“Kiss Me Like You Mean It” is the fourth single from Casey’s smash hit new album, “Light It Up”, and follows the multi-million streaming hits “God Took His Time on You”, “Come Turn Me On” and “Get To Know Ya”.
With 36 million combined streams and seven consecutive #1 hits on the CountryTown Hot 50, Casey is one of the most loved and in-demand artists in Australian country music today.
His electrifying live show has been wowing fans on the ‘Light It Up’ tour and Casey has performed at, or is due to perform at most of the biggest events on the country music calendar, including CMC Rocks, Gympie Muster, Groundwater Country Music Festival, Big Country Festival as well as the iconic Bluesfest.
“Kiss Me Like You Mean It” is a slice of country-pop, with an earworm of a hook, powered by a funk infused horn section. The track was co-written by Casey with songwriting partners Kaci Brown and Sam Gray, along with the album’s producer M Squared (Michael Paynter and Michael Delorenzis).
“This was the first time the 5 of us collaborated on a track and it worked out perfectly!” Casey commented. “I’d come up with the original demo with Sam and Kaci over in the US, but when I took the song to MSquared they thought we could take it to a whole new level by adding in some other production elements. That brass line at the end of the chorus is an ear worm and gets stuck in your head straight away! This is gonna be great live.”
It’s been an incredible year for Casey with “Light It Up” reaching #1 on the ARIA Australian Artist country album chart, his previous album “Town of a Million Dreams” passing 90 weeks on the chart, winning Artist of the Year at the Gold Coast Music Awards, being nominated for an ARIA Award, APRA Award and multiple Golden Guitar Awards and having “Light It Up” used as the backing track for the AFL’s TV promo’s for the kick off of the 2022 season – and there’s no signs of slowing down.
Casey recently wrapped up the ‘Light it Up’ national tour, which saw him & his band perform for thousands of fans around the country. He will soon kick off a run of festival dates which will take him across the country again.