After a few months out of the spotlight, Carrie Underwood is back with full force.
A week ago, the country music superstar released “Cry Pretty,” the first single off her new album, and today she is unveiling the name, release date and cover for her new album of the same name.
Cry Pretty, Carrie’s 6th studio album, will come out on September 14th. In a video released with the announcement, the American Idol champ shared some behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the album, as well as discussed the leading single “Cry Pretty,” saying:
“Sometimes you get together and write a song that is kind of exactly what you’re feeling at that moment, and that was ‘Cry Pretty’ for me. I think ‘Cry Pretty’ sets the tone for the rest of the album, because it’s emotional, and it is real, but there’s also just some incredible musical moments in the song, and I feel like those things are things that go throughout the rest of the album.
“We have a lot of songs on [the album] that are definitely emotional and kind of soulful and real and raw. But there’s so much love and care and heart that has gone into writing these songs, putting music to these songs, and everything has been done in such a careful and loving way.”
She also talked about the writing and recording process and the fact she shoulders some of the production duties.
“Co-producing was … kind of a natural evolution. I had been working with David Garcia on the writing side of things, and we just really hit it off. The first song that we wrote together is on the album, so it was kind of like: ‘I like this guy, [I want to] write with him again.’
“And there’s certain chemistry that comes together when there’s a band there and everybody feeds off of each other. We got a lot of guys that I had worked with before, and some that I hadn’t and everybody brought it.”
Watch the video below!
