CURRENT SINGLE: “You Didn’t”
Early on in his career, Brett Young was a stickler for only writing and recording songs that he personally relates to – experiences he has been through, feelings he has lived. But now that he’s on his third album, Brett says, “Honestly, there’s not a specific thing or a particular thing [inspiring my creativity].. I’ve just been spending time drawing from life, even if it’s not an entire song, if it’s just a title or a concept or an idea.”
For instance, Brett says, “You know, driving down the road and you see something that makes you have a thought that might just be like an everyday phrase that you’re used to hearing, but you hear it a different way that time. I’ll write that down and be excited to go dig into the endless opportunities that there could be within that one idea.”
Brett still relates to the music he writes, but the details and the experiences and the stories behind the songs don’t have to be entirely his, like they did when he first started writing. Plus, there’s a lot less drama and heartache in Brett’s life, and a lot more love and happiness and kids since his first album. Now, the world is Brett’s writing muse, because he says, “It would be very easy for me to just continue being inspired by family, but there has to be a little bit of something for everybody. And so, if I only did that I would be kind of alienating all the people that are out there broken hearted and single,” he says with a bit of a laugh. “You know what I mean?”
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“Honestly, there’s not a specific thing or a particular thing. I’ve just been spending time drawing from life, even if it’s not an entire song, if it’s just a title or a concept or an idea. You know, driving down the road and you see something that makes you have a thought that might just be like an everyday phrase that you’re used to hearing, but you hear it a different way that time. I’ll write that down and be excited to go dig into the endless opportunities that there could be within that one idea. It would be very easy for me to just continue being inspired by family, but there has to be a little bit of something for everybody. And so, if I only did that I would be kind of alienating all the people that are out there broken hearted and single. You know what I mean?”