In her country and disco era.
This morning, Miranda Lambert announced her first release with MCA called “Crisco,” which will very much lean into the disco elements that tons of country legends have incorporated into their music. The song is due out on May 15th, and was written by Miranda along with Aaron Raitiere, Jesse Frasure and Chill Fellacheck.
Miranda says she included a lot of country elements she’s never “put on tape before,” and it’s meant to be a fun, and maybe a little nostalgic, song that fans can simply enjoy for what it is without overthinking anything:
“It has so many elements of the country music that I love that I’ve never put on tape. There’s a looseness to it, a joy. It feels like dancing in your kitchen with the person you love, spinning old records, not overthinking a thing.”
I love 70s-era music of any kind, and really any genre, so I love that she’s playing with that here. From iconic songs like “Southern Nights” and of course “Islands in the Stream,” it’s nothing new for disco to be part of country. I mean, who could forget the whole Urban Cowboy scene? But I’m here for it because Miranda is the kind of artist who can do it and do it well. And wh
The teasers she’s shared are super fun too, with plenty of rhinestones to go around which I will never be mad at… plus it all centers around butter, which is a topic I think most humans can bond over and we need more of that, for sure:
“It’s a rhinestone world we’re livin’ in… ‘Crisco’ Out May 15th.”
You can listen to part of “Crisco” here:
This announcement comes just a couple weeks after Miranda announced that she will release future music with MCA, marking a new chapter in her decorated recording career. Miranda was previously with Republic for a couple of years, and MCA has an impressive roster of country artists, so it’s clear she’s ready to get back to a Nashville-based label and continue her commitment to the creative community and roots that have long shaped her artistry.
Miranda will now be label mates with George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Sam Hunt, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, and Reba McEntire, and she will fit right in and certainly be an asset to an already-impressive group of artists.
With her moving to MCA, it makes a ton of sense to start putting out new music right away, and it looks like the next era of Miranda is upon us, and considering how sparkly it already is, consider me highly intrigued. It’s likely that an album announcement isn’t coming too far behind the release of “Crisco,” so stay tuned.
Miranda most recently put out her most recent album Postcards from Texas in 2024, and she’s been working with Ella Langley to write and produce her monster new album Dandelion, where she’s also featured on a duet called “Butterfly Season,” in addition to appearing on Kacey Musgraves’ highly-anticipated album for a duet called “Horses and Divorces,” which I have not stopped listening to.
Also, Miranda teamed up with Chris Stapleton for a very disco-inspired duet called “A Song To Sing” last year, which seems to have been a hint about what she had up her sleeve:
“A Song To Sing”
