Judy Blank’s Fading Star: The Beautifully Haunting Song You Need to Hear

Dutch indie artist, Judy Blank’s Fading Star drifts through the air like a radio transmission from a past life—hazy, melancholic, and beautifully disoriented.

It begins in sepia tones, the soft strum of an acoustic guitar humming under Blank’s weightless vocals, tracing the outlines of memory and self-worth. But this isn’t nostalgia for the sake of it.

The track slowly expands into something richer, layered with spectral Mellotron swells, warm bass, and a slow-burning electric guitar that doesn’t explode so much as dissolve into a shimmering mirage.

Co-written in Nashville and recorded in the Netherlands, Fading Star carries the quiet ache of artists who’ve touched the limelight and felt it slip through their fingers.

The arrangement mirrors that fragile balance—wistful piano chords, cascading strings, and a heartbeat of percussion that never fully settles.

Blank sings of champagne nights and velvet suits, but the song isn’t mourning what’s lost.

It’s reckoning with the weight of being seen, the loneliness of disappearing, and the quiet beauty of knowing something mattered, even as it fades.

“I’ve always been scared of being forgotten—long before I had anything to be remembered for,” Blank reflects.

“I think we all feel that invisible pressure to create something lasting in this world. Something special. For me, that’s always been songs. But that’s a dangerous game, you know? Because for a long time, I tied my entire self-worth to whether my songs were ‘successful enough.’ Fading Star is my way of trying to make peace with that. Art is art. And I am me. And just because something fades doesn’t mean it never mattered.”

Judy Blank’s Fading Star is a quiet exhale, a moment of clarity in an industry obsessed with what’s next.

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Judy Blank Fading Star Lyrics

Wandering these city streets
From dawn to dusk
Nobody recognised who I was
One cup of coffee in the restaurant

Dreaming of days I was in the lights
Everyone said I was on the rise
Where did they go on my rainy nights?

Who’s going to look up to this
fading star Fading star?
Who’s gonna see me when it’s growing dark?
I’m growing dark
If only
they could see
how bright I used to be
They’d love me
I know you’d love me
too

There was a time they gave me hotel rooms
Key to the top and champagne too
Dressed me in velvet, all shades of blue

Who’s going to look up to this
fading star Fading star
Who’s gonna see me when it’s growing dark
I’m growing dark
If only they could see
how bright I used to be
They’d love me
I know you’d love me

If I was poetry
Some kind of symphony
I would still shine in your eyes

Who’s going to look up to this
fading star Fading star?
Who’s gonna see me when it’s growing dark?
I’m growing dark
If only
they could see
how bright I used to be
They’d love me
You’d love me
I would still love me too