Canadian country singer-songwriter MacKenzie Porter kicked off the opening night of the Bluewater Borderfest at Centennial Park in Sarnia on Thursday, June 22, 2023.
Poised to have her biggest year yet, Porter’s touring calendar is stacked with performances at some of the year’s most anticipated festivals including Gulf Coast Jam, CMA Fest, Faster Horses, Watershed Festival, TidalWave Music Festival, and Coastal Country Jam.
Porter recently releaded an “F5 level summer jam” with her new single ‘Chasing Tornadoes’.
Returning with more of her “mesmerizing vocals and hook-driven songs” (Billboard), her newest adrenaline-filled offering is an addicting, twist-and-turn-filled tale of a wild lifestyle and an unpredictable relationship.
Written by Emily Landis, Jamie Moore, and Lainey Wilson, and produced by studio mastermind Joey Moi, the song’s electric lyrics find Porter spiraling:
‘Cause baby I’m a sidewinder
Storm rider
I’m going down like a telephone wire
You’re a mustang runaway
Two lane drifter
I must have a thing for twisters
Hot as Arizona
Cold as Colorado
Trying to catch that feeling like lightning in a bottle
I’m gonna go where the wild wind blows
Tearing up the road
Chasing tornadoes
Ignoring the tornado warnings, Porter stares into the eye of the storm, running a hundred miles an hour while slinging her lightning strike vocals around the whirlwind.
Throwing caution out the window, the international triple threat embraces the fast life on the supped-up track, perfect for a summertime drive down a dirt road.
“‘Chasing Tornadoes’ is the first song off of my full-length, debut album with Big Loud,” Porter said, in a press release.
“We have so much new music coming, and this is the perfect intro to what the rest of the record feels like. It’s such a fun, feel-good song, and I can’t wait to play it live!”
More details can be found at https://mackenzieporter.com/.
The full Borderfest schedule can be found, here.