I feel like this record is good enough to do that.
He continues, speaking about the albums bigger sound.
We didnt change stuff just for the sake of changing stuff.
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Boyz II Men was a big influence for me.
(What If I Stay is a particularly well-delivered throwback.)
Young and Crowder, along with Josh Hoge co-wrote the vast majority of the album.
(Young is a country traditionalist, and cant resist a good old country metaphor.)
Ive always been a huge Vince Gill fan, he says.
And he killed it, I love the solo he played.
They keep asking me how I am, Young croons, but theyre really asking where youve been.
Shes a phenomenal singer, Young says of Pope.
She came in the studio, she sang it three times and could have stopped at two.
Shes that good, she made me step up.
In advance of the albums release, Young shares a live performance of the track exclusively on EW.
