Australia’s newest country music sensation, Bella Mackenzie, has sparked a fire in country music fans and it’s going fully ablaze today with the release of her second single ‘WASTED’ featuring US country artist LECADE, and the announcement of her debut EP WILD THING dropping Friday November 22nd . The EP can be pre-ordered and pre-saved from here.
Bella proves real strength in her songwriting, unafraid to show her vulnerable side in ‘WASTED’. The burgeoning artist co-wrote her new single, with multi-instrumentalist and producer Jacky McCormack and LECADE. Written with strength and pride, the raw duet intertwines Bella and LECADE’S vocals seamlessly.
“WASTED is the struggle of two ex-lovers who run into each other downtown and can’t figure out if they still have that old spark or if it’s just the alcohol talking,” Bella shares.
LECADE says, “Working with Bella and her team was great. She is talented and I was excited to be part of such a cool song with her”.
‘WASTED’ is the follow up single to ‘COWBOY’ Bella Mackenzie’s first single through Island Records Australia. ‘COWBOY’ was instantly added to KIX Country, ABC Country, iHeartCountry, Nova Fresh Country and Triple M Country, peaking at #2 on the Australian Country Radio Charts. With over 500K global artist streams and 300K single streams for ‘COWBOY’ combined, the song was added to Spotify’s Fresh Country playlist, secured Apple Music’s Priority Songs with multiple editorial placements and the video added to RAGE and CTM Australia.
Bella Mackenzie will be performing at BIGSOUND next month, followed by Boots, Buckles & Beers Country Music Festival and Ridin’ Hearts Festival in the coming months.