The Irish country singer tackles grief, growing pains, and daddy issues on her superb sophomore album, Not the Girl, out now.

Perfectionism can backfire, but not for Holly Macve.

The Galway-born, Brighton-based country crooner wrote the songs on her sophomore album Not the Girl — out last Friday, May 14 — several years ago, but at the time, she wasn't ready to fully realize them.

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