CURRENT SINGLE: “You Didn’t”
Brett Young’s latest song, “You Didn’t,” is a total heartbreaker that he wrote not long ago by channeling old emotions about his wife before they were married. “It was after Presley was born, before Rowan was born,” explains Brett, “and I certainly wasn’t in a heartbreak headspace. And in fact, the other three writers on the song are happily married as well.”
Brett knew they would all have to look to their past to be able to draw on the emotions they wrote about in “You Didn’t.” He says, “When we had the idea and we all were excited about writing this concept, we all needed to take kind of a moment of silence and go back somewhere. I never stopped and asked the guys where they went.”
Being happily married and trying to revisit emotions of heartbreak was interesting for Brett because he says, “Me and Taylor, my wife, were broken up for two years and then got back together. The most painful break up I ever went through was when I broke up with her, and so that’s where I went when we wrote this one.”
Br4tt and Taylor have been married for two and a half years, so it was probably a little strange for her to know that memories of their past relationship are what Brett relied on to write “You Didn’t.” “I’ve written break up songs about my wife when we were broken up,” says Brett, “but this is the first time I’ve written a break up song about my wife when we’re back together and everything’s good.”
Brett Young – channeling devastating feelings :34
“It was after Presley was born, before Rowan was born, and I certainly wasn’t in a heartbreak headspace. And in fact, the other three writers on the song are happily married as well. When we had the idea and we all were excited about writing this concept, we all needed to take kind of a moment of silence and go back somewhere. I never stopped and asked the guys where they went. The interesting thing for me is that me and Taylor, my wife, were broken up for two years and then got back together. The most painful break up I ever went through was when I broke up with her, and so that’s where I went when we wrote this one. I’ve written break up songs about my wife when we were broken up but this is the first time I’ve written a break up song about my wife when we’re back together and everything’s good.”