Miranda Lambert Opens Up About Songwriting, Healing & Heartache on ‘Ross Golan’ Podcast: ‘It Was Raw Emotion’
Lambert talked about the heartache that fueled her 2016 album The Weight of These Wings .
Miranda Lambert, the renowned country music artist, recently shared her experiences on the And The Writer Is…With Ross Golan podcast. She reflected on her two decades in the music industry and discussed how her songwriting has evolved over time.
In 2014, Lambert released her platinum-selling album, which held the top spot on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart for six weeks. Two years later, she released The Weight of These Wings, a double-disc project that dealt with the aftermath of her public divorce from fellow country star Blake Shelton. "2015, I got divorced and that sucks for anyone, especially in the public eye, especially on tour, especially in the middle of a very public career—two of us," she recalled.
The divorce, which occurred in 2015, was a challenging time for Lambert, given her high-profile status and ongoing career.
To cope with her heartache, Lambert turned to music as a means of healing. She wrote 75 songs within months, while working on The Weight of These Wings. "I dove head-first into songwriting...I used the misery to write The Weight Of These Wings. I used the staying out too late at honky-tonks. I used what I was living and my friends went on that journey with me," she explained. Lambert wrote these songs during the first four months of her return to Nashville, growing both as a vocalist and a songwriter.
Lambert believes that the album's raw emotion and the genuine expression of her experiences made it worth the effort. "It was worth laying it out there," she stated. Since then, she has continued to achieve success with hits such as "Bluebird" and her collaboration with Chris Stapleton, "A Song to Sing."
In addition to her solo career, Lambert has also co-written numerous hits for other artists, with her work on Ella Langley's Billboard Hot 100-dominating hit "Choosin’ Texas" being particularly notable. The song currently holds the record for the longest-charting No. 1 on the Hot 100.
Lambert recently released her latest album, Crisco, and performed at the new Nashville venue, The Truth, marking the culmination of her recent discography.
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