Stella Cole – My Funny Valentine
Today, 26-year-old Stella Cole announces the release of My Funny Valentine, a 3 track EP out February 6, 2026 via Decca Records US.
Following her charming take on the Carpenters’ “Merry Christmas, Darling,” her critically acclaimed new album It’s Magic, and an enchanting TODAY Show performance, the Hollywood Reporter Person of Interest has worked again with Grammy-winner Matt Pierson (Samara Joy, Brad Mehldau) and and the great arranger Alan Broadbent on My Funny Valentine, celebrating the major standards of the Great American Songbook in a way that’s fresh and new, yet faithful to the time-honored traditions of this remarkable music.
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s iconic “My Funny Valentine,” is about loving somebody not just in spite of their perceived faults, but possibly even because of them. More than most interpreters, Stella makes us realize that in loving delineating such faults – if they even should be called that – the singer is not only revelling in the humanity of the other, but expressing her own vulnerability as well.
With “You Go to My Head,” Stella delivers the Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie lyric with a directness and openness that recalls Sinatra’s classic 1945 reading – a superlative take on perhaps the first great song to use alcohol as a metaphor. On the track, Stella is backed by a trio of Alan Broadbent along with her regular band members Michael Migliore (bass) and Hank Allen-Barfield (drums).
“The Nearness of You” is in a more intimate setting of just Broadbent and Migliore accompanying Stella, as she embraces Ned Washington’s narrative of delineating his list of things that don’t and do excite or enchant her (the “pale moon,” the “soft lights”), concluding that it’s the sheer proximity of the loved one that matters most. With this package, Stella shows off her continuing mastery of this music; now, more than ever, this world is truly her oyster.
With a voice that bridges generations, Stella Cole has cultivated over 1.7 million social media followers through her fresh interpretations of timeless songs by iconic artists, including Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Nat “King” Cole. Often described as a Laufey-meets-Bublé sensation, Cole brings a fresh interpretation of classic repertoire to a new generation, currently on tour across the country.
Her interpretations of Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” and Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers” with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox added over ten million more views and streams to her list of accomplishments, along with collaborating with Tony Award-winning Darren Criss on her Snow! EP, following her full-length debut album Stella Cole in 2024.
February 6 – Boulder Theater with the Boulder Philharmonic – Boulder, CO (with orchestra)
February 7 – Lone Tree with the Boulder Philharmonic – Lone Tree, CO (with orchestra)
February 10 – Brevard Music Center – Brevard, NC
February 12-14 – Filoli Gardens – San Francisco, CA
February 20-21 – Jazz Forum – Tarrytown, NY
March 11 – Blue Note Hawaii – Honolulu, HI
April 4 – Martin Theatre, Ravinia – Highland Park, IL
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