Billy Vena’s new single, Romantic Logic, fizzes with a kind of energetic Prince-like energy that I find pretty much irresistible. Made up of a combination of warm feeling bass and crisp percussion and clean lines, the song feels futuristic yet also like lots of fun.
That sense of playfulness, present in Vena’s falsetto delivery, permeates Romantic Logic’s lyrics too — likening love to a game, in a direct reference to the Nintendo 64, even the very notion of “romantic logic” being a thing.
Describing the song, Vena says:
“The clues lead to love, but love leads to someone else they’re a little more content with. I wrote this song about understanding what it takes to be in a healthy relationship, and not understanding why you aren’t in one with the love of your life.”
Hailing from Panama but now based in Converse, Texas, Billy Vena made his musical debut back in 2020. Three singles came that year, and last year Vena began to release material from his upcoming debut EP, led with the excellent Rabbit Hole. Marking the release of Romantic Logic, Billy is auctioning of a single one-of-a-kind NFT that grants the owner a 10% royalty share on all master recording income from Romantic Logic, after expenses. You can find the auction, which ends on 28 February, on OpenSea here.