Mallrat has come back with another stunner, this time utilizing rock elements in her latest track. The beginning dirty guitar chords introduce Grace Shaw’s familiar, soft vocals which perfectly complement the grunge tones that Tommy English (songwriter and producer best know for his work with Kacey Musgraves and Carly Rae Jepsen) creates in the instrumental. A track that should be playing in a 90’s coming of age movie, “Rockstar” truly showcases the growth the singer has gone through in the past year.

Shaw had this to say when creating the track:

“A lot of the songs I’ve been writing lately have been me realising my power. I wrote the chorus first, it has a completely different attitude on its own, but when you listen in the context of the verses and the really aggressive guitar outro it completely flips the perspective of everything. When I wrote the rest of the song a year later, I was feeling a lot more sure of myself. It’s interesting how time can reframe things that you still think and are still true but just give them a whole new house to sit in.”

The Brisbane native has quickly become the country’s most beloved singer-songwriters. When her track “Drive Me Round” graced my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify a year ago, I immediately fell for the beautiful simplicity of her voice and complex musical productions. Her debut album will definitely be one for the books, and I can’t wait to listen to it.