September 23, 2022 – The track, released on LA based indie label 10 Count Records, Tara Macri’s brand new track ``Waking up in California`` is written by Tara Macri along with long time collaborator Jaylene Johnson and Garen Gueyikian. Produced by Garen Gueyikian and mixed by multiple Grammy Award winner, Chris Lorde-Alge with mastering by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound.

Characteristic of Tara’s previous releases, the dream driven pop track grabs us with a ‘heat wave kiss on Sunset Boulevard‘ intro and sets the stage of star crossed coast to coast love affair. Mirroring Tara’s real-life successes on the Broadway stage and her music and film powered roles in LA the track’s quick tempo and brisk verses speeds through life’s highs and lows in a quintessential California top-down convertible.
The fist pumping chorus prompts us that ach waking day in California starts with a fresh dose of daunting opportunity, it’s up to you what you want to do with it to accomplish your dreams.

In Tara's own words, ``This song fuels me in the fact that win or lose, that sometimes we need to roll the top down on our doubts, put a little caution to the wind, and go for our dreams”.
Tara’s previous hit single “Prettiest Girl in the Room” broke Billboard’s Top 80 and received extensive airtime on terrestrial and Sirius XM radio. Tara followed that success with her wide release of “Excuses”. Other past releases include the personally touching ballad “Home” and The Bold and the Beautiful placed “Cardboard Castle.”

Tara has an impressive artistic performance background strengthened by her lifelong passion for the arts that led her to land pivotal roles on Broadway (Hairspray, Jersey Boys, and one of the latest movie-turned-musicals to hit the Broadway stage, The First Wives Club). She also starred as Amber in Hairspray at the Hollywood Bowl opposite Nick Jonas and John Stamos. Outside of the theater, Tara is the voice of Young Tigress in the Kung Fu Panda prequel, “Secrets of the Scroll,” which also featured Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogan, and Lucy Liu. Recently, Tara received broad praise in her awarding winning performance in Patrick Liscomb’s multi-award-winning film Outcry (Watch Trailer)