Ruby and Resin Built The Fall in Public, and the Next Song Is Already Taking Shape
Ruby and Resin Built The Fall in Public, and the Next Song Is Already Taking Shape
An American Piano Duo Moves From Videos and a Demo to Its First Studio Single
Ruby and Resin released The Fall on 22 September 2026, and it is the duo’s first single made in a studio with a full arrangement. Based in Denver, United States, Jenn Friedman and Ben Johnson have built the song in public, from live videos in the spring to a demo in July. A new song is already on its way.
Ruby and Resin’s The Fall is in the playlist below, and every article about the duo is gathered on the Ruby and Resin artist profile. The single came to this desk through PopHits.Co Music Charts, which verifies independent artists and places their releases across its network of music news desks. Press play, then read on for how the duo got here.
Before The Fall, Ruby and Resin Played Their Songs to Cameras and Small Rooms
So the record did not start in a studio. In May 2026 the duo shared Talk to the Light, filmed at a CB Art Studio performance with Friedman at the piano. In June came Avatar, played by both, and a short video introducing themselves to the people already following.
More songs went up the same way, with titles such as My Hands Were Tied, Recognize a Tide and Where Have You Been. Each one was a room, a piano and a camera. Then, in July, a first demo of The Fall went out on streaming services.
That is an old route for a songwriter. Carole King spent the early 1960s writing hits that other singers recorded before she decided to sing her own songs. When she did, Tapestry won four Grammy Awards in 1972, including Album of the Year. King also wrote or co-wrote every song on it. Ruby and Resin are at the very start of that kind of path, from the writing room to the record.
The Fall Is the First Ruby and Resin Song Built Out in a Studio
Then came the studio version. Friedman wrote The Fall, sings it, plays its piano and adds the background harmonies. Johnson produced it and played the electric guitar, the bass, the drums and the synthesiser. Zeno Pittarelli mixed it. The duo put the single out themselves, under the Ruby and Resin Music name.
The result runs three minutes and 22 seconds and keeps the piano at the centre. The duo describes its sound as warm and atmospheric, music meant to make listeners slow down and reflect. On this single the band around the piano gives that idea more room, without taking the song away from the voice and the keys. It is a wistful record, and a patient one.
What Comes Next for Ruby and Resin After The Fall Is Already Being Practised on Camera
Still, the duo has not stopped at one release. On 24 October 2026 a new video showed a new song being practised, cut down from almost an hour of work. The idea was to document the process, raw and unfinished, rather than wait for a polished take. The key was unfamiliar, the process was tiring, and the note at the end promised to finish the song and share it in full.
Around the same time, the duo’s page shared a song in progress whose chorus was written a couple of years ago. Playing it now, its writer realised the song was about death.
Fiona Apple made that slow way of working famous. She recorded Fetch the Bolt Cutters largely at her home in Los Angeles between 2015 and 2020, and the album won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. Ruby and Resin share the habit of letting songs take the time they need, in the open, on camera.
Where to Hear It First, and Who to Follow Next
So start with The Fall, then go back to the live videos to hear where it came from. Bandcamp carries the single too, next to the streaming services. The next song is on its way, and this is a good moment to start following.
MusicDrops.News’s curator team: “Most duos show you the finished song. Ruby and Resin show you the whole process, and The Fall is what that patience sounds like once a full band is in the room.”
Stream The Fall on Spotify, Apple Music or Bandcamp, or pick a service from the smartlink. Then follow Ruby and Resin on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
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