Recorded on-location in Nashville with a singer, songwriter, producer who has written songs for some of the biggest names in country music, ranging from Leann Rimes, to Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Thompson Square, John Rich, Lee Brice, Jodee Messina, and Sam Hunt. Not only is she headed to Denmark this September to perform as part of Nashville Nights International, but, under that same umbrella, she will return to her home country of Australia to perform in October. She capped off 2024 with her second cut being her own publisher going number 1 on SiriusXM’s The Highway and over 30 million streams.
“It's always scary to throw out the ideas that are extremely personal to me. But I also know that's part of trusting a room and taking a swing.”
“I want my songs to reach as many people as possible when I write them. So, I sort of have to take my own personal stuff out of it for the sake of the song and the reach and the connectivity for other people.”
“I'm a songwriter. I have a gift. I don't want every song to be about girls and trucks and tailgates. I want to say something more.”
“I won a competition called Toyota Star Maker, which Keith Urban won not too long before me. It's basically the American Idol of country music in Australia. So, it's a highly coveted award. And with that, I won a year of festival placements, like playing to 20,000, 40,000 people at festivals. I won a car for a year, I toured, and I won a record deal as well. So, I put out a single in that year that went top four.”
“I got a publishing deal within three months. I had two hit singles within the first three years of my publishing deal.”
“When I'm performing, I switch out of writer mode and into front woman mode. But I mean you can never really switch that off and I'm thankful for it.”
“I went back for something called CMC Rocks about six years ago. I played a round with Thomas Rhett, Luke Combs and Australia's biggest country act, Troy Cassar-Daley. We played to 6,000 people in a round.”
“Our plane essentially on the return flight had an engine fire over the middle of the Caribbean.”
“There are a lot of writers I trust in town and if they bring the person to me and they're like, ‘I really think this kid could be something,’ I want to be open to that forever and ever.”
“It's all about human connection at the end of the day and I'm so freaking grateful I get to do it by way of song.”
“Write everything down. If I can tell anyone anything, even if it's the crappiest idea you think of, if there's something in the bones of it, write it down, edit later.”
“Fight With the Sky”
“You Broke Up With Me” (Walker Hayes)