Missy Higgins left no stone unturned in the creation of The Second Act , the Australian singer and songwriter’s sixth studio album. Released 20 years after her breakthrough debut The Sound of White, The Second Act (via Eleven/EMI) finds Higgins in an altogether different, and vulnerable, stage of life. Higgins explored the pain of a breakup, and channeled it into the album which, she explains, was recorded in a back room at her house .
See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “The songs came out in desperation. Really, desperation to figure out the way forward,” she says during a Zoom call from outside of her home. “Songs have always been that for me, they’ve always been very, very cathartic and therapeutic, they’ve always been a way for me to figure out stuff.
” Australian audiences have connected with the album, too. The Second Act opened at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart on Friday, Sept.
13, for her fourth leader. “There aren’t that many albums written from the perspective of parents, particularly single parents,” she explains. The Second Act does, and it captures “the kind of grief that comes with that, and the sense of responsibility and guilt.
” Higgins has had her hands full this year, not just with parenting duties and her new LP. The Melbourne artist has toured through 2024, supporting the 20th anniversary of The Sound of White . When her 40 dates sold out in minutes, Frontier Touring added an “encore” run in the lead-u.