NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Before singer Charles Kelley and his Lady Antebellum bandmates started writing songs for their new album, Kelley’s wife advised him to take a few chances rather than stick to the minimal, mellow sound that dominated the trio’s last two albums.
“She was like, ‘If I hear another one of these songs from you … I’m going to be a little bored by it,”‘ Kelley said of the conversation with his wife, Cassie. “And I was like, ‘That really hurts my feelings.’ But then I stepped back and I was like, ‘You know, she’s right.’ “
Others were having that same epiphany about the future of the Grammy-winning trio, who catapulted to stardom in 2009 with the multiplatinum pop hit “Need You Now.”
Hillary Scott has a new perspective, thanks to her 1-year-old daughter, Eisele.
“I’m about to watch my daughter see the world for the first time, every single day,” Scott said of her frame of mind as they started recording their fifth album, “747,” released Tuesday. “Let’s make this fun.”