ABOUT THE SONG – BURN FOR YOU
Lucy’s latest offering, ‘Burn For You’, is a country cover of the original John Farnham song. Leaning on a traditional country landscape, the song features Lucy’s cozy twang, anchored upon beautiful country sounds.
“Having previously released only original songs, I chose to cover ‘Burn For You’ because it is a beautiful Australian song with heartfelt lyrics. I fell in love with it and being true to my sound, I recorded it as a country song with my signature twang over a blend of banjo, mandolin and fiddle. Being authentic to the emotion in the lyrics, what you hear is my raw voice with no fancy production tricks”. – Lucy Parle.
SUPPORT FROM ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS & SONGWRITERS AND AUSTRALIAN RADIO
“I have seen Lucy develop into an artist who, I believe, has the potential to be one of Australia’s and the world’s finest writers and performers,” – Rod McCormack, award winning Australian producer, songwriter and artist (The Wolfe Brothers, Lee Kernaghan, Paul Kelly).
“Lucy is truly an unbelievably talented songwriter and performer with talent well beyond her years” – Gina Jeffreys, multi award winning Australian artist and songwriter.
“When I hear Lucy Parle sing, I get chills! Lucy is full of fire and drive. Her songs have so much wisdom and grace from someone so young. Her voice is effortless, powerful and vulnerable. She is a massive talent.” – Sally Barris, Nashville based songwriter (Keith Urban, Trisha Yearwood).
“We’ve been in the music business in Nashville for quite a long time. Long enough to recognize when a young artist with something special comes along. Lucy HAS that ‘something special’.” – Templeton Thompson (Reba McEntire, Jo Dee Messina) and Sam Gay (Bryan White, Little Texas), Nashville based artists and songwriters
“I am so obsessed with that voice of yours. The tone, the emotion, the polish – it’s all there in bucketloads” – Abby Butler, triple j Unearthed radio presenter.
“You’ve got a way of delivering your lines that makes them feel like every word is specifically for the listener. It’s a special thing” – Tommy Faith, triple j Unearthed radio presenter.
“Lucy’s voice is just so good at drawing you into her story” – Declan Byrne, triple j Home & Hosed radio presenter.
“There’s that signature twang and sincerity from Lucy Parle. Your voice is clearly one that has plenty of stories to tell and I can’t wait to hear every single one of them” – Abby Butler, triple j Unearthed radio presenter.
LUCY PARLE BIOGRAPHY
Few storytellers can distil raw emotion into melody like Lucy Parle. The golden-haired songbird’s authentic take on Country music, pageants wisdom beyond her years.
Like many starry-eyed singers she started small, playing to whoever would listen. Attending school during the week, then frequenting every market, café, restaurant – or even pub – that she could on the weekend, the talented 12-year-old was well and truly hustling. “My mum would always be close by and I remember sometimes I would just be playing to her.” Lucy took every opportunity to hone her craft. “Sometimes I would even busk outside Coles while I waited for my mum to do the shopping.”
Her commitment paid dividends. Two years later, the singer-songwriter was crowned the victor of Central Coast Discovered and was accepted into the prestigious Academy of Country Music in Tamworth, where she received mentorship from some of Australia’s brightest and most enduring stars.
The Australian Songwriters Association named her Youth Songwriter of the Year in 2017 and 2020 as well as Folk/Acoustic Songwriter of the Year in 2018. She won the ‘Youth Songwriter’ category at the Tamworth Songwriters Association Award’s in 2019 and 2020, and took out first place in the coveted International Songwriting Competition (ISC), ‘Teen’ category in 2020.
In the space of 4 years Lucy had gone from aspiring musician to bonafide star on the rise. As a standout performer in triple j’s Unearthed High (2020, 2021), Lucy attracted the attention of boutique indie label, Double Drummer and ORiGiN Music Publishing. Joining the label roster, she released her stories to the world; eventually clocking over 1 million streams on DSPs and earning her the moniker, “the Australian Taylor Swift”.
Eventually the market stalls and crowded restaurant corners were traded for vibrantly lit stages and theatres around the country. As opening act for Greta Stanley (2022), Casey Barnes (2022), Ash Grunwald (2023), Alex Lloyd (2023), 1927 (2023), Mahalia Barnes (2024) and The Whitlams (2024), she more than earned her stripes. Experiencing Lucy’s live show is like having a chat with your best friend; relaxed, fun and uninhibited.
Accolades and opportunities came swiftly, but in 2022 the singer-songwriter found herself at a fork in the road. “I took a conscious step back to reflect on the direction my music was heading.” Waving goodbye to her publisher and label in 2023, Lucy returned to her Country roots and began work with multi award winning veteran Australian producer, Rod McCormack (The Wolfe Brothers, Lee Kernaghan, Paul Kelly), whilst collaborating with a host of ace writers in Nashville.
Lucy’s most recent releases, ‘Best of Me’ and ‘Love Yourself Better’, scored playlist recognition on Apple Music and were added on full rotation to Kix Country, iHeart Radio, ABC Country, Australian Country Radio and CMT Australia, among many others. This is no small feat for an up and coming artist.
Lucy’s songwriting is fearless; her voice, self-assured; and her sound, equally authentic and fresh.
MARKETING PLANS
I am currently working with Mardi Caught, Sarah Hamilton and Elfira Vania from The Annex to develop a strong presence on streaming services and social media platforms with a focus on audience growth. Specifically, strategic content creation, digital marketing strategy, media advertising, digital analysis to determine efficiency of marketing and playlisting. I also regularly work with publicist Jules Delemare from Wildheart Publicity.