Missy Higgins hopes her new song will inspire fellow musicians
Melbourne-based musician Missy Higgins says the music industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, and hopes her new song will help people look for the positives as the city emerges from lockdown.
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Missy Higgins’ new single is dedicated to Melbourne coming out of lockdown.
The musician calls When The Machine Starts “a post-it note to my future self”.
Higgins hopes the song — released on Friday — will help people look for the positive.
“Many of my friends and family have really struggled during this pandemic; some lost their livelihoods overnight, others have had to spend weeks cooped up alone in very dark headspace,” Higgins said.
“My industry has been one of the hardest hit and it’s been heartbreaking and brutal for so many.
“Yet at the same time, there have been inspiring things going on as well. It’s actually given me more faith in humanity than any other time in history. It’s also made me realise how disconnected we have been from each other.
“I’ve seen strangers reaching out to each other to see if they’re okay. Work colleagues checking in on each other’s mental health for the first time ever and really caring about the answer. A conversation about the things that really matter.”
Higgins filmed a performance of the song for next Sunday’s episode of ABC show The Sound and hopes Melburnians will be seeing live music again soon.
“I never realised the extent to which Melburnians absolutely adore their live music until this whole thing began,’’ she said.
“People have been craving it, at least in my circles. It gives me hope that as a city we’ll find a way to get live music back to what it was, as soon as we possibly can. Even if that means doing it gradually and being a bit inventive as to how we do it.
“We’re good at creative thinking, we’ll find a way. And I actually think it will be better than ever because now there’s a new-found appreciation for what music brings to this city: it’s the lifeblood.”
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