{"id":1306244,"date":"2019-03-20T12:31:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T18:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1804148"},"modified":"2019-03-20T12:31:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T18:31:39","slug":"carly-pearce-talks-writing-her-next-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/carly-pearce-talks-writing-her-next-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Carly Pearce Talks Writing Her Next Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:668078?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\">6m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>March marks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/carly-pearce\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Carly Pearce<\/a>\u2019s second anniversary with her record label, Big Machine, and it\u2019s pretty incredible to look back on all she has accomplished in that time.<\/p>\n<p>Pearce co-wrote eight of the 13 songs on her 2017 debut, <em>Every Little Thing<\/em>, including the No. 1 title single. Since then, she\u2019s performed on some of country music\u2019s biggest tours. Last year, she opened for various all-star acts including Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan, and took home the 2018 CMT Music Award for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/video-clips\/ldb9x3\/cmt-music-awards-carly-pearce-honored-with-breakthrough-video-of-the-year-award\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Breakthrough Video of the Year<\/a>. But before landing her record deal, Pearce dedicated much of her first decade in Nashville to writing original songs resulting in a stockpile of material to choose from for her upcoming sophomore album that\u2019s in the works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith my first album, I was unsure how people were going to embrace me, and I had no idea how amazingly they were going to embrace me,\u201d Pearce told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/shows\/hot-20-countdown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CMT Hot 20 Countdown<\/a>\u2019s Katie Cook backstage at the C2C Country to Country Festival in London. \u201cWith this one, I obviously feel pressure to make sure fans love the music, but I feel like I very much know my place in country music now. I know the artist that I am, and I know there are people that want to listen. I feel more sure of myself and happier, just able to really peel back some more layers and show a more sure of herself Carly.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:4dd9bafd-21dc-4c06-9b61-79e3a60a5e26\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>She\u2019s not against recording music written by other songwriters; especially since there are so many great ones working in Nashville. \u201cCloser to You,\u201d the lead single from her upcoming collection, was co-written by Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson and Troy Verges. But when she\u2019s not working on music, Pearce is in full-on wedding mode with fianc\u00e9, Michael Ray. She says he\u2019s leaving most of the planning to her and her mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mom and I are doing it by ourselves,\u201d Pearce took Cook of the preparations. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want a wedding planner. I\u2019m just very simple and never was the girl that dreamt of my wedding \u2026 I know it\u2019s kind of weird. I\u2019m obviously enjoying it very much, but \u2026 I don\u2019t get to see my momma very much anymore and so this is kind of a way for us to have fun together because you miss your mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pearce and Ray are nominated in the new artist categories at the 54th annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1803167\/chris-stapleton-and-dan-shay-lead-2019-acm-nominees\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ACM Awards<\/a>. Reba McEntire will host the show live from Las Vegas\u2019 MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>CMT Hot 20 Countdown will be in Sin City for all the action. New episodes of Hot 20 air Saturdays and Sundays at 9 a.m. ET.<\/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\/1804148\/carly-pearce-talks-writing-her-next-chapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 6m ago March marks Carly Pearce\u2019s second anniversary with her record label, Big Machine, and it\u2019s pretty incredible to look back on all she has accomplished in that time. Pearce co-wrote eight of the 13 songs on her 2017 debut, Every Little Thing, including the No. 1 title single. 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