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(Please Don't) Leave Me Now

from I Hope You Can Forgive Me by Madison McFerrin

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    Track listing

    Side A
    Deep Sea
    Fleeting Melodies
    Testify
    Run
    God Herself

    Side B
    OMW
    (Please Don't) Leave Me Now
    Stay Away (From Me)
    Utah
    Goodnight

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    Track listing

    Side A
    Deep Sea
    Fleeting Melodies
    Testify
    Run
    God Herself

    Side B
    OMW
    (Please Don't) Leave Me Now
    Stay Away (From Me)
    Utah
    Goodnight

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about

“(Please Don’t) Leave Me Now” arrives with a vivid and otherworldly video directed by Kemp Baldwin that delves into a traumatic incident Madison experienced with her partner in 2021. Produced by Andrew Lappin, Madison wrote the song after enduring a severe car accident and reflecting on surviving something that could have taken her life away or seriously changed it forever. With jazzy percussion, hints of funk and neo-soul, and a powerful message, “(Please Don't) Leave Me Now” asks for more time and displays a gratitude that is tied up in fear and complexity.

Madison contemplates “(Please Don’t) Leave Me Now” and its accompanying video,

"Being able to walk away from a near-death experience without physical harm is one of the greatest blessings I've received in this life. It reaffirmed my purpose as an artist. Writing '(Please Don't) Leave Me Now' became an incredibly therapeutic and cathartic experience. Being able to express that kind of fear while still creating a fun environment was key to making this song.

Death showed up in more ways than one in the process of making this video. In the weeks leading up to the shoot, multiple family members on the production side passed unexpectedly, bringing our plans to a halt. The fate of the video was in flux. Thanks to the tenacity of my team, we were able to regroup and move forward, albeit with a delay.

For the video, we wanted to capture the feeling of not being prepared to die. I’m talking to myself both above and within the grave, grieving both who I was and who I could be. I didn’t expect being in a grave for multiple hours in a day would affect me, but it definitely contributed to my journey in processing a near-death experience. This song and video are a manifestation of my own personal growth as not only a musician, but as a human.”

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(Please Don’t) Leave Me Now
Melody & lyrics by Madison McFerrin

Verse 1
What is all forgiven
When it’s said and done
Could it be we’re livin’
All wrong
Takin’ it for granted

‘Til we’re beggin’

Chorus 1
Please Don’t
Leave me now
I ain’t ready
I won’t let you down no
So
Please don’t
Leave me now
Leave me now

Verse 2
Do you think it’s over
When you walk away
Time ain’t movin’ slower
So don’t wait
‘Til you meet your maker
To be beggin

Chorus 2
Please don’t
Leave me now
I ain’t ready
I won’t let you down no
So
Please don’t
Leave me now
Leave me now

Bridge
Told you that it ain’t my time
Don’t cross that line
I won’t throw your love away

Chorus 3
Won’t let you down no
So
Please don’t
Leave me now
Leave me now
Don’t
Leave me now
I ain’t ready
I won’t let you down no
So
Please don’t
Leave me now
Leave me now

credits

from I Hope You Can Forgive Me, track released February 22, 2023
Performed by Madison McFerrin – lead vocals, background vocals
Produced by Andrew Lappin
All instrumentation by Andrew Lappin
Recorded and Mixed by Andrew Lappin at WaxLTD, Hollywood, CA
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert

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Madison McFerrin Brooklyn, New York

“Madison McFerrin is almost like a hypnotist: She creates expansive, atmospheric grooves that grow and bloom, layer by layer.”-NPR

“suave neo-soul…with it a hint of darkness”-NYLON

"If you don’t know who Madison McFerrin is by now, you ought to be ashamed of yourself because since she burst out to the mainstream in 2019, she’s been that one person who you can’t wait to hear music from."-AFROPUNK
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