''The Second Act'' is the sixth
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by Australian singer-songwriter
Missy Higgins
Melissa Morrison Higgins (born 19 August 1983), known professionally as Missy Higgins, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her Australian number-one albums are ''The Sound of White'' (2004), ''On a Clear Night'' (2007) and ''The Ol ...
. The album was released on 6 September 2024 through
Eleven: A Music Company.
Upon announcement of the album in April 2024, Higgins called the album as "a kind of sequel" to her debut ''
The Sound of White
''The Sound of White'' is the debut studio album by Australian pop singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, released 6 September 2004 by Eleven. It won the 2005 ARIA Music Award for Best Female Artist. Higgins had secured recording contracts with Elev ...
'', released twenty years ago to the day.
About the two albums, Higgins said "They're both looking forward nervously and wondering what comes next. They're both asking questions like 'who am I?' and 'who do I want to be?'".
Singles
"You Should Run" was released on 23 February 2024 as the album's lead single. Higgins described the song as "an intensely personal song". Mary Varvaris from ''
The Music'' called the song "emotional" and "powerful"
while Ali Hill from ''
91.7'' called it "heart-breaking".
"The Second Act" was released on 5 April 2024 as the album's second single. The single reflects on life after a painful divorce.
Higgins said the song is about "picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and heading out into the world."
"A Complicated Truth" was released on 19 July 2024 as the album's third single. The song sees Higgins explaining to her daughter the reasons she and her dad don't live together anymore.
"Craters" was released on 6 September 2024 alongside the full album as its fourth single. The song explores grief, its visibility to others and the lasting effects on life.
Track listing
Release history
References
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2024 albums
Eleven: A Music Company albums
Missy Higgins albums