Miranda Lambert is climbing the country Top 10 with her latest smash, a song called “Automatic,” and Miranda says that this first single from her upcoming Platinum album is one that’s very much a part of her — in a lot of ways. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• You can pre-order Miranda’s new album, Platinum — featuring “Automatic” — on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/platinumroom.
• Miranda is among the first performers announced today for the 2014 CMT Music Awards, where she is this year’s most-nominated artist with a whopping six nominations. Be sure to vote for all of your favorites online now at CMT.com, and don’t miss the CMT Music Awards when it airs live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 4th, at 8pm, ET.
• Look for Miranda as the cover feature in the new issue of Billboard magazine! You can see the story, as well as a video Q&A and behind-the-scenes video of her cover photo shoot, all on Billboard.com!

  Miranda Lambert talks about her current smash single, “Automatic.” (:44)
“When we were writin’ this song, it felt like somethin’ was special about it. I just get chills every time I sing these words because all of it’s true. I mean, I literally had a clothesline growin’ up, and I got my ’55 out of the garage the other day and drove it around, and I had to push it out of the garage ’cause I couldn’t remember reverse ’cause I hadn’t driven it in a while! (laughs) I was like, ‘Oh, gosh, I don’t want to run into the wall.’ But it’s just…you know, it’s really…it really is what I’m about. I’m really kind of an old soul. I like simple things. I live very simply. I really do. We don’t have fancy cars, and I ride horses at home, and I’m just really a country, simple girl, and I think this song brings it back to that.”