Close to 500,000 streams, a nomination for country song of the year at the Queensland Music Awards, a nomination for alt country album of the year at the Golden Guitars, a self-booked 20-date headline tour… was your 2019 as busy as Hayley Marsten’s?

Marsten has just released her latest single, the title track from her album Spectacular Heartbreak.

Reflecting on writing this song, Hayley says “I had spent so much time writing about all the hurt and sadness that had inspired the album that I was feeling disappointed and regretful, but writing this song made me come to terms with everything and realise that I don’t want to be scared to open my heart in case it doesn’t work out.

“So instead I focused on the stuff that happens on the other side of heartbreak, the spectacular stuff.”