Devil's Telephone + Chart Update

Lucie Tiger's self-penned Devil's Telephone was released on 6th June 2025. The single featured on Apple Music's New in Country editorial playlist and spent two weeks at #1 on the CBAA/AMRAP Metro Airplay Chart (AUS) on 9th June and 16th June, and #1 on the Australian Country Music Songwriters Show, after spending 6 weeks in the Top 10. This is Australian Lucie Tiger's latest single recorded in Muscle Shoals.

On release day, Lucie Tiger had a television interview and live performance on WAFF TV, June 6, 2025. The single featured on several playlists including Apple’s New in Country playlist and Female Fronted Blues Spotify playlist.

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The single attracted an impressive review in Country Music News International, July 20, 2025:

In Lucie Tiger’s latest single, “Devil’s Telephone,” she grabs that notorious phone line and delivers a searing, country-rock anthem against the destructive power of gossip. This isn’t just a song; it’s a defiant declaration from an artist who’s not afraid to call out the noise.

Lucie Tiger isn’t new to making waves. Fresh off a remarkable run of seven charting singles on Nashville’s prestigious MusicRow Country Breakout Chart – including fan favorites like “Found My Home” and “Everybody Knows Your Name” – she’s proven her mettle in the country music scene.

The genius of “Devil’s Telephone” lies in its unapologetic exposure of the rumor mill. Lucie’s lyrics are sharp and incisive, cutting through the polite veneer of “harmless chatter” to reveal the petty jealousies and outright falsehoods that often fuel it. “Nothing ever happens here in this small town without everybody knowing just what’s going down,” she sings, perfectly encapsulating the suffocating scrutiny that can engulf anyone new or different in a tightly knit community. It’s a bold call-out, resonating with anyone who has ever felt like they were living under a microscope.

Musically, the track is pure Lucie Tiger – a potent blend of country heart and rock-and-roll fire. Her trademark husky vocals are front and center, conveying both a weary understanding and an unyielding defiance. The scorching Southern-rock guitar licks from Randy O’Dell are the perfect complement, adding a gritty edge that underscores the song’s confrontational spirit. Coupled with the solid rhythmic foundation laid by Bob Wray on bass and Tommy Harden on drums, and Clayton Ivey’s tasteful keys, the instrumentation creates a powerful sonic landscape that perfectly frames Lucie’s raw, real-life lyrics. You can hear echoes of Miranda Lambert’s unvarnished honesty and the raw, untamed energy of Whiskey Myers, yet Lucie maintains a distinct voice that is uniquely her own.

Small towns might be quiet, but whispers travel fast, and in Lucie Tiger’s new single Devil’s Telephone, she takes on the type of gossip that burns like wildfire. A modern-day musical gunslinger armed with country-rock grit, this single is an unapologetic anthem of empowerment and truth-telling.

Lucie Tiger channels her fiery spirit into confronting a deeply personal challenge. Written in response to experiencing the impact of gossip firsthand after relocating from Sydney, Australia to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the song blends defiance with vulnerability, echoing influences ranging from Miranda Lambert’s honesty to Whiskey Myers’ raw Southern energy.

Devil’s Telephone cleverly exposes the destructive power of rumors, calling out the whispered falsehoods and petty jealousies that too often masquerade as harmless chatter. “Nothing ever happens here in this small town without everybody knowing just what’s going down,” Lucie sings, boldly capturing the relentless scrutiny that comes with being new—and different—in a place where everyone knows your name.

Infused with Lucie’s trademark husky vocals, soaring southern-rock guitar licks, and lyrics etched from real-life scars, Devil’s Telephone is both a powerful personal statement and a universal message against gossip as a form of bullying. Like a 2025 companion piece to Taylor Swift’s classic Mean, Lucie’s song is a pointed, timely reminder of the consequences that harmful words can carry—and the strength that comes from confronting them head-on.

Blending country rock, crossroads blues, and Southern soul into a style entirely her own, Lucie has achieved what many artists only dream of: charting seven singles on the MusicRow Country Breakout Chart. Lucie Tiger continues to blaze a fearless path in country-rock, bringing authenticity, grit, and heart to every lyric she pens. From Australia’s sprawling cityscapes to America’s iconic music towns, her journey is woven into each note, each chorus, each verse. With Devil’s Telephone she proves once more why she's earned the title "country-rock sensation" from COWGIRL Magazine, solidifying her reputation as an artist unafraid to speak her truth.

Devil’s Telephone - Recorded in Muscle Shoals and released on June 6 2025. Written by Lucie Tiger, the track features: Lucie Tiger - acoustic guitar, vocals; Randy O’Dell - electric guitar; Clayton Ivey - keys; Bob Wray - bass guitar; and Tommy Harden - drums.

Lucie Tiger - Bio

Lucie Tiger was listed in the Top 25 New Music Critiques and nominated as an Artist to Watch in 2025 by Music Connection Magazine plus Lucie Tiger picked up two Josie Independent Music Award nominations for Artist of the Year and Vocalist of the Year (Modern Country) in 2025.

In 2025, Lucie Tiger celebrated her seventh single on the Nashville Music Row Country Breakout chart including Found My Home (#50) and Everybody Knows Your Name (#53).

Prior to leaving Australia in late 2023, Lucie Tiger had three top 40 singles including Found My Home #20 and Midnight Goodbye #34, on the CountryTown Hot 50 Country Singles Chart. Lucie Tiger’s album Alabama Highway reached #14 on the ARIA Top 20 Country Albums chart (Australian equivalent to Billboard Country Album chart) and #10 on the AIR Indie Chart in Australia.

A prolific songwriter, Lucie Tiger’s song Gasoline won Country Blues Song of the Year at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2021. She’s had multiple top 5 finalist nominations at the Australian Songwriters Association annual awards for songs that were all solo written. Lucie has brought her signature tunesmith skills to countless songwriter rounds in Nashville, Muscle Shoals and further afield, and tapped as a Songwriter On The Rise at the Muscle Shoals Songwriting Festival three years running.

Aside from a stack of feature articles in magazines like Music Connection Magazine, Americana Rhythm Magazine, and Country Music News International, and multiple television appearances in the United States and Australia, Lucie is also the creative force behind events like the Songbird Sessions and Top Songwriter Series in Muscle Shoals, showcasing top-tier talent while championing women in music.

With a “potent blend of country heart and rock-and-roll fire”, Lucie Tiger and her band have recently played Nashville’s iconic Whiskey Jam, opened for Tyler Farr, headlined the WC Handy Festival Block Party with the North Mississippi Allstars, and shared stages with Grammy-winning artists like Gary Nichols and Jimbo Hart.