After a four-year break, Anthony Lucas is ready to take the stage once more.
The Shepparton-born musician has been busy crafting his new sound, one that feels authentic to him.
His comeback single, Ghost of You, has set the tone for a new era.
“Ghost of You is about my whole experience with suppressing who I was,” Anthony said.
“It starts off by talking about how it took me to the age of 20 to go public with who I really am, and to kind of reveal my truth.
“Then it touches on how I experienced my first love and my first heartbreak... the person I fell in love with still haunts me, years and years after the breakup.
“But as well as that, Ghost of You is kind of about the ghost of myself who also still haunts me.”
Anthony came out as gay in 2019, saying he waited until he was 20 out of fear of judgment.
“The first two songs that I released back in 2017, they didn’t relate to me at all,” he said.
“But that’s kind of my own fault because I was too scared to even reveal my truth to my producers, but ever since I did, they’ve been just so supportive in allowing me to create the music that I want, that means something to me and just hits on a whole new level.”
With the release of his second single this year, Overdrive, he continues to stay true to himself and make music about who he is today.
“Overdrive came out very recently,” he said.
“The song is about a moment where I had a bit of a fling with an ex partner of mine at a club.
“We had been broken up for a couple of months, but we saw each other (while) out, and he sent me into overdrive and one thing led to another.”
While each of his singles this year have a different vibe, they both feel authentically like him.
“Overdrive has been received so well, especially in Melbourne, we’ve got a few venues that play it... Sircuit Bar and Poof Doof,” Anthony said.
As he gears up to release another single, Anthony is enjoying the busy pace and is excited to continue releasing music that reflects who he really is.
“This music is so personal to me, I can just tell when I’m singing it, like when I was in the studio, I would get teary sometimes,” he said.
“It hits a chord in me.”