{"id":1303576,"date":"2019-02-12T08:58:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1802948"},"modified":"2019-02-12T08:58:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:58:54","slug":"kree-harrison-presents-world-premiere-of-i-love-the-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/kree-harrison-presents-world-premiere-of-i-love-the-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Kree Harrison Presents World Premiere of \u201cI Love the Lie\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:667826?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">10m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>To get an idea of who the next country legends will be, take a look at who today\u2019s legends adore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/emmylou-harris\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmylou Harris<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/wynonna\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wynonna Judd<\/a> are just a few of the genre\u2019s masters who can\u2019t get enough of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/kree-harrison\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kree Harrison<\/a>. With a powerful, honeyed voice and unrivaled musical style that stand out in any genre, what\u2019s not to love?<\/p>\n<p>Judd and Harris have been forever fans since discovering the Texas native and longtime Nashvillian in her rise to prominence on <em>American Idol<\/em>, and it\u2019s the support that floors Harrison every time she hears from them. Judd recently dug up a vintage backstage photograph with a 10-year-old Harrison and Joe Diffie at one of his annual First Steps benefits and texted it to Harrison along with a personal note raving about Harrison\u2019s new music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crazy,\u201d Harrison tells CMT.com, \u201cWynonna and I, we\u2019ve become really good friends. Her quote for my new music made me cry in my coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are Judd\u2019s words on Harrison: \u201cAs an artist, what matters the most to me is the amazing young woman that you are who has such heart who stands for what is real and what is true and what is authentic. You\u2019re a pioneer. You have a unique gift that is rare in this life. I love your fire \u2026 You\u2019re the next generation of greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris also sent kind words praising Harrison\u2019s contributions to music. \u201cKree is one of my favorite singers that\u2019s why I voted for her on <em>American Idol<\/em>,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison draws inspiration from these powerful women and the women of \u201890s country in the new music she has in the works. Today (Feb. 12) she exclusively premieres, \u201cI Love the Lie,\u201d an original by Chris Stapleton, with CMT.com. It\u2019s a commanding performance that showcases Harrison\u2019s dynamic vocals in their purest form and the first release of new music from a forthcoming album with producers Jordan Lehning and Skyler Wilson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F563958357&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxwidth=500&amp;maxheight=750&amp;dnt=1&amp;secret_token=s-NH3R9\">w.soundcloud.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>CMT.com: The immediate sonic reference I heard in this song was Trisha Yearwood.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harrison: That\u2019s the biggest compliment. I will take it. She\u2019s one of the few that I have not met, and I sincerely think I\u2019d be star-struck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much of the women of \u201890s country music and that era influenced you as an artist?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s what made me appreciate being able to pull from our heroes \u2013 Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette \u2014 and still make it in the time. I have the utmost respect for Wynonna. I feel it was the ultimate girl power back in the day; especially in the \u201890s. We had Trisha, the Judds, Patty Loveless, Martina McBride and Reba McEntire. It was so cool in that moment they were all coming out at the same time. There was room for everyone. There was no competitiveness. I feel like that vibe is making its way back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does this new music set up the Kree Harrison of tomorrow? Were there particular genres or bands you found yourself referencing in the recording process?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It will show people another side of me; things I didn\u2019t share on <em>Idol<\/em>, sounds I didn\u2019t make on my first record I put out in 2016. I\u2019m pulling a lot of my influences that I grew up with in the \u201890s. There are too many to name; especially women.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>This Old Thing<\/em> was soulful to the core. What can you share about the creative direction of your next project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, I am headed to Echo Mountain studios in Asheville, N.C. next week to finish making the record, and I\u2019m so excited for the puzzle pieces to all come together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much of the music did you write and how much of it was autobiographical versus the story of someone else? Was there a particularly hard lyric to write?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I took some time to write for this record within the Nashville community. I even did a writer\u2019s retreat at the very house I lived in with some of my closest friends. In my opinion, I wouldn\u2019t feel right to deny myself of cutting outside songs because we are spoiled here with so many talented writers. I can\u2019t imagine my ears never being able to hear a voice like Patsy sing \u201cCrazy\u201d just because she didn\u2019t write it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In your Nashville life, have you had any other connections with Chris Stapleton or opportunities to work with him?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been a fan for a long time. I\u2019ve met him and his wife, and they are lovely humans and really damn talented. I use to listen to Morgane Stapleton\u2019s music long before they were married. Her voice has always been so angelic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1802948\/kree-harrison-presents-world-premiere-of-i-love-the-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 10m ago To get an idea of who the next country legends will be, take a look at who today\u2019s legends adore. Emmylou Harris and Wynonna Judd are just a few of the genre\u2019s masters who can\u2019t get enough of Kree Harrison. With a powerful, honeyed voice and unrivaled musical style that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1303576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 11:35:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1303576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1303576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1303576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1303576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}