{"id":2724,"date":"2026-03-08T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T02:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2026-03-08T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T02:17:01","slug":"bella-mackenzie-there-must-be-a-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/bella-mackenzie-there-must-be-a-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella MacKenzie &#8211; THERE MUST BE A FIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rising country music artist, Bella Mackenzie, releases \u2018 There Must Be A Fire\u2019 the first single from an exciting new era.<br>&nbsp;<br>Described as a song about betrayal and following one\u2019s intuition, \u2018There Must Be A Fire\u2019 finds Bella writing with more self-confidence and authenticity than ever before. \u2018 this era is me in my most real and confident state. Entering my 21st year of life this year, I decided to only write what was real to me and \u2018There Must Be A Fire\u2019 is no exception. To me, this song is the definition of \u2018trust your gut\u2019. I wrote this song based off the saying \u2018Where there\u2019s smoke, there\u2019s fire\u2019 and in this case, the fire is the other woman.\u201d<br>&nbsp;<br>With its modern edge and Bella\u2019s remarkable talent at the forefront, \u2018There Must Be A Fire\u2019 was co-written with Grammy and CMA nominee Parker Welling (Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini), Grammy Award winner &nbsp;and CMA nominee Josh Kerr (Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen) and Golden Guitar nominee Jacky McCormack, who also produced the smoky country rock single.<br>&nbsp;<br>Shares Bella ,\u201cI wrote this with hugely accomplished songwriters Josh Kerr, Parker Welling &amp; Jacky McCormack so it was bound to be a hard hitting song lyrically. I can\u2019t give too much away but this track is just the tip of what\u2019s to come\u2026&#8221;<br>&nbsp;<br>Nominated for Female Artist Of The Year at the Country Town Awards and over 4.3 million+ global&nbsp; streams, Bella has achieved multiple Top 10 Country Radio chart-topping singles including the recent single \u2018 Tombstone Desperado\u2019 with Jake Banfield , \u2018 Grew Up Country\u2019 , \u2018 Down South\u2019 and \u2018Cowboy\u2019. &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Now based on the Central Coast NSW, Bella Mackenzie has a busy touring schedule ahead, hitting the road with US country super star Riley Green on his \u2018Cowboy As It Gets\u2019 Australian Tour, before taking the stage at Australia\u2019s premier country music festival, CMC Rocks. With these incredible shows and even more new music to be announced, Bella Mackenzie is continuing her rapid ascent as one of country music&#8217;s most compelling new voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABOUT BELLA MACKENZIE<br>Bella Mackenzie has over 4.5 million global artist streams and over 105k social media followers, winning hearts and minds of country music fans with singles \u2018Cowboy\u2019, \u2018Down South\u2019 and \u2018Buy Me A Drink\u2019 and her debut EP \u2018Wild Thing\u2019 . Since launching her career, Bella has received support from media outlets including Country Town noting her \u201ccatchy country-pop tunes, and can-do attitude\u201d; while Rolling Stone Australia chose her debut single \u2018Cowboy\u2019 as the Best Australian Music of the Week.&nbsp; \u2018Cowboy\u2019 went onto gain high rotation on Country Music Radio, peaking at #2 on the Australian Country Radio Charts.<br>&nbsp;<br>Bella has supported James Johnston, Chase Rice and Redferrin on national tours and played to capacity crowds at BIGSOUND, BOOTS, BUCKLES &amp; BEERS, Ridin\u2019 Hearts Festival, where she made great waves with a fan-favorite duet alongside Riley Green on \u201cYou Look Like You Love Me\u201d (originally recorded with Ella Langley), and in 2025 Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising country music artist, Bella Mackenzie, releases \u2018 There Must Be A Fire\u2019 the first single from an exciting new era.&nbsp;Described as a song about betrayal and following one\u2019s intuition, \u2018There Must Be A Fire\u2019 finds Bella writing with more self-confidence and authenticity than ever before. \u2018 this era is me in my most real &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/bella-mackenzie-there-must-be-a-fire\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bella MacKenzie &#8211; THERE MUST BE A FIRE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2725,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions\/2725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}