— a nod not only to her freewheeling form of music, but also to what has become her signature ‘70s hippie style – comes out.“This record is still me sayin’ what I’m thinking, but in a different way,” the Baskin, Louisiana, native says in her distinct Southern drawl, while seated at Red Light Management’s Nashville office. “I feel like I’ve grown leaps and bounds in the past few years. I wrote all the songs for my last record in 2016, 2017. I’ve lived a lot of life since then.
“I feel like I have truly found myself as a singer, as a songwriter, and I think that that’s what this record is gonna show,” she says. “It’s kind of pulling back the layers to saying what I’m thinking, but just digging a little deeper.”about her new album, being the top-nominated artist leading into the CMA Awards, and landing a role on. She also offered an update on her father’s health, shared some road stories and discussed her future music plans.
Professionally, this has been a glowing year for you, but personally, your dad has been through a tough health battle this year, including multiple surgeries and losing an eye. How is he doing? This year, you had a No. 1 hit with the Cole Swindell collaboration, and have a current hit with HARDY on “Wait in the Truck.” You chose not to have collaborations on this project.