Miranda Lambert is an artist who can write incredible songs that do it all, from the tender vulnerability of “More Like Her” to the ferocious “Gunpowder & Lead” or the playful energy of “Famous in a Small Town.” But with Miranda feeling happy in her life, she wondered whether she’d still be able to tap into sad or dark emotions when it came to writing for her new album, Revolution. “I always say the worst thing for your figure and for country songwriting is to fall in love,” she laughs, but happily for her fans, her happiness didn’t get in the way. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Miranda’s just-released third album, Revolution, is already racking up amazing reviews from Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and many more! The 15-track collection — the follow-up to her ACM Album of the Year winner, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — features her new hit “White Liar” and recent favorite “Dead Flowers.”
• Be sure to tune-in for Miranda on TV this week as she performs on today’s Ellen DeGeneres Show and Wednesday’s Bonnie Hunt Show. Check your local listings!
• Miranda talks tenacity and shares some personal firsts in the new issue of First magazine. One story Miranda tells is that of her first professional heartbreak. She says that being famous isn’t what she imagined. “I thought it was a bunch of glamour, and it’s a lot of work! It’s really made me grow up fast and taught me a lot about myself.” She goes on to say that the heartbreak aspect came with the tough choice to move on from some of her original bandmembers. “They’d been with me through the horrible gigs for 20 bucks a night, and I’m a really loyal person, so that was hard.” Check out the full feature in the October 26th issue of First, on sale now.

  Miranda Lambert says she can still draw upon the darker side of emotions even though she’s in a good place in her life. (:17)
“It’s weird, ’cause I’m not sad, right now in life I’m happy…I’m in a good place. I always say the worst thing for your figure and for country songwriting is to fall in love (laughs), so, you know, it’s one of those things where how am I gonna…am I gonna be able to write sad songs and angry songs if I don’t feel that, but I definitely found it in there somewhere.”