For years, Jennifer Nettles was one half of the successful duo Sugarland, but now that she’s a solo artist, she finds it quite liberating.  She says, “Really that was the whole impetus behind going solo was an artistic inspiration in the sense that I think you know, obviously success is fantastic. But as one becomes successful and gets branded with a certain sound if the brand starts to become more of the focus than the evolution of the art then that’s putting the cart before the horse. And I could see that actually happening.  And that’s common it happens with many artists across all mediums, not to mention across all genre and music. So I wanted to take a chance and to see what I would create from a solo perspective and to offer my fans a little bit more of an intimate look at who I am as an artist. And so consequently I have felt super liberated by it.”

Jennifer’s latest solo single is “Hey Heartbreak,” off her album, Playing With Fire.

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Jennifer Nettles – liberating to be solo  :49

“I find it liberating, actually. I think, you know, really that was the whole impetus behind going solo was an artistic inspiration in the sense that I think you know, obviously success is fantastic. But as one becomes successful and gets branded with a certain sound if the brand starts to become more of the focus than the evolution of the art then that’s putting the cart before the horse. And I could see that actually happening.  And that’s common it happens with many artists across all mediums, not to mention across all genre and music. So I wanted to take a chance and to see what I would create from a solo perspective and to offer my fans a little bit more of an intimate look at who I am as an artist. And so consequently I have felt super liberated by it.”