that holds your hand through heartbreak. written just months after jane marie lost her mother, it moves with the quiet honesty of someone learning how to keep going. the london-based songwriter and composer pours a lifetime of craft into this simple, deeply felt moment – where memory and music intertwine.

built on soft piano, strings, and gentle harmonies with jessica mia, the track ebbs and flows like breath, mirroring the unpredictability of grief itself. it’s not dramatic; it’s truthful. the ache is carried in every note, yet there’s a calm resilience beneath it – a recognition that love, even in loss, remains.

drawing on influences from adele and elton john to holst and mahler, jane marie creates something timeless and cinematic. it feels like a scene from the closing moments of a film, where words fall away and only emotion speaks.

honest, graceful, and healing – it’s been a year reminds us that music can be both sanctuary and solace.

thank u for making this jane marie 🌷