Bella Mackenzie—

Rising Australian artist Bella Mackenzie shares her new self-penned single Blacksmith, a vulnerable, self-encouraging portrait. The song explores resilience in the face of betrayal, and the power in turning trauma into strength.

“Before I decided to write Blacksmith, I was really struggling with the concept of how someone who you’ve known your whole life, someone who is supposed to love you unconditionally, could have a motive to want to tear you down and see you fail. I guess I’m lucky that I had never experienced that until now, but I was finding it hard to wrap my head around. The easiest way for me to process these emotions is to write about them. Blacksmith is about realizing that no matter who they are, you should never accept bad treatment from anyone and that you can build something unbreakable when you let go of those people. I wrote this song on my own because of how vulnerable and real it is. I felt I was the only person who could really portray the story accurately in order to release the emotions I was feeling,” says Bella.

Blacksmith was produced by Jacky McCormack, who performs guitar and banjo on the track, backed by moody pedal steel work of guitarist Travis Toy, giving the new single a distinctly modern country feel.

Bella hails from the coal-mining town of Moranbah, Queensland, and is now based on the Central Coast. She has been writing songs since she was twelve, cutting her teeth in pubs and bars across regional Australia.