With over 2 million views on TikTok, country artist Sydney Mack’s career is exploding! On today's episode, we’ll talk about her songs, her singing career, and we'll get to know her a little better with some fun personal questions. Get ready for some heart-stopping stories about hiking on a glacier, flying in a glider plane when she was 8 years old, and what unexpected turn her American Idol audition took!

Her latest single “Take You Back” is out now! Get it here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sydneymack/take-you-back-2

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Sydney Mack has been in love with music since her mom played Naomi to her three-year-old Wynonna, singing, "Grandpa, Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days" in their family room. She has given music a lifetime of dedication, from her classical music education to stints as a Music Row intern while attending Nashville's Belmont University. On Season 14 of American Idol, Sydney was one of only 37 contestants from Nashville given a golden ticket to Los Angeles for Hollywood Week. The following year, she was voted into the NashNext Top 10, where Sydney and the rest of the Top 10 had the honor of going on tour with country artist, Raelynn. She has opened for country superstars such as Miranda Lambert, Florida Georgia Line, Brett Eldredge, Charlie Daniels and the legendary George Jones.

Episode Guide:

0:00 Intro and “Medicine” commentary

2:00 Childhood | Love of music

4:40 American Idol audition | Belmont University

7:50 Interning in Nashville

8:44 Decision to pursue singing

10:05 First song you wrote

11:29 Dream collab

12:34 Ultimate goal

13:33 Story behind the song - “Medicine”

17:42 Story behind the song - “Pretty Boy”

20:05 Performance - “Pretty Boy”

23:07 Story behind the song - “Don’t Call”

26:29 TV / Movies

28:10 Bucket list

29:09 Celebrity crush

30:06 Worst thing you did as a kid

31:19 Riskiest / most adventurous thing you’ve done

34:09 Could ya not? (i.e. What bothers you?)

35:46 Next releases, TikTok live

36:32 “Take You Back” is available! Link in description!

Intro music artist credit: Short Guitar Clip by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artist: http://audionautix.com/