But after all that, Mel has pulled out the passport again, this time bound for the world’s songwriting capital, Nashville, for a three week stint collaborating with the producers and writers of hit country tunes the world over. 

Mel left the tarmac for the US on Wednesday for the trip she said had her too excited to sleep.

“I’m so excited, I haven’t slept properly for two weeks,” she said. 

Mel will be working with writers who have collaborated with some of the big names in country music, the likes of Kelsea Ballerini, Rascal Flatts and Lady Antebellum, and agreed the trip to Nashville was like arriving in the centre of country music universe.

“That’s what it feels like. It feels like my whole world will open up and I’ll get so much more perspective, I guess, over there,” she said.

It has not been that long since Mel released her EP, titled Lifetime, in April 2015, but jumping at the chance to work with producer Lindsay Rimes again, as well as a host of global songwriting aficionados, there were hints new Dyer tunes could not be far from Aussie shores.

“You know, in Australia, our radio stations, there is commercial pop and then, of course, there’s community radio who support a lot of country artists. It is hard to break that commercial laneway for our music in Australia, but over in America, it is a whole different ball game,” she said.

“Their popular music is actually country music. It’s huge over there. They have a massive following and Nashville is the songwriting capital of the world and it is going to be amazing to work with these people on music row to make some new songs and bring them back to Australia.”