Fresh off the back of a stellar performance at South by Southwest in Texas, Australian songbird Melanie Dyer reveals her deeply personal new single, ‘Mama Knows Best’.
Grounded in acoustic guitar, ‘Mama Knows Best’ puts Melanie’s honeyed vocal front and centre, while shimmering steel guitar gives the track its expansive, country pop glow. It’s a song that doesn’t reach for grandeur - it earns it, line by line - anchored in lived experience and delivered with clarity and conviction.
The new track is taken from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming third studio album and follows the sentimental single ‘Golden Girl’, which hit #5 on the Country Songs Top 40 Australian Airplay Chart and secured editorial playlisting across Spotify (New Music Friday AU/NZ, Hit Country, Heaps Country) and Apple Music (Australia’s Country #1, Today’s Country, New in Country, New Music Daily).
The release feels both deeply personal and widely resonant. Restrained, deliberate, and deeply human, it’s an ode to mothers that lands with perfect timing in the lead-up to Mother’s Day.
“This song isn’t just for my Mama, but for all of the Mums who deserve to be celebrated every day and in particular, this Mother’s Day.”
Now streaming across all digital platforms, including OnionUnlimited Radio.
🔗 radio.onionunlimited.com.au
🔗 radio.onionunlimited.com.au/@melaniedyer
Grounded in acoustic guitar, ‘Mama Knows Best’ puts Melanie’s honeyed vocal front and centre, while shimmering steel guitar gives the track its expansive, country pop glow. It’s a song that doesn’t reach for grandeur - it earns it, line by line - anchored in lived experience and delivered with clarity and conviction.
The new track is taken from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming third studio album and follows the sentimental single ‘Golden Girl’, which hit #5 on the Country Songs Top 40 Australian Airplay Chart and secured editorial playlisting across Spotify (New Music Friday AU/NZ, Hit Country, Heaps Country) and Apple Music (Australia’s Country #1, Today’s Country, New in Country, New Music Daily).
The release feels both deeply personal and widely resonant. Restrained, deliberate, and deeply human, it’s an ode to mothers that lands with perfect timing in the lead-up to Mother’s Day.
“This song isn’t just for my Mama, but for all of the Mums who deserve to be celebrated every day and in particular, this Mother’s Day.”
Now streaming across all digital platforms, including OnionUnlimited Radio.
🔗 radio.onionunlimited.com.au
🔗 radio.onionunlimited.com.au/@melaniedyer