Brett Young and his wife, Taylor, dated off and on for many years before they married in 2018. Prior to them marrying, when they weren’t dating each other, Brett dated other people as well, so it’s not surprising that some of Brett’s earlier songs were inspired by some of those other relationships. Of course, no woman wants to hear songs her husband wrote about another woman. Brett says, “I wouldn’t like that being on the other end of it.”
But he says, “The trick is, it’s not like I’m writing songs about other relationships or other people now. Any song about that was written outside of my relationship with Taylor, you know, and she understands that. And so, it’s maybe gonna sting or suck a little bit, but understanding that it is also business.”
These days, Taylor is the only woman inspiring any songs Brett writes, including his latest single, “Lady,” which was written about his wife, for his daughter, but Brett believes those older songs that weren’t about Taylor were important to write, too, because he says, “The songs are for other people too. It might ring a little bit personal and a little bit sharp for us, or for her, but it’s cathartic or helpful for other people that are going through it or need to hear it. And so, that’s not ideal and it’s not gonna happen anymore, but there are songs that are gonna last forever that probably she feels like were a little bit influenced by other people. But nonetheless, I don’t think that would feel good to anyone. But she’s awesome. She’s a great partner and she understands.”
Plus, when Taylor has Brett writing such incredible songs like “Lady” about her, it would be hard to still be upset about any relationship songs he might have written a long time ago about someone else,
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“Nobody would like that. I wouldn’t like that being on the other end of it. The trick is, it’s not like I’m writing songs about other relationships or other people now. Any song about that was written outside of my relationship with Taylor. You know, and she understands that. And so, it’s maybe gonna sting or suck a little bit, but understanding that it is also business, and also the songs are for other people too. It might ring a little bit personal and a little bit sharp for us, or for her, but it’s cathartic or helpful for other people that are going through it or need to hear it. And so, that’s not ideal and it’s not gonna happen anymore, but there are songs that are gonna last forever that probably she feels like were a little bit influenced by other people. But nonetheless, I don’t think that would feel good to anyone. But she’s awesome. She’s a great partner and she understands.”