{"id":1317621,"date":"2020-01-10T08:08:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T15:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1816446"},"modified":"2020-01-10T08:08:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T15:08:35","slug":"brandy-clark-returns-with-who-you-thought-i-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/brandy-clark-returns-with-who-you-thought-i-was\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandy Clark Returns With \u201cWho You Thought I Was\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:687181?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\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n2m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Country fans may know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/brandy-clark\">Brandy Clark<\/a> as a gifted songwriter and Grammy-nominated artist, but hey, do you <i>really<\/i> know her? In her brand new single, \u201cWho You Thought I Was,\u201d she\u2019s hoping she can live up to the way others may see her, especially in a relationship.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first single from <em>Your Life Is a Record<\/em>, set for a March 6 release on Warner Records. Jay Joyce produced the project, her first studio album since 2016\u2019s <em>Big Day in a Small Town<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_ZCk2QyXsw?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_ZCk2QyXsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>Explaining the inspiration behind the song, Clark says, \u201cThe seed of the song came from something that John Prine said a couple of years ago at the Americana Awards. He walked out onstage at the Ryman and everyone stood up and clapped for what felt like five minutes. When everyone sat down, he said with a little laugh, \u2018Well, I\u2019m John Prine, but I\u2019d like to go back to being who you thought I was.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan\u2026that hit me. The songwriter in me instantly knew it was a song and the heart in me knew it was how I had felt in my own life many times. I mean, who of us hasn\u2019t let somebody down or wanted to be the version of ourselves that someone who loved us thought we were?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark co-wrote the new song with Jessie Jo Dillon and Jonathan Singleton. She will perform a number of international dates this winter before joining Tanya Tucker in February on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/cmt-next-women-of-country-tour\"><strong>Next Women of Country<\/strong> Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1816446\/brandy-clark-returns-with-who-you-thought-i-was\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 2m ago Country fans may know Brandy Clark as a gifted songwriter and Grammy-nominated artist, but hey, do you really know her? In her brand new single, \u201cWho You Thought I Was,\u201d she\u2019s hoping she can live up to the way others may see her, especially in a relationship. 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