Jim Casey talks with Keith Urban about:
- “Blue Ain’t Your Color” winning the CMA Award for Single of the Year
- debuting his new single, “Female,” at the CMA Awards
- hearing “Female” for the first time on Oct. 11, one day after it was written by Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally and Nicolle Galyon
- recording “Female” on Oct. 31
- the importance of a song like “Female” in 2017
- working on his upcoming 10th studio album, which will drop in 2018
- the importance of taking his time while making new albums
- bringing the album to life the way he hears it in his head: “audio-lize”
- turning 50 years old in October
- touring hard in 2018
- celebrating Thanksgiving with his wife, daughters and mom
- relaxing over the upcoming holidays
Quote Worthy:
- “I had an immediate reaction to ‘Female’—as a father of two daughters, as a husband, as a son, it just resonated with me. I went and grabbed my acoustic guitar and started playing it right away.”
Show Participants:
- Keith Urban
- Jim Casey, NCD editor in chief
