MACEY has announced a special show in celebration of his new album, Once.
MACEY announced his second album last month, with Once set for release on July 3rd via FiveAM/Warner Music New Zealand.
On the same day the album drops, the Tāmaki Makaurau-based singer-songwriter will take to the stage at hometown venue Tuning Fork, in partnership with Live Nation’s Next On series.
MACEY’s Tuning Fork performance will be his first show in over three years.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, May 14th at 10am local time. The venue pre-sale begins on Wednesday, May 13th at 10am local time. Ticket information is available here.
Fans can expect to hear tracks like “We Still Happened”, the latest taste of MACEY’s forthcoming album.
Written in London during a first-time collaboration with producers Luis Issermann and Will Farquarson, “We Still Happened” captures a moment of emotional uncertainty that spiralled into something universal.
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“I was thinking about my partner at the time, and how I didn’t know if we’d always feel so in love — that ‘what if’ anxiety,” MACEY explained. “Then that line ‘we still happened’ came together. Even if we love and lose someone, or if the world ends in a natural disaster… we still happened. It’s a celebrate of the fact that I’m here, alive, and how lucky I am to even have that.”
“With this album, it feels like I’m looking at everything from a more mature and reflective place rather than reactive,” MACEY added. “I flew to London to do some writing sessions, and every day I was surrounded by people from every walk of life. I was observing everything — every character, every interaction — and of course, I started writing about what I was seeing.”
Lyrically, Once moves through weightier terrain — capitalism, politics, love, grief, and resilience — without losing the intimacy that defined his 2023 debut, The Lovers.
That first record debuted at No. 3 on the NZ Albums Chart and earned a spot in Rolling Stone AU/NZ’s Best New Zealand Albums of the 2020s So Far, setting a high bar for what follows.
MACEY’s Once arrives July 3rd and can be pre-saved now.
