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“I wanted to just start again and do everything without compromise,” begins Meg Mac of the game-changing personal switch-up that led to ‘Matter of Time’: the Sydney-born singer’s incoming third album.
Having recorded and primed a previous ‘third album’ for imminent release, Mac had what she now describes as “a bit of a meltdown” with personal and professional doubts coming to a head. She scrapped the body of work two weeks before launch and moved to a remote village in the NSW countryside. 'Matter of Time' came into being across 2020 and 2021 and is a document of an artistic redemption of sorts, fleshed out by her most fully-realised sonic and visual palette yet.
From the lead single ‘Is It Worth Being Sad’ and 'Only Love' produced by The Donuts (Kendrick Lamar), to selectively seeking songwriting and production collaborators PJ Harding (Noah Cyrus) for 'Don’t You Cry', Dylan Nash (Dean Lewis) for 'Letter' and Jesse Shatkin (Sia) for 'Understand' – Meg took time to realise her newly found control and purpose.
All these pieces fit together to answer a puzzle that Meg has been trying to solve for years - of how to truly be satisfied and to make a record that flourishes without compromise. 'Matter of Time' is “how I’ve always wanted to do an album” she affirms, “…knowing when it’s not right, and having the confidence to say so and to take it in a different direction”.
“Now for the first time, I really feel in control.”
Having recorded and primed a previous ‘third album’ for imminent release, Mac had what she now describes as “a bit of a meltdown” with personal and professional doubts coming to a head. She scrapped the body of work two weeks before launch and moved to a remote village in the NSW countryside. 'Matter of Time' came into being across 2020 and 2021 and is a document of an artistic redemption of sorts, fleshed out by her most fully-realised sonic and visual palette yet.
From the lead single ‘Is It Worth Being Sad’ and 'Only Love' produced by The Donuts (Kendrick Lamar), to selectively seeking songwriting and production collaborators PJ Harding (Noah Cyrus) for 'Don’t You Cry', Dylan Nash (Dean Lewis) for 'Letter' and Jesse Shatkin (Sia) for 'Understand' – Meg took time to realise her newly found control and purpose.
All these pieces fit together to answer a puzzle that Meg has been trying to solve for years - of how to truly be satisfied and to make a record that flourishes without compromise. 'Matter of Time' is “how I’ve always wanted to do an album” she affirms, “…knowing when it’s not right, and having the confidence to say so and to take it in a different direction”.
“Now for the first time, I really feel in control.”
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