{"id":2436330,"date":"2026-05-29T02:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2436330"},"modified":"2026-05-29T02:52:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:52:56","slug":"kaylee-bell-celebrates-historic-christchurch-concert-with-two-new-singles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kaylee-bell-celebrates-historic-christchurch-concert-with-two-new-singles\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaylee Bell Celebrates Historic Christchurch Concert with Two New Singles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kaylee Bell is finishing NZ Music Month on a high note with the release of not one but two singles.<\/p>\n<p>Double single \u201cMe for Me\u201d and \u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d were both performed live for the first time at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-live-reviews\/six60-synthony-once-in-a-lifetime-concert-live-review-95092\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">historic debut concert<\/a> at \u014ctautahi Christchurch\u2019s brand-new One New Zealand Stadium, where Bell played alongside Six60, Synthony, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe for Me\u201d, written by Bell with help from Navvy and Tom Jordan, is accompanied by a music video filmed in Queensland with Cowgirls Australia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kaylee Bell - &amp;apos;Me For Me&amp;apos; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G3Qq4FTtf14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The music video for \u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d, meanwhile, was filmed at the aforementioned Christchurch concert, capturing one of the biggest moments of Bell\u2019s career so far.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Of \u201cMe for Me\u201d, <span class=\"il\">Bell<\/span> says: \u201cWe wrote it over summer while Navvy was back from London, where she is a full-time songwriter, and Tom was back from Nashville, and we wanted to write a love song that was about waiting for your person so that you\u2019re not settling for less.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s basically about finding your person later in life after waiting \u2014 something a lot of my friends and females I know relate to. That age-old story of these days you are better off being on your own instead of settling so you don\u2019t get disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d was created so that Bell had \u201csomething to mark the night \u2014 something that would outlive it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe song and the video together are a time capsule \u2014 a moment in time we can hold onto forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Once In A Lifetime\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"400\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3my6oGSzOCxbobtgkE08ub?si=d11a2c53e530452e&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>Bell now turns her attention to Tussock Country Music Festival in Gore, where she will be inducted into the NZ Gold Guitar Awards Hands of Fame on Sunday (May 31st).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The prestigious Hands of Fame, established by the Gore Country Music Club in 1992, recognises individuals who have made outstanding contributions to country music in New Zealand, with <span class=\"il\">Bell<\/span>\u2018s handprint joining a distinguished list of inductees including Tami Neilson, Jodi Vaughan, Kylie Harris, and The Warratahs<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bell attended the Aotearoa Music Awards in T\u0101maki Makaurau Auckland last night (May 28th), where she narrowly lost out to Neilson in the Best Country Music Artist category.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Following her Hands of Fame induction, Bell heads to Nashville next month for CMA Fest, which will be her 16th year attending the iconic event.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Bell\u2019s most recent album, <em>Cowboy Up<\/em>, featured in our year-end New Zealand albums list in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Zealand\u2019s country-pop superstar just can\u2019t stop collecting landmark moments\u2026 Case in point: she followed <em>Nights Like Thi<\/em>s, a top 3 hit in 2024, with <em>Cowboy Up<\/em> one year later, not content to wait to unleash more rollicking country anthems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite being such a swift follow-up, <em>Cowboy Up<\/em> isn\u2019t marked by a decrease in quality, with \u2018Song for Shania\u2019 and the title track sounding as good as anything Bell has previously released,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/50-best-new-zealand-albums-2025-list-87758\/kaylee-bell-cowboy-up-87836\/\" target=\"_blank\">we praised<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kaylee Bell\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/kayleebellmeforme\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMe for Me\u201d<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3my6oGSzOCxbobtgkE08ub?si=fff7676b03f24a2f\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d<\/a> are out now.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaylee Bell is finishing NZ Music Month on a high note with the release of not one but two singles. Double single \u201cMe for Me\u201d and \u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d were both performed live for the first time at the historic debut concert at \u014ctautahi Christchurch\u2019s brand-new One New Zealand Stadium, where Bell played alongside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2436331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[421292,385347,478212,478213,478214,478215,478216,474131,474135],"class_list":["post-2436330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-christchurch","tag-kaylee-bell","tag-kaylee-bell-music","tag-kaylee-bell-single","tag-me-for-me","tag-nz-gold-guitar-awards","tag-nz-gold-guitar-awards-hands-of-fame","tag-once-in-a-lifetime","tag-one-new-zealand-stadium"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kaylee-Bell-Celebrates-Historic-Christchurch-Concert-with-Two-New-Singles.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436332,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436330\/revisions\/2436332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}