Best Of 2021: Acoustic Hits

Written on the singer-songwriter’s first trip to the fast evolving US music hub of Nashville almost three years ago, and produced by Stephen Schmultz, Hard For Me is a glossy & fun yet fiercely honest pop anthem, an embracement of female sexuality & falling hard and fast in love. Co-written with Schmultz alongside Tom Jordan & Mitch Thompson, who make up the Sydney-via-Nashville duo Seaforth, the song is the result of what Charley refers to as “the best session I’ve ever done in my life. Read more on Last.fm.

Born in Sydney into a multi-generational musical family, Charley grew up on the Gold Coast, raised on a healthy combo of starring in local musicals, Kelly Clarkson and The Veronicas CDs on her discman. A move back to her birth city in 2017 opened the window for Charley to find her musical kinship, discovering a mentor in UK superstar Jessie J before regularly collaborating with Australian pop limelights including Xavier Dunn, CXLOE & Carla Wehbe and revisiting the pairing with Seaforth that made her debut song Hard For Me possible. In 2021 Sydney-based, Gold Coast-raised pop siren Charley today makes her debut mark with the single Hard For Me, out via EMI Music Australia. Written on the singer-songwriter’s first trip to the fast evolving US music hub of Nashville almost three years ago, and produced by Stephen Schmultz, Hard For Me is a glossy & fun yet fiercely honest pop anthem, an embracement of female sexuality & falling hard and fast in love. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.