Multi-platinum, 8-time GRAMMY Award winner Carrie Underwood will release her highly anticipated album, Denim & Rhinestones, on June 10, 2022. Underwood surprised fans with the reveal of her album cover yesterday and a new album trailer today.
The title track, âDenim & Rhinestones,â and its accompanying lyric video, are also available today. The upbeat track was written by Underwood, David Garcia, Josh Kear, and Hillary Lindsey, and co-produced by Garcia and Underwood. Garcia co-wrote Underwoodâs hit songs âLove Wins,â âSouthbound,â and âDrinking Alone.â Lindsey and Underwood have collaborated on a string of hits such as âJesus, Take the Wheel,â âSo Small,â âLast Name,â âSmoke Break,â âChurch Bells,â and the now-iconic title track, âCry Pretty.â Kear co-wrote Underwoodâs signature hits, âBefore He Cheatsâ and âBlown Away,â and co-wrote another cinematic classic, âTwo Black Cadillacsâ with Underwood and Lindsey.
Underwood co-wrote 11 of the 12 tracks on Denim & Rhinestones with many of her frequent collaborators such as David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey, Josh Miller, Ashley Gorley, Josh Kear, and Chris DeStefano, who has written many of Underwoodâs biggest hits. She also welcomes more recent co-writers on the album, including Michael Hardy and Lydia Vaughan, the latter of whom co-wrote âIf I Didnât Love You,â Underwoodâs multi-week #1 smash hit duet with Jason Aldean.
Denim & Rhinestones is the latest project between Underwood and David Garcia, having co-produced her critically acclaimed 2018 release, Cry Pretty, which marked the first time Underwood produced her own album. Garcia and Underwood also co-produced Underwoodâs 2021 GRAMMY Award-winning album of gospel hymns, My Savior.
Denim & Rhinestones Track List:
Denim & RhinestonesÂ
Velvet HeartbreakÂ
Ghost StoryÂ
Hate My HeartÂ
BurnÂ
Crazy AngelsÂ
FasterÂ
Pink ChampagneÂ
Wanted WomanÂ
Poor Everybody ElseÂ
She Donât KnowÂ
GardenÂ
Underwood says of Denim & Rhinestones, âWe cover a lot of ground on this album. We have a lot of songs that have a bit of a âthrowbackâ feel, but they sound super fresh. I grew up listening to so many different kinds of music and that is extremely evident in this body of work. These are musical influences that are all in me and work their way out, and I just decided this time not to get in their way. I think this whole album ended up being a big reflection of me as a person and as an artist.â
Underwood says, âAfter spending over two years with My Gift and My Savior, which were such passion projects and so close to my heart, putting together REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency was really the catalyst for this album. I was just ready to have fun and to write songs that make me happy to listen to and happy to sing.â
Discussing the title track, Underwood says, âThe song âDenim & Rhinestonesâ is super fun, with a bit of a retro vibe â we just go together, like a sweet tea and a lemon, like denim and rhinestones. You have these things that are great on their own and then you put them together and they just fit. Thatâs how this album feels.â
Garcia says, âCarrie is one of the greatest singers of our time. Her power and control in the studio is unparalleled. We had such a great time making this record, and it turned out exactly how we wanted it to!â
Denim & Rhinestones Signed CD Box Set and Vinyl Box Sets are available for preorder now which include an exclusive t-shirt, rhinestone pack, denim tote bag, and album slip mat in limited quantities here. Fans can order from physical retailers here. The vinyl edition will be available in July and a cassette version on August 5.
The album announcement comes on the heels of Underwoodâs 8th GRAMMYÂź Award win for Best Roots Gospel Album for My Savior on April 3, where she performed the first new single from the album, âGhost Story.â The single was released on March 18 and is climbing the charts with over 10.5 million streams. The lyric video for the cinematic track is also available now.
The single has received rave reviews: âCarrie Underwood has been blowing fans away with her music for 15 years and her new single âGhost Storyâ is no exception. The eerily gorgeous track is fittingly named, as it is about âhauntingâ a past lover in their memories. Underwoodâs voice shines on âGhost Story,â taking the raw heartbreak in the lyrics to a new level.â (American Songwriter); âThe ear-catching, burbling country-pop production flows like a rushing stream beneath her penetrating, processed vocal. She vows to haunt her ex, troubling his sleep and making him wish heâd never left her. Hit bound, for certainâ (MusicRow).
Underwood recently completed the second sold-out run of her critically acclaimed REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency at the Resorts World Theatre. She opened the new theatre â featuring the largest and tallest stage in Las Vegas â with sold-out shows in December and her residency continues with her next engagement May 11-21.
Underwood, who headlines the legendary Stagecoach Festival on April 30, recently celebrated the success of smash multi-week #1 hit âIf I Didnât Love Youâ with Jason Aldean. They recently won the Single of the Year at the ACM Awards, as well as Country Song of the Year at the iHeart Radio Music Awards. Underwood and Aldean were also nominated at the 64th annual GRAMMYÂź Awards for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and are nominated for two awards at the upcoming 2022 CMT Music Awards for âIf I Didnât Love Youâ â Collaborative Video of the Year and Video of the Year.