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Listen as Country Superstar, CHRIS YOUNG Discusses His Newest Album, “I’m Coming Over”, His Upcoming US Tour, Performing On A Plane With Cassadee Pope and Much More!
Posted On 15 Apr 2016
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Last Fall, the RCA Records Nashville recording artist, Chris Young released his fifth album, “I’m Comin’ Over.” For this record, Young took over responsibility for conceiving, writing, producing and recording.
Looking for a new approach on an album he knew was extremely important, Young hedged his bet by personally writing a check and quietly cutting six songs. When he played the music for surprised Sony Music Nashville executives, there was one simple response: “Keep going.” To put this collection together, Young looked to his longtime friend Josh Hoge and Corey Crowder.
“’I’m Comin’ Over’ honestly is such a sonic bridge for me,” Young said. “It’s a bridge between what I sounded like on the last record and what we’ve done on this one. It’s not like I went out and just completely blew up everything I was doing, but there’s obviously a lot more loops. There’s a lot more stuff that we created in pre-production and brought into the studio along with the musicians. I think that this song is a really good introduction to what you’ll hear on the rest of this record. There’s R&B elements that we brought into some of the songs, and you definitely hear that on top of the second verse. It’s really simple. It’s really short, just a tiny, little moment, but it’s definitely stuff that we wouldn’t have done in the past.” “As Chris, Josh and I began writing together, the sonic direction seemed to organically take shape,” shared co-producer and co-writer, Corey Crowder.
Young has ratcheted up six No. 1 singles, seven Gold and Platinum certifications, and been nominated for the industry’s most prestigious awards – Academy of Country Music, Country Music Association and The Grammys – taking home a handful of notable trophies, including the American Country Countdown Awards’ Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Single of the Year, and the Country Music Association’s Triple Play Award, given to songwriters who have co-authored three or more chart-topping hits in a year.
Learn more about Chris Young in the following All Access interview on Soundcloud here: