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MUSIC has always been there for the good times in Delta Goodrem’s life. And it was music that was there yet again during the bad times. Indeed, music was one of the main comforts for Delta during the most testing period of her life. Songs kept whizzing around in her head: melodies, harmonies, lyrics – many deeper and darker than those that helped her debut, Innocent Eyes, find its way into over a million homes – and hearts – in Australia. Her second album, Mistaken Identity, is the multi-layered product of that well-documented year. “It’s a more grown up album,” Delta, notes. “My music changed because my life had changed; the whole world around me had changed. My music had to reflect that.” The childlike fantasies that fuelled Innocent Eyes were replaced by a new and often harsh reality that provided endless fuel for lyrical inspiration. ‘Extraordinary Day’ (July 8) freeze-frames the day Delta was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma (“who would have thought when chance came call...