Mica Millar Releases New Single “A Little More Time For Love”

British soul singer, songwriter, and producer Mica Millar returns with “A Little More Time For Love,” a new single out now via her own label, Golden Hour Music. It’s the latest track to be revealed from her forthcoming second album A Little Bit of Me, set for release on June 5.

Listen to “A Little More Time for Love”

Written and produced by Millar and recorded at Studio Miraval in the south of France, the album marks her most impressive and self-assured work to date. The new single follows “See You On The Other Side” featuring GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter Keyon Harrold and the album’s title track, both of which began to map the emotional scope of the project while introducing themes of cyclical change, resilience, and emotional honesty, earning early support from BBC Radio 2 and Jazz FM.

Written with the live show in mind, “A Little More Time For Love” marks a new sense of momentum in Mica Millar’s world. While her 2022 debut Heaven Knows established her as a master of emotional depth, an album shaped a serious spinal cord injury that nearly left her paralysed, this new single leans into something more immediate: upbeat, rhythmic, and built to hold a room. Rooted in soul music but drawing on the energy of 60s girl group records, it captures a feeling of lift and release that signals a shift in the album’s dynamic.

The track was sparked by a headline show at New Morning in Paris, where an incorrectly printed setlist saw Millar and her band unintentionally cut many of Mica’s emotive, lower tempo material from the first half of her set. Hitting a peak with ‘Trouble’ much earlier than planned, the room was buzzing and Mica’s creative instinct to hold that energy in the room for just a little longer, inspired much of the work that makes up her highly anticipated sophomore album.

Beginning work on ‘A Little Bit of Me’, she set out asking what an “upbeat” Mica Millar record might sound like and reflecting on her writing approach – Starting from rhythm instead of piano, Millar built the track around drums and bass, enlisting the help of Gregory Porter’s drummer Emanuel Harrold to record demo drum ideas (Emmanuel would later  introduce her to his brother, trumpeter Keyon Harold at the Grammy Awards in 2024, resulting in collaborations still to come). Drawing from the signature patterns of some of Mica’s favorite 60s soul records (The Supremes, The Staple Singers, Aretha Franklin, The Emotions), the result is a track that feels both timeless and current; expansive in sound, but anchored by her unmistakable, world class vocal.

The single arrives alongside a video that reflects those same influences, featuring Millar’s all-female backing band of some of LA’s top-call female musicians, in a brightly colored, stylized setting that nods to the visual language of classic soul while presenting it through a contemporary lens.

Since the release of her 2022 debut Heaven Knows, Millar has become one of the UK’s most distinctive contemporary soul voices, building an acclaimed career entirely independently. Self-managed, self-produced and written, her debut album, which featured world-class collaborators including Prince alumni Ricky Peterson and David Z, earned widespread praise, including five-star acclaim from the Daily Express and Daily Mirror, the cover of Blues & Soul Magazine, and the Jazz FM Award for Soul Act of the Year. Major milestones followed, including sold-out headline shows globally including Manchester’s Albert Hall and London’s Union Chapel, support slots with Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Gladys Knight and Gregory Porter, support from across BBC TV and Radio and a 2023 induction into The Recording Academy.

Since the release of her debut in 2022, Millar has quietly established herself as one of the UK’s most compelling contemporary soul voices – opening for the likes of Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight & Lionel Ritchie and touring internationally in her own right. A self-managed artist and founder of her own label, she continues to build her career entirely on her own terms, bringing a vital, modern perspective to the traditions of soul, R&B, blues, gospel and jazz.

Millar will perform her biggest headline European Tour to date this autumn, including UK shows at Manchester’s New Century Hall on 26th September, London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 9th October and Glasgow Old Fruit Market on 11th October.

MICA MILLAR 2026 TOUR DATES

MAY

22nd Guebwiller, Les Dominicains, FR 

JUNE

6th  HMV, Manchester, UK – INSTORE

7th Jacaranda, Liverpool, UK  – INSTORE

8th Rough Trade East, London, UK – INSTORE

11th Rough Trade, Berlin, DE – INSTORE

JULY

8th   Bix-Club, Jazz Open, STUTGARD, DE  *SOLD OUT*

13th Jazz à Juan, Juan Les Pins, FR

18th Zeltival Festival, Karlsruhe, DE

29th Hafensommer Festival, WüRZBURG, DE 

31th Stauden Augustin open Air Efferltrich, DE 

AUGUST

2nd Rheingau Musik Festival, HOCHHEIM, DE *SOLD OUT*

SEPTEMBER

26th New Century Hall, MANCHESTER, UK

OCTOBER

1st Cosmopolite, OSLO, NO

2nd Doornroosje, NIJMEGEN, NL

3rd LantarenVenster, ROTTERDAM, NL – SOLD OUT

4th Paradiso, AMSTERDAM, NL

9th  Shepherd’s Bush Empire, LONDON, UK

11th  Old Fruit Market, GLASGOW, UK – NEW

14th  Stockholm Jazz Festival, SWE – NEW

16th Monk Jazz Club, GDANSK, PO

17th  Warsaw NIBEO, WARSAW, PO

18th Blue Note Poznan, POZNAN, PO (x2 shows)

22nd New Morning, PARIS, FR

23rd Le Quai M, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FR

NOVEMBER

7th ZigZag Club, BERLIN, DE