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WATCH: Scott MacKay, “Romance Novel”

Jan 7, 2021

WATCH: Scott MacKay,

Artist: Scott MacKay
Hometown: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Song: “Romance Novel”
Album: Stupid Cupid
Release Date: January 8, 2021

In Their Words: “The seed of this song was inspired by my mother’s book collection, which consists of many Jodi Picoult novels. Many evenings I’d find my mother reclined back on her pink chair with a glass of red wine in one hand and a romance novel in the other. At the same time, my dad would be stretched out on the couch with a beer and some chips cursing at the Toronto Maple Leafs.

“I initially brought the idea to a co-writing session with a writer I had never written with before and we wrote a version that was called Harlequin, but I wasn’t crazy about how it turned out. I decided to rework the lyrics and the music myself months later and finally landed on something I was happy with. There is a tradition of humour in country music and I really wanted the album to reflect that. ‘Romance Novel’ is one of the ten tracks on this album that honours that tradition.” — Scott MacKay


Photo credit: Nicole Anne MacKay

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WATCH: Scott MacKay,
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