But the concept first came to me the way that the song is now. Yeah, I definitely was not excited about being vulnerable. So did you have any reluctance to have your first exposure to people be a song that might register as worrying about being hurt in a relationship? And you do have this kind of tough persona. You’ve said that you were initially reluctant to write it the way you did, because you prefer to be the person that’s the position of doing the breaking up, not potentially being broken up with. And I felt if that song didn’t get its chance, I would regret it forever. So I really wanted to raise the bar for songs that were singles as far as lyrical content and just being meaningful. You know, the country genre seemed to be lacking the story-songs that I really grew up loving. So I’m really glad that they agreed with me. I felt very strongly that that needed to be the first single, just because obviously it doesn’t sound like the typical up-tempo dream No. When you were discussing singles with your label, were you thinking, “’More Hearts Than Mine’ - that’s the song, the one that’s going to break me”? VARIETY: Are you throwing yourself a one-woman party to celebrate your chart successes?ĪNDRESS: I have a few bottles of champagne, so I’ll probably crack those open sooner than later. Variety caught up with the Colorado native over the phone to discuss how she’s successfully busting stereotypes and the challenges of capitalizing on her radio success during a pandemic. There are more where that song came from - including the title song of “Lady Like,” the aggressive qualities of which suggest that Andress is more naturally inclined to be heartbreaker than heartbreakee. It’s the kind of song that addresses that probably everybody in a romantic relationship has thought about at one point or another, but seemingly no one has thought to write a hit song about: the worry about how a breakup might affect family members who’ve fallen for a significant other as much as oneself. That’s based largely on “More Hearts Than Mine,” a ballad that’s currently Top 5 with a strong shot at reaching No. But that someone with her co-writing and self-production chops has chosen country as her base, and been wildly and shockingly embraced by radio, is nothing but a sign of health for the genre.Īndress has just set a record for the all-time highest streaming debut album from a female country artist with her “Lady Like” release, which came out in late March. Her pop crossover potential is tremendous, and it’s likely not just a whim that she’s signed to a pop as well as country imprint within the Warner Music ecostructure. But to narrow it down: Positive trending notwithstanding, Ingrid Andress, all by herself, would be reason enough for a celebrative headline.Īll the critical acclaim for Andress and her “Lady Like” album isn’t because she represents a return to traditional country - far from it - but because, if she marks a return to anything, it’s to that period in the ’80s and ’90s when strong female singer/songwriters who weren’t necessarily strictly defined by genre found their place in this one, a la Mary-Chapin Carpenter and Rosanne Cash. There’s been a lot of collective good news to go around for serious fans of country music this year, with an airplay chart that had three solo women in the top 10 for the first time since the early 2010s, and now, two female freshmen in the top 5.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |