Mak & Shar—

Rising country-pop duo Mak & Shar are leaning into the fun side of falling hard on their infectious new single Drink You Up.

Written by the brothers in the space of an hour while travelling to a show, Drink You Up captures the rush of being completely wrapped up in someone. With its playful lyric, driving country-pop production and instantly memorable hook, the track finds Mak & Shar embracing a lighter, cheekier side of their sound.

“Drink You Up is really about that carefree, summery feeling of being completely into someone and not getting enough of them. It’s made for a slow drive with the windows down and the music up.”

Written, recorded and self-produced by Mak & Shar, Drink You Up was mixed and co-produced by Jared Adlam. “This was our first time working with Jared on a song, and it was awesome! All our music so far has been self-produced, so having such a high-tier producer work on our song was incredible. We wanted to really take this one to the next level and Jared’s experience and expertise definitely achieved it!”

Away from the stage lights, music has been part of the brothers’ lives from an early age. Both studied at the Australian International Conservatorium of Music, earning Bachelor of Music degrees, with Mak beginning his university studies at just 15 years old. Shar’s performing career started even earlier, touring Australia as a young Peter Allen in Hugh Jackman’s The Boy from Oz and later appearing in Titanic the Musical.