Venbee drops playful new single ‘Not My Day’, co-signed by Lewis Capaldi on TikTok, with a video shot across London by director Dante Richardson
Venbee has built her name on songs that tell the truth plainly, whether that is about depression, substance abuse, or the general chaos of being young and alive in Britain. Her new single ‘Not My Day‘ keeps that honesty intact but turns the temperature down. It is lighter, funnier, and it got Lewis Capaldi dancing on TikTok. That is not a bad start. Released this week, ‘Not My Day’ is exactly what it sounds like. The Chatham-born singer and Columbia Records artist leans into the minor absurdities of a day gone wrong, with the kind of dry, observational storytelling she does better than almost anyone working in the UK’s drum-and-bass-adjacent pop space right now. Capaldi even gets a direct name-check in the lyrics, which is presumably why he responded by posting a TikTok of himself dancing to it. The co-sign arrived without prompting and landed exactly right.
A Shift in Direction, Same Venbee Voice
Speaking about the creative thinking behind the track, Venbee said: “With this project I wanted to have fun and have music that felt a little less heavy but was still relatable. ‘Not My Day’ is about a day that didn’t quite go to plan. I wanted to make something out of completely normal, everyday life things.” That marks a conscious pivot from the heavier emotional weight of earlier work. Venbee first broke through in 2022 with ‘Messy in Heaven’, a drum and bass track that peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, spent fifteen weeks at the top of the UK Dance Singles Chart, and won Best Bass Track at the BBC Radio 1 Dance Awards. Since then she has collaborated with Rudimental, Marshmello, and John Summit, each time expanding her reach without losing the diaristic quality that made people pay attention in the first place. ‘Not My Day’ does not abandon that quality. It just applies it to smaller stakes. The lyric is sharp and grounded, and the ordinariness of the subject matter is the whole point.
A Video That Walks the Walk
The accompanying video was directed by Dante Richardson and follows Venbee through various London locations as she recounts the day in question. It is a logical visual choice for a song rooted in the texture of everyday city life, letting the locations do some of the narrative work. ‘Not My Day’ arrives as Venbee continues to define what a second chapter looks like for an artist who arrived fully formed. She is not chasing a bigger sound or a more polished version of herself. She is writing songs about going to Asda and getting stuck in a queue, and making them feel worth your time. That is its own kind of skill.
