Miranda Lambert writing 'housewife-scorned' music
Country singer Miranda Lambert has been writing songs about the angst she felt before splitting from husband Blake Shelton.
The musicians called it quits on their four-year marriage last summer (15), and they have since moved on to new relationships - Miranda is currently dating singer Anderson East and Blake is romancing pop star Gwen Stefani after falling for the No Doubt singer while they were sharing judging duties on TV talent show The Voice.
And just like Stefani, whose split from husband Gavin Rossdale gave
her fresh inspiration for new songs, the 32-year-old Little Red
Wagon hitmaker has been writing some deeply personal tunes with
friends and Pistol Annies bandmates Ashley Monroe and Angaleena
Presley, and she is very impressed with the passionate music the
trio is creating.
“That’s my heart, you know,” she tells Fox News of her songwriting
approach. “It was an outlet for all three of us to really
exaggerate those parts of our personalities. We call it
housewife-scorned music.”
Miranda won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album for her last
record Platinum, and the singer is confident fans will be delighted
with her next release too, noting the songs on the record will
contain the most raw and honest lyrics she's written to date.
“I’ve spent a lot, a lot, a lot of time writing lately,” she
reveals. “I’ve had more time than I’ve ever had, so I’ve been able
to write every day. I think I’ve been more honest - to myself,
even. Not being afraid to lay it all out there.
"As I've gotten older I’ve laid it out there less at times in my
career but now I’m just like, ‘Here it is, here’s my story'. You
can relate because everybody goes through (stuff)."