Carly Pearce has dropped new single ‘Next Girl’ today.
A return to her roots and taking inspiration from 90s Country, ‘Next Girl’ is the follow-up to Pearce’s number one single ‘I Hope You’re Happy Now’ with Lee Brice.
āCountry music always had these straight-talking women, who were so strong and so sassy,ā says Pearce. āThey were flirty, funny, feisty ā and they werenāt afraid of banjos, fiddles, mandolins,Ā steel guitar. Put all those things together, and itās everything that pulled me to Country music as a little girl.ā
The song is a collaboration with songwriters and producers Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne.
āWe got together and just kept throwing out songs we loved, singing pieces of them,ā Pearce says of the song’s creation. āThey both got everything I wanted to do like ‘That Kind of Girl,ā āBlame It On Your Heart,ā āBetter Things To Do,ā āThereās Your Trouble,ā āSpilled Perfumeā kind of stuff. The song just started tumbling together from there ā and āNext Girlā happened. It felt just like where Patty Loveless might be today, and we couldnāt wait to record it!ā
Pearce was recently nominated for four awards at the CMAs – New Artist of the Year,Ā Song of the Year, Musical Event of the YearĀ andĀ Video of the Year. The winners will be announced at the CMA Awards show on 11th November.