Miranda Lambert
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“Yeah, I'm scrappy … I wanted it to be right, you know what I mean?”
Miranda Lambert · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
When asked if she enjoys a good argument, Lambert said she is scrappy and wanted the record to be right.
“If we don't fight by the end of this, we probably didn't do it right,”
Miranda Lambert · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Lambert recalled telling Langley during an appearance on The New York Times' "Popcast" that disagreements while making a record were a sign they were on the right track.
“Yeah. I mean … it's her name. But yeah, it was a good balance, I felt like, of bouncing songs off each other, saying like, 'That's too far one way,' or 'That doesn't fit the record,' whatever it was. And I love that she trusted me with that. I really do.”
Miranda Lambert · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Lambert said she sometimes let Langley win disagreements, describing a good balance of bouncing songs off each other.
“That one is just like — it's like a piece of our DNA. So, no. It's like there's this nostalgia to it, and it's like her love for country and my love for country.”
Miranda Lambert · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Lambert said there wasn't much fighting over the hit track "Choosin' Texas" because it felt like a piece of their DNA.
“And I think that's important because we needed to.”
Miranda Lambert · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Lambert admitted she and Langley did a lot of butting heads during the record-making process and said it was important.
“That one, whether it was the writing of it just fell out or the production, it was just like, 'This is what it's supposed to be. Let's let it be.'”
Miranda Lambert · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Lambert continued discussing "Choosin' Texas," saying the writing and production felt like it was meant to be.
“There was hard parts of it. Creating a record is not — I mean, it's a long journey, you know what I mean? And it's a lot of emotions,”
Miranda Lambert · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-03
Lambert discussed the emotional process of creating a record with rising country star Ella Langley.