{"id":1307585,"date":"2019-04-01T11:38:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1804586"},"modified":"2019-04-01T11:38:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:38:51","slug":"what-does-being-ladylike-mean-to-ingrid-andress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/what-does-being-ladylike-mean-to-ingrid-andress\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Being \u201cLadylike\u201d Mean To Ingrid Andress?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:670949?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\/stephenss\/\" title=\"Posts by Samantha Stephens\" rel=\"author\">Samantha Stephens<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">9m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Never has the social and political climate of our society been more in need of a song like <a href=\"http:\/\/cmt.com\/artists\/ingrid-andress\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ingrid Andress<\/a>\u2019 \u201cLady Like\u201d than this very moment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BvAnfGThbCb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>So how ironic or perfect, really, that this song, with its raw, powerful and unapologetic message, came to life over the topic of politics on a night out?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne night, I was flirting with a guy and brought up politics because there is so much happening in the world, thinking he would be impressed,\u201d Andress told CMT.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe actually shut me down immediately and was very uninterested for the rest of the evening. But I\u2019m very glad that happened, because the next day I went into the studio with my friends Derrick and Sam, and we wrote \u2019Lady Like.\u2019 That specific story is in the song now for obvious reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:2141310b-34c5-40d5-b3ae-0068b8efb8ab\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The second verse, to be exact, packed with enough sharp truth and clever turn of phrase to leave any listener with a proud smirk, exclaiming \u201cOh yes, she <em>did<\/em> just say that!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video provides the perfect visual to accompany the song\u2019s powerful lyrical imagery. Fun fact: it was meant to be shot in the desert, but snow and 40 mph winds sent production to a studio in Los Angeles instead.<\/p>\n<p>But how perfect did it turn out?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLady Like\u201d is on the fast track to becoming an undeniable anthem for women and folks everywhere, and a much-needed reminder that the only path to follow as a woman in the world is the one you\u2019re walking. To be ladylike is simply to be true to one\u2019s self in the face of societal expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crazy how simple writing a song can be when it comes from a real place,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BueDG-QhalD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>For Andress, the message of \u201cLady Like\u201d is personal, but not only for her but also for her sisters in arms. This one <em>really<\/em> is for the girls, to feel seen and represented and loved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean that\u2019s the whole reason I write songs! I am terrible at small talk, so when I get into social situations, it\u2019s hard for me to connect to people on the level that I\u2019d actually like to get to because nobody wants to talk about the real stuff. If people can relate to my songs, then I feel like we\u2019ve just had a meaningful conversation that leaves us both feeling understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLady Like\u201d is the first release of an ongoing stream of songs that Andress will be releasing for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach one of my songs tells a personal story, so I want them to be heard and have their own life separate from one another,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Bring \u2019em on. The world is ready.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Samantha is a country radio insider with a deep love for the music and its stars. She can often be found on a red carpet or at a late-night guitar pull.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1804586\/what-does-being-ladylike-mean-to-ingrid-andress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Samantha Stephens 9m ago Never has the social and political climate of our society been more in need of a song like Ingrid Andress\u2019 \u201cLady Like\u201d than this very moment. So how ironic or perfect, really, that this song, with its raw, powerful and unapologetic message, came to life over the topic of politics [&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-1307585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 01:42:07","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\/1307585","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=1307585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1307585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1307585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1307585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1307585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}