The singer also thinks his and his wife’s open adoration for each other on social media enforced the song’s authenticity for fans. Rhett contributes a portion of the song’s success to a shortage of love songs on country radio when it was released as well as its sparse production. I think when a lot of people hear the name Thomas Rhett, I think their minds immediately go to ‘Die a Happy Man.’ ” But my whole label was (telling me), ‘Dude, I think this is a career song for you.’ I think that’s exactly what it was up to this point. But as an artist and as a writer, you never know how good a song is until it gets on the radio and people have the chance to respond to it. “We all knew we had something pretty special. “Die a Happy Man” is the first song they wrote together. Rhett said the men knew they wanted to write a personal love song about their significant others, and because Rhett is the artist, he said his wife, Lauren, served as the song’s inspiration. But when the men teamed with Thomas Rhett, their combined knowledge fed Rhett’s six-week No. Joe Spargur and Sean Douglas are known best for writing pop songs. Songwriters: Joe Spargur, Sean Douglas and Thomas Rhett “Kill a Word” is from Church’s November 2015 album, “Mr. There’s never going to be a better time, and there’s never been a better song for this time.” I’ve never had that situation before where it became very clear to me that we have to release this. It was around the time of the Orlando nightclub shooting. “There was just all this vitriol and hate and all this stuff happening. “You look at … the division and all the things that are happening in the world and it was around the election time,” Church said. But as he watched the world change around him, he realized the song was demanding to be heard. Misunderstood” album, he never thought it would be a single. And when Church put “Kill a Word” on his “Mr. The initial writing session happened more than three years ago. Within 10 minutes, the singer sketched out the chorus and when the three reconvened, Church said the second verse just fell out. Hyde and Dick had already written the first verse of “Kill a Word” when Church walked in the room. "If I could kill a word and watch it die/ I’d poison never, shoot goodbye/ Beat regret when I felt I had the nerve/ Yeah, I’d pound defeat into a pile of sand/ Choke lonely out with my bare hands/ I’d hang hate so that it can’t be heard." Songwriters: Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Luke DickĮric Church thinks “Kill a Word” is his smartest song to date.Ĭo-written by Church, Jeff Hyde and Luke Dick, “Kill a Word” is about the desire to do away with hate-filled, negative words. “Vice” was the first single from Lambert’s double album “The Weight of These Wings,” which was released in November. "I run to things for comfort just like everybody else.” "Everybody has a vice they run to when they need comfort, and I think that’s what this song says," she said.
She said a couple of the vices she sings about in the song are her own, but she thinks that normal. Shelton and Lambert have both moved on to new relationships, but Lambert’s rawness in that time period is laid bare in the song. “Vice” was written about two years ago, around the time her divorce from country singer Blake Shelton was made public. with shoes in my hand/ Said I wouldn't do it, but I did it again/ And I know I'll be back tomorrow night." "Another vice/ Another call/ Another bed I shouldn't crawl out of/ At 7 a.m. “I think it’s great, though,” she explained. Miranda Lambert told The Tennessean in July that she wrote “Vice” “at the exact time of the s-t hitting the fan.” Songwriters: Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne
We compiled the stories behind all six ACM Song of the Year nominees. However, it all begins with a song - and each song has a story. Urban has a field-leading seven nominations, followed by Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris with six nods apiece and Florida Georgia Line and Tim McGraw each with five mentions. Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley will host the show, which will include performances from Faith Hill, Sam Hunt, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Bryan, Bentley with Cole Swindell, Rascal Flatts and more. Watch Video: ACM Awards nominations announcedĬountry music singers and fans will descend on Las Vegas on Sunday for the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards, which will air live from T-Mobile Arena at 7 p.m.
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