Those of us who are “givers” put everyone else first. In our mind, the demands of friendships, relationships, family and responsibilities seem more important than our own needs. It’s okay to take care of others, but here are ten things you’ll notice once you learn to truly love and care for yourself too.
1. You won’t need outside validation. It’s always nice to hear someone else comment on your success, give you some extra comfort or even tell you that you look good. But once you’ve mastered self-love, you’ll be capable of giving yourself the props you need, and the rest is just an added bonus.
2. Lazy days will feel less overwhelming. When you rely on love and acceptance from others, canceled plans or a day without a plan can be uncomfortable. But once you realize that relationships are meant to enhance your worth and not define it, you’ll learn to enjoy the chance to unwind, relax, and reflect on your own.
3. You’ll be able to trust your decisions. When you are confident in yourself you’ll be able to use your past experiences to make hard decisions. Instead of feeling stuck or unsure, you can feel good about your choices and move forward.
4. Your standards for how you should be treated will be higher. When we don’t think very highly of ourselves it sets a low threshold for acceptable behavior. Once you know how amazing you are, you’ll have a much better sense of what you need from others.
5. Other people will be drawn to you. People feed off positive energy, and the new you will be exploding with it. You’ll notice social connections popping up without even trying, and it’s going to feel amazing.
6. Your existing relationships will get stronger. It’s incredible how much more you can give and receive from the people in your life once you’re in touch with your own self-love. Being authentic with others will improve your life both personally and professionally.
7. Disappointments will get easier to stomach. Picking yourself up after a wrong step can feel impossible when you are your own worst critic. Once you’re able to accept your mistakes and learn from them, every door that closes will open another.
8. Love will be easier to give. It sounds cliche, but learning to love yourself makes you infinitely better at loving others.
9. The future won’t be so scary. No one knows exactly what will happen, but when you’re content with who you are, you are unstoppable. And when you do hit a rough patch, you’ll know that success is just around the corner if you just keep going.
10. You can help others love themselves too. Once you learn to put yourself first you can help others do the same. It doesn’t mean you are selfish and it doesn’t mean you can’t be there for the people in your life. But if we all gave ourselves a bit of the love we give to others the world would be a better place.
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Can’t make it to the sunshine state for all of the Super Bowl festivities this weekend? NYCountry Swag and Radio.com have you covered so you won’t miss one of the biggest parties happening the night before the game. Saturday night (2/1) Carly Pearce and Zac Brown Band are performing live from Miami to kick off Super Bowl weekend and you can tune in to our live stream right here and on the RADIO.COM app.
The ultimate pre-game concert is brought to you by Radio.com and will kick things off with Carly Pearce at 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT with Zac Brown Band taking the stage at 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT.
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Earlier this week we sat down with Filmore before his opening set on Lauren Alaina’s “That Girl Was Me” Tour at Bowery Ballroom. Filmore who has found success by building up his fan base from the ground up, releasing relatable tracks was named as one of our 2019 Artists to Watch.
During our Swag Session, he performed three songs, “Love That About You” “Other Girl”, and his break out hit “Slower”. Afterward, we talked about his incredible 2019, how grateful he was to get back to New York and to sell-out shows with Lauren Alaina. For our recap of his set and the incredible night of music click here.
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Singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton just announced his All American Road Show Tour for summer and fall of 2020. The tour kicks off in June in Albuquerque on June 4th and continues through until the end of October.
Instead of naming one or two acts as direct support for the entirety of the tour, Stapleton will bring all different special guests out on the road with him this year including Sheryl Crow, The Highwomen, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Margo Price and many more. This diverse group of acts on the bill for this tour allows fans of all different types of country music to enjoy something they may not have heard in the past.
Stapleton will make his debut at Wrigley Field in Chicago and that show will feature The Highwomen, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit and The Dirty Knobs. The tour makes its way to The Most Famous Arena in the World, Madison Square Garden on October 1oth with support from The Marcus King Band and Yola.
Tickets go on sale to the general public for most shows beginning next Friday, February 7 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets and more information can be found at www.chrisstapleton.com
Chris Stapleton’s 2020 All-American Road Show dates:
March 11 – Corpus Christi, TX @ American Bank Center#
March 12 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center#
March 14 – Arlington, TX @ Globe Life Field*
March 20 – Biloxi, MS @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum+
March 21 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at the BJCC+
April 22 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center+
April 23 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center+
April 25 – Lexington, KY @ A Concert for Kentucky – Kroger Field†
June 4 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater‡
June 5 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion‡
June 6 – San Bernardino, CA @ Glen Helen Amphitheater‡
June 11 – Bakersfield, CA @ Mechanics Bank Arena°
June 12 – Sacramento, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre°
June 13 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre°
June 18 – Boise, ID @ Ford Idaho Center Arena°
June 19 – Portland, OR @ Sunlight Supply Amphitheater°
June 20 – George, WA @ The Gorge Amphitheatre°
June 25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre§
June 26 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center§
June 30 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest at American Family Insurance Amphitheater^
July 16 – Estero, FL @ Hertz Arena##
July 17 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center##
July 18 – Atlanta, GA @ Truist Park**
July 23 – Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater##
July 24 – Syracuse, NY @ St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview##
July 25 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center##
July 30 – Scranton, PA @ The Pavilion at Montage Mountain++
July 31 – Philadelphia, PA @ BB&T Pavilion++
August 1 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center++
August 6 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center++
August 7 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion++
August 8 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek++
August 12 – Gilford, NH @ Bank NH Pavilion††
August 13 – Gilford, NH @ Bank NH Pavilion††
August 20 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford PREMIER Center††
August 29 – Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field‡‡
October 1 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena+
October 2 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena+
October 8 – State College, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center+
October 9 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall+
October 10 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden+
October 15 – Columbia, MO @ Mizzou Arena+
October 16 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center+ (on-sale February 14)
October 17 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena+ (on-sale February 14)
October 22 – Lubbock, TX @ United Supermarket Arena+
October 23 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center+ (on-sale March 27)
#Jamey Johnson and Yola
*Willie Nelson & Family, Jamey Johnson, and Yola
+The Marcus King Band and Yola
†Willie Nelson & Family, Sheryl Crow, and Yola
‡Dwight Yoakam and the Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell
°Margo Price and the Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell
§Sheryl Crow and the Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell
^Sheryl Crow
##Sheryl Crow and Kendell Marvel
**Hank Williams Jr., Sheryl Crow, and Kendell Marvel
++Elle King and Kendell Marvel
††Elle King and Nikki Lane
‡‡The Highwomen, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and the Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell
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Tim McGraw is hitting the road this summer with Midland and Ingrid Andress on the “Here on Earth Tour”. To make the show even more special, Luke Combs will join the singer on two special stadium tour dates. We know this is going to be one of the hottest shows of the summer so we have the perfect Tim McGraw lyrics to use as Instagram captions.
1. “Let that summer sun shine. Always stay humble and kind.” – Humble and Kind
2. “Southern girl rock my world. Hazel eyes and golden curls. Put on a country song. We’ll dance all night long”. -Southern Girl
3. “But I like it, I love it. I want some more of it.” – I Like It, I Love it
4. “Someday when you’re looking back on your life. At the memories, this is gonna be one of those nights. Yeah, one of those nights. – One Of Those Nights
5. “Just to see you smile, I’d do anything that you wanted me to. When all said is done, I’d never count the cost. It’s worth all that’s lost, just to see you smile. – Just To See You Smile
6. “It’s your love. It just does somethin’ to me. It sends a shock right through me. I can’t get enough. – It’s Your Love
7. “ And I don’t know where I’d be, without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You’re my best friend.” – My Best Friend
8. “ I may drink too much and play too loud. Hang out with a rough and rowdy crowd. That don’t mean I don’t respect my Mama or my Uncle Sam.” – Real Good Man
9. “Don’t know where we’re gonna be. But I know we’re gonna be, sitting on top of the world. So keep hanging on to me.” – Top of the World
10. “And he said, “Someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying.” – Live Like You Were Dying
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From party anthems to love songs to inspirational sayings, these lyrics make the best Instagram captions for your picture-perfect selfies.
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1. “Just stay on track and never look back.” – Dolly Parton “Blue Smoke”
2. “Darling, look at me. I’ve fallen look a fool for you.” – Carrie Underwood “Look At Me”
3. “What doesn’t kill you only makes you blonder.” – Miranda Lambert “Platinum”
4. “I’m a little drunk on you and high on summertime.” – Luke Bryan “Drunk On You”
5. “She’s a wild child; got a rebel soul and a whole lot of gypsy wild style.” – Kenny Chesney “Wild Child”
6. “Sunshine gonna wash my blues away.” – Zac Brown Band “Knee Deep”
7. ” I don’t need no vacation, no fancy destination. Baby, you’re my great escape.” – Thomas Rhett “Die A Happy Man.”
8. “Wherever I go, whatever I do, I was born to love you.” – LANCO “Born To Love You”
9. “My heart’s never smiled so hard.” – Easton Corbin “Lovin’ You Is Fun”
10. “I’m having a party, a party for two – inviting nobody, nobody but you.” – Shania Twain “Party For Two”
11. “A goodbye kiss is all I need from you” – George Strait “Carrying Your Love With Me”
12. “Always stay humble and kind.” – Tim McGraw “Humble and Kind”
13. “I love my apron – but I ain’t your mama.” – Miranda Lambert “Little Red Wagon”
14. “How am I ever gonna get to be old and wise if I ain’t ever you and crazy.” – Frankie Ballard “Young and Crazy”
15. “I keep my heart and soul in the boondocks” – Little Big Town “Boondocks”
16. “There’s a lot to learn from speakers and bleachers and preachers.” – Brandon Lay “Speakers Bleachers and
Preachers.”
17. “You never know that’s going to happen. You make your plans and you hear God laughing.” – Thomas Rhett “Life
Changes.”
18. “I thought I’d miss you, but I miss me more.” – Kelsea Ballerini “Miss Me More”
19. “I love you but I love me more.” – Maggie Rose “Love Me More”
20. “Cutting up the floor in a sorority t-shirt.” – Dan + Shay “Tequila”
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Despite there being plenty of ways to write an actor off of a TV show, death is by far the most common. And I’m convinced it’s the reason we all have trust issues. Why we choose to subject ourselves to this torture is a mystery, but no matter how many times we claim to be done falling in love with a character, we all know it will happen time and time again.
Here are just some examples of TV deaths that we will never quite get over.
*Warning: contains spoilers*
Keith Scott (One Tree Hill). I can tell you exactly where I was sitting when I watched Dan murder his brother in cold blood in the hallway of Tree Hill High. I low-key lost faith in humanity and cried actual tears.
Finn Hudson (Glee) The only thing more depressing than a high school choir losing a participant to death is the fact that the actor Corey Monteith actually died of a drug overdose. So many feels!!
Leslie Shay (Chicago Fire) We all knew that watching gorgeous men and women run into burning buildings every week was dangerous but really?! Gabby’s best friend?!
Melissa Cooper (The OC) Is there anything more gut-wrenching than seeing Ryan carry her out of the burning car? Ugh.
Rayna James (Nashville) The queen of country’s sudden death after surviving multiple life-threatening situations felt like someone stole our firstborn child. And the scene of her family crowded by her bedside singing in perfect harmony was just plain cruel.
Jon Snow (Game of Thrones) Watching fellow members of the Night’s Watch stab him after tricking him into coming outside was the ultimate betrayal. Can we trust no one in this life?
Zoe Barnes (House of Cards) As if death by train isn’t bad enough, she had to be pushed in front of it. We still can’t decide if it was a brilliant or awful way to start a new season.
William Hill (This Is Us) The moment we realized the father-son road trip was a final goodbye our hearts broke. Cancer blows, even on screen.
Fred Andrews (Riverdale) The only thing worse than a TV death is when it’s necessary because the actor dies and can’t finish filming. No more so did this hit home then when Luke Perry tragically passed away. When the other actors cried at Fred’s funeral, you knew the tears were real and not just for the fictional character.
EVERYONE (Grey’s Anatomy) It’s no secret that killing off fan favorites is Shonda Rhime’s number one hobby, but getting rid of half the cast (literally) is just plain wrong. And don’t even get us started on Derek…
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If you didn’t love Brantley Gilbert before, you’ll fall head over heels for him now. Gilbert just announced his 2020 Fire’t Up Tour, and this is not your regular run of the mill tour. Not only does he have back-to-back Platinum albums and a fanbase across the nation, but he also has a heart for leading and service.
Partnering with local farmer heroes to celebrate and boost local communities of the tour, Gilbert has set a standard for the way the music industry manages itself. No more selfless indulging but instead taking care of the places the artists visit, creating connections and giving back to thousands of people across the nation. He has partnered with Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC), an organization helping veterans pursue careers in farming, to purchase products for catering all along the tour. These veterans and farmers are the backbone of the United States and supporting and thanking them is Gilbert’s goal for this endeavor.
“A first for a Country music tour, Gilbert’s tour catering partner, Taste Event, will work with local farmers in 25 cities-and-counting on his 2020 tour to create a farm-to-catering approach for the tour’s footprint. Farmers, and their families, furnishing the food are invited to share their stories, dine with the tour, meet Gilbert, and stay for the show.” – BMLG Records
If that doesn’t warm your heart, another partner for the tour, Musically Fed, will aim to distribute excess food each night to organizations providing meals to the homeless, hungry, and food insecure.
We live in an interconnected world, with millions of struggling people, but the heart and strength of the country music industry has shown that we are a people that help each other in times of need, and can overcome any obstacle while enjoying the music we love. Brantley Gilbert is making an impact with his choices for the tour, an action that does not go unnoticed. Catch him on any of the cities on tour and celebrate the heart and love of this country.
UPCOMING FIRE’T UP U.S TOUR DATES
1/30 Moline, IL 3/20 Portland, OR
1/31 Highland Heights, KY 3/21 Tacoma, WA
2/1 Salem, VA 3/26 Ontario, CA
2/6 Green Bay, WI 3/27 Fresno, CA
2/7 Minneapolis, MN 3/28 Las Vegas, NV
2/8 Milwaukee, WI 4/16 Greenville, SC
2/13 Greensboro, NC 4/17 Tuscaloosa, AL
2/14 Louisville, KY 4/18 Orange Beach, AL
2/15 Chattanooga, TN 4/23 Florence, SC
2/20 Evansville, IN 4/24 Charleston, WV
2/21 North Little Rock, AR 4/25 Knoxville, TN
2/22 Tulsa, OK 4/30 Lincoln, NE
2/27 Toledo, OH 5/1 Sioux Falls, SD
2/28 Youngstown, OH 5/2 Grand Forks, ND
2/1 Pikeville, KY 5/8 Morrison, CO
3/19 Nampa, ID
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Chase Rice kicked off the new year with a big surprise for his fans by dropping his much-anticipated album titled, The Album Part I at last Friday. If you follow Rice on social media, he’s been teasing fans with new songs for months since topping the charts for back-to-back weeks with “Eyes on You” but never said exactly when the full package would come out. Even though this isn’t his first album, the singer-songwriter looks at this one as the beginning of his career.
“I chose to call this The Album because it’s the first thing I would encourage someone to listen to if they want to know who I am as an artist,” explains Rice in a press release. “My career has been such a rollercoaster journey, but it’s all led to this moment and these songs. So much of what I’ve learned, so much of what I’ve fought through – it’s all reflected in this music.”
When you listen to these seven songs, you truly see how much he has grown as a songwriter and an artist. Instead of singing about girls in pickup trucks, Rice’s sound has matured to something deeper and more meaningful. These seven songs are personal and paint a picture of the good times and the bad times. While his music has evolved, you still get the same gravelly-voiced vocals his fans fell in love with years ago.
The one song you’ve probably heard on your radio already is “Lonely If You Are,” the follow up to his No.1 song, “Eyes on You.” The sleek rhymes over heartland six strings and keys make this song not only catchy and relatable but extremely easy to put on repeat. Rice has been playing it in his live shows for months already and performed it last night on a very dramatic episode of The Bachelor.
“I wrote it with Lindsay Rimes and Hunter Phelps, and when you get to that bridge it’s insane live already – and I don’t think it’s even top 30 yet. When you get to that, ‘let me love the lonely right out of you,’ that’s when you know we’ve got something pretty special here,” Rice says.
“American Nights” is one of the outliers of the album, but not in a bad way. It’s one of the only songs that isn’t about a romantic love. Rice describes the song as being about diversity. “It’s about all these different people going through different things, but at the end of the day, that’s what makes us all Americans and that what makes us all so unique. So ‘American Nights,’ to me, is one of the most special songs on this whole album,” Rice explains.
Probably one of the most personal songs on this new album, “Everywhere,” Rice sings about seeing his ex-girlfriend in everything he does and everywhere he goes. He sings: “You’re in every side street, every sidewalk // Every corner booth, every corner bar // In the dark, darlin’, you’re everywhere // Woah, oh, oh, you’re everywhere”
One of the more relatable songs on the album, Rice wrote it after breaking up with a girlfriend. “It’s about a girl that I dated the last couple years. We had an amazing relationship, had a tough breakup and that’s the way it goes sometimes, but when that happens, usually you’re going to start seeing that person everywhere you go,” Rice says.
In “Best Night Ever” Rice sings about exactly what the title of the song is, the best night ever. You get a look into his word with the lyrics and how they paint a vivid image of a memorable night with his girlfriend. “I live on a farm in Tennessee and I’ve had some nights out on that farm. I’ve had some amazing nights – the sun’s going down – but every now and then, there’s a special night because there’s somebody there to make it special and that’s the case for this song, ‘Best Night Ever.’ I’ve got this old pole barn over there at the farm that, you know, the song kind of speaks for itself,” Rice says of the track.
The singer first teased this song back in November on his Instagram when he played an acoustic version of it. Watch below.
Rice describes “Messy” as one of the most emotional songs he’s put out since “Jack Daniels and Jesus.” He sings about loving every side of someone. In a relationship, even when you see each other’s messy sides, you still love each other through them. The lyrics are deep, honest and raw.
“We’ve all got messy and we’ve all got problems we deal with, but when you have someone to deal with it and help you deal with it through those problems, that’s beautiful,” Rice describes.
In one of the catchiest songs on the album, “In the Car,” Rice takes his fans back to his high school days of sneaking out with his girlfriend. It wasn’t just the thrill of not getting caught and being with your high school love though.
“In the car that night // Saturday in July // We had the radio down and you were teein’ ’em up // In the car that night // Two beautiful eyes // You weren’t even tryin’ // I was fallin’ in love // And the headlights // Met the sunrise // It was so right, oh // In the car that night // We were on fire // Couldn’t get higher // I was yours, you were mine // In the car that night”
Everyone has those songs that take them back to a high school memory and Rice does it with this song. The fun, upbeat sound with lyrics that take you back in time is the perfect mix to blast this song with your windows down.
In the final track, Rice hits it out of the park with “Forever To Go.” Expect to hear this one at weddings for years to come. The lyrics walk you through special memories of falling more and more in love yet knowing you still have a lifetime ahead of you.
“Another year down // And, baby, somehow // Our song never gets old // The honeymoon phase // And butterflies fade // But I’ll never let you go // We were just kids // Stealin’ a kiss // And it feels like forever ago // But I love you more than yesterday // We still got forever to go”
Rice predicts this song could be even bigger than “Eyes on You,” which was the No. 5 most-played country song of 2019. Expect to hear more new songs on The Album Part II later this year.
Track List:
American Nights (Kevin Griffin, Martin Johnson; produced by Martin Johnson)
Lonely If You Are (Chase Rice, Lindsay Rimes, Hunter Phelps; produced by Chris DeStefano and Chase Rice)
Everywhere (Chase Rice, Zachary Kale, James McNair; produced by Zachary Kale)
Best Night Ever (Chase Rice, Chris DeStefano, Matt Jenkins; produced by Chris DeStefano)
Messy (Seth Ennis, Kylie Sackley; produced by Chris DeStefano)
In The Car (Chase Rice, Jesse Rice, Hunter Phelps, Mark Holman; produced by Chris DeStefano)
Forever To Go (Jordan Minton, Casey Brown, Geoffrey Warburton; produced by Casey Brown)
NYCountry Swag Picks:
Best Night Ever
Forever To Go
Messy
Rice is currently headlining The Pint of Anything Tour across Europe before he hits the road with Brantley Gilbert in 2020.
The Album Part I is available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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“I love what music can do for people because it was always there for me.”
Bree Taylor, our Swag Spotlight artist this week, is a rising singer-songwriter, who plays by her own rules. Throughout our conversation with Taylor, we learned how honest, authentic, and passionate she is about mental health awareness, her refreshing music, and of course her diehard fanbase.
Hailing from Toronto Canada, the songstress always felt a pull towards music. “I’ve been involved in music since I was a little girl,” she tells us, “I always just kind of had this passion for music.” Growing up writing, she had a natural talent for song-writing and story-telling. “I’ve always been involved in writing my own lyrics and poems, so as I got older it just turned into something that I really wanted as a career.” Unfortunately because of the bullying that she endured throughout her schooling, Taylor lacked the confidence to pursue her dream.
About six years ago, Taylor found her courage and decided to quiet the naysayers in favor of creating music that aimed to bring connection and vulnerability to music listeners. She went on to create her first pop album with a talented producer in L.A., but she quickly realized that country music was calling her.
“I always kinda felt a kinship to the country scene, since I was really young, because I always really felt comfortable in more of the story-telling, songwriting side of things,” she shares, “I just felt that country really translated well for me.” This revelation began Taylor’s transition to a more pop-country sound.
Since her transition to country music, Taylor has noticed the lack of representation of females in the genre and has worked relentlessly to create music that showcases the good, the bad, and the ugly of being a woman in today’s day and age. For the singer, being honest with her fans about her struggles with depression and anxiety and bringing awareness to mental health issues is vital to her artistry.
“When I was growing up, I definitely think [mental health] wasn’t talked about […] so I find I try to live by example through myself,” she shares, adding that it has been difficult to find artists that live their truth and express that in their music. Despite that sentiment, Taylor credits artists like Taylor Swift, Madison Marlow, (Maddie & Tae) and Selena Gomez, as well as, actress, Jennifer Lawerence, as people she relates to and looks up to because of the authenticity they bring to their art and the honesty they share with fans.
Taylor continues to create music that showcases different sides of her personality. Most recently, she released “Drive.” To counteract some of her more emotional and sad tracks, the singer wanted to give fans a taste of her fun and silly side. “I do have a more lighthearted side to me where I’m having fun with my girlfriends, and relaxing, and enjoying life, and being silly,” she tells us, “So I wanted to write a song that would show people that side of myself.” “Drive” is fun, sassy, and catchy, but still maintains that integrity that is so important to Taylor and her fanbase.
Of course, she has emotional and deeply personal songs slated to be released this year as well. In just a few days, on January 31st, her new single “Cry” will be available. Taylor gave us the inside scoop about the beautiful, upcoming track that was pitched to her by two talented songwriters. “When I heard it, it was pitched to me as a song that was written about a woman singing to a man,” she shares. “But the way I connected to it was exactly in the way that ‘it’s okay to not be okay,” adding, “I even really took it in a personal way that you could be singing it to yourself.”
The soon to be released song serves as a reminder to people who are struggling with their own demons that we do not always have to be strong. “I really want people to identify with it in their own way,” Taylor explains. “I just think it is such a powerful song lyrically with the message behind it, and I really wanted that to speak for itself.”
Fans can anticipate even more new music this year by the rising artist. She has an EP in the works slated for a spring release, as well as, plans for some live shows in 2020. As Taylor says, “It’s just a matter of making it all happen.”
“Drive” is now available everywhere you buy or stream music. Take a listen below and check out more new recently released music here on our ‘New Country Music’ playlist. Be sure to give the playlist a follow for your weekly new country music fix.
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