Natalie McCool shares new single ‘Memory Girl’
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Natalie McCool has created a new single as a follow up to her 2021 album Memory Girl. The album does not feature a title track, so Natalie asked her fans to share their nostalgic stories to be used as inspiration for this new single.
About new single ‘Memory Girl’ Natalie shares: “I’m always looking for ways to challenge myself as an artist and songwriter. Sometimes that curveball move which puts you outside of your comfort zone leads to an amazing discovery, and I love experiencing that. Because Memory Girl (the album) is so rooted in my own story and memories, I wanted to ask my fans for theirs - for inspiration, for something more that felt exciting and inclusive.
“What I received from them was above and beyond my initial expectation, I was truly in awe of some of them. The one that resonated with me the most was a man’s story about growing up with his twin sister, growing apart, growing together again through life. I really connected with it because it made me think of my own family, parents, grandparents - how they were when they were young and travelling through life in their own stories, growing up. It also felt like a continuation of the album - which has themes of mirroring, and twin imagery. I was so connected to it that when I came to write the song it made me very emotional.
“There is real weight attached to creating work around someone else’s story, and I wanted to celebrate and respect that. I’m really proud of the song and production.”
Natalie McCool · Memory Girl
Photo credit: Robin Clewley
