SHANLEIGH ROSE RELEASES STRIKING NEW Folk-Country SINGLE \u201cLIKE MY MAMA LOVES TOBACCO\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rising Australian country-pop storyteller Shanleigh Rose delivers a bold and evocative new single with \u201cLike My Mama Loves Tobacco\u201d \u2014a track that lingers long after the first listen.\u000f\u000fSitting in the fragile space where love and dependency collide, \u201c Like My Mama Loves Tobacco\u201d explores the emotional complexity of holding onto something that still feels like home. Between fields left fallow and the quiet weight of generational addiction, Shanleigh leans into truth over resolution\u2014offering a raw, unfiltered reflection on emotional attachment. Backed by Tamworth Songwriters Association award-winning lyricism and deeply vulnerable vocals, the folk-country ballad captures a feeling many recognise but rarely articulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSince I was a child, I\u2019ve witnessed the way addiction lives and breathes in people. I remember telling myself, \u2018I will never let that happen to me.\u2019 Fast forward to 17, and I\u2019ve fallen head over heels for someone so intoxicating and all-consuming that it hurts. In writing this song, I realised that what I felt for them acted more like my mother\u2019s relationship with smoking than love. And just as I had witnessed in her, I could not let go of it. I knew how bad it was for me, but I just couldn\u2019t put it down. Eventually, it began to burn away my soul, and I knew I had to make the decision\u2026 loving me meant letting him go.\u201d \u2014 Shanleigh Rose\u000f\u000fDrawing inspiration from the candid, deeply human songwriting of Melody Moko and Fanny Lumsden\u2014particularly Moko\u2019s \u201cLike Hank Would\u201d and Lumsden\u2019s \u201cFallow\u201d\u2014the track also benefits from the guiding hand of producer Michael Muchow, whose close ties to both artists bring a sense of creative alignment to the project.\u000f\u000f\u201cIt is a really different direction to any of my previous releases, but I\u2019m just in love with this track\u2026 It\u2019s the most \u2018me\u2019 song I think I\u2019ve ever put out.\u201d \u2014 Shanleigh Rose\u000f\u000fMulti-award-winning Melody Moko adds:
\u201cShanleigh Rose has a gift for songwriting that is both vivid and personal. With \u2018Like My Mama Loves Tobacco,\u2019 she doubles down on that gift, delivering a take on dependency that feels innocent and mature in the same breath, much like Shanleigh as an artist.\u201d\u000f\u000fAn enchanting storyteller and captivating performer, Shanleigh Rose continues to establish herself as a formidable force in Australian music. With songwriting at the core of her artistry, she has built a growing audience drawn to her evocative lyricism and memorable melodies. \u000f\u000f2026 has seen Shanleigh expanding Spotify catalogue now surpassed 100,000 streams across ten single releases, reflecting her steady rise and adding Oppurnities to perform and work alongside industry greats including. Fanny Lumsden on her 2026 tour, including a standout performance at iconic Brisbane venue The Triffid with Shanleigh calendar slowly filling up it further cements her reputation as a compelling live act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With \u201cLike My Mama Loves Tobacco,\u201d Shanleigh Rose doesn\u2019t just tell a story\u2014she invites listeners to sit inside it. It\u2019s intimate, confronting, and unmistakably authentic, marking a powerful new chapter for one of Australia\u2019s most promising voices.\u000f\u000fSee Shanleigh Rose Live
May 24th – The Linville Hotel – Linville, QLD\u000fMay 29th – The Maleny Show – Maleny, QLD\u000fJun 27th – Hotel Radnor – Blackbutt, QLD\u000fJuly 4th – Gravel & Flannel Festival – Wondai, QLD\u000fJuly 11th – Radnor Hotel – Blackbutt, QLD\u000fJuly 17th – Farm to Table – Toowoomba, QLD\u000f\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bAugust 28th & 29th Gympie Music Muster, Amamoor State Forest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SHANLEIGH ROSE RELEASES STRIKING NEW Folk-Country SINGLE \u201cLIKE MY MAMA LOVES TOBACCO\u201d Rising Australian country-pop storyteller Shanleigh Rose delivers a bold and evocative new single with \u201cLike My Mama Loves Tobacco\u201d \u2014a track that lingers long after the first listen.\u000f\u000fSitting in the fragile space where love and dependency collide, \u201c Like My Mama Loves Tobacco\u201d explores … Continue reading “Shanleigh Rose – Like My Mama Loves Tobacco”<\/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-2878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878","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=2878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2879,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions\/2879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}