Porter rolls the dice on heartbreak with new track
Rising Big Loud Records triple threat MacKenzie Porter brings her country-pop shimmer to the all-new, mid-tempo bop “Bet You Break My Heart,” out now. Written by Mark Holman (Cole Swindell’s “Single Saturday Night,” FGL’s “Simple”), Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” & “Blown Away”), and Travis Wood (Morgan Wallen’s “’98 Braves,” Jake Owen’s “Up There Down Here”) and produced by career-long collaborator Joey Moi, Porter’s show-stopping vocals narrate the internal tug-of-war of falling in love with a heartbreaker.
“Heartbreak is something we all experience,” shares Porter. “We’ve all fallen for someone or something knowing it would probably end up hurting us. Taking that risk is both the most exciting and scary feeling, and I love that this song is able to put words to the back in forth you have in your head throughout those types of relationships.”
The head-bobber dives heart-first into a relationship, fully anticipating the pain that might come when it inevitably ends.
“Bet you break you my heart / Bet you wreck my summer / Get me falling like a phone call to Momma think I love him / Bet them goodbye lights on that white 4Runner / Fading off in the dark gonna hit me like a Louisville slugger / You’re trouble for me, boy I can already see it / Like it’s written in the neon stars / I bet you break my heart / I bet you break my heart,” she sings in the chorus.
Having just wrapped her first-ever Canadian headline tour, Porter returns to Nashville on Monday (Nov 20th) to host MacKenzie Porter + Friends Present: Country vs. Cancer, a concert benefitting the American Cancer Society featuring performances by Porter, Dustin Lynch, Nate Smith, Walker Hayes, Lily Rose, and Alana Springsteen.
Rising to international acclaim with a distinct country-pop shimmer, Canada-born and Nashville-based MacKenzie Porter’s sound knows no borders. Making an introductory statement with her critically acclaimed, chart-dominating, six-week US No. 1 Dustin Lynch duet “Thinking ‘Bout You,” Porter returns now, teasing what’s to come on her full-length Big Loud Records debut due for release in 2024. Making her mark with standout hits like “Pickup,” which earned her a 2023 CMT Music Awards nomination for Breakthrough Female Video of the Year, and best-known head-bobber “These Days.” Standing alone as the only female in her category nominated for Favorite Country Song at the 2022 American Music Awards, the 2022 MusicRow Discovery Artist of the Year has additionally earned 22 CCMA nominations, including a nod for Entertainer of the Year, and most recently won Musical Collaboration of the Year at the 2023 CCMA awards. The first female this century to have six No. 1 songs on Canadian country radio, Porter claimed her first crossover Top 10 on Canadian pop radio with “These Days (Remix)” – the first since 2003 for a Canadian country artist. The triple threat previously starred as an actress in the cult-followed sci-fi television series Travelers. After touring the globe opening for Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney, Walker Hayes, Jordan Davis, Brad Paisley, Dallas Smith, and Rascal Flatts, Porter just wrapped her own debut Canadian headline tour.
