<description>&lt;p&gt;Cassie Henderson first reached Kiwi ears at age 14, when she made it all the way to the X-Factor quarterfinal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fast forward 11 years and it’s been a big year for the Kiwi singer, returning to the music scene in a big way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Henderson quit her job last year in favour of pursuing music full time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;She’s released a couple of EPs, and her latest, ‘The Yellow Chapter’, marks the midpoint of Henderson’s ‘The Chronicles of a Heart Broken’ trilogy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The lead single ‘Seconds to Midnight’ has dominated the airwaves, holding the #1 position for nine consecutive weeks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Henderson told Heather du Plessis-Allan that while she was able to juggle both her career in marketing and her music, the progress she made after quitting her job was extreme in comparison. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“I think I can do both, and I enjoy both,” she said.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“But I think I reached a point where I was like, I don’t want the rest of my life to be a marketing manager or a marketing assistant.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“I need to chase this story.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LISTEN ABOVE&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Cassie Henderson: Kiwi Singer on her new EP 'The Yellow Chapter', pursuing music fulltime

DEC 9, 202411 MIN
The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Cassie Henderson: Kiwi Singer on her new EP 'The Yellow Chapter', pursuing music fulltime

DEC 9, 202411 MIN

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Cassie Henderson first reached Kiwi ears at age 14, when she made it all the way to the X-Factor quarterfinal. 

Fast forward 11 years and it’s been a big year for the Kiwi singer, returning to the music scene in a big way. 

Henderson quit her job last year in favour of pursuing music full time. 

She’s released a couple of EPs, and her latest, ‘The Yellow Chapter’, marks the midpoint of Henderson’s ‘The Chronicles of a Heart Broken’ trilogy. 

The lead single ‘Seconds to Midnight’ has dominated the airwaves, holding the #1 position for nine consecutive weeks. 

Henderson told Heather du Plessis-Allan that while she was able to juggle both her career in marketing and her music, the progress she made after quitting her job was extreme in comparison.  

“I think I can do both, and I enjoy both,” she said. 

“But I think I reached a point where I was like, I don’t want the rest of my life to be a marketing manager or a marketing assistant.” 

“I need to chase this story.” 

LISTEN ABOVE 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.