We all seem to live life at a crazy pace these days, and Carrie Underwood says that that’s at the heart of what’s behind her new hit, “Smoke Break.” (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• “Smoke Break” is the first single from Carrie’s new album, Storyteller, releasing on October 23rd!
• You can pre-order your copy of Carrie’s Storyteller album right now on Apple Music and get an instant download of “Smoke Break,” as well as another song called “Heartbeat”!
• Earlier this week, it was announced that Carrie will celebrate the Friday, October 23rd, release of her Storyteller album with a Citi Concert Series performance that same morning on NBC’s Today!
• Carrie has a new lyric video for “Smoke Break” that includes photos submitted by her fans of what they like to do when they need a break! How cool! You can check it out below and on Vevo!

  Carrie Underwood talks about her new hit, “Smoke Break.” (:35)
“‘Smoke Break’ is all about the overworked, the tired, the people that just run to catch up. You’re just trying to meet expectations — your own expectations, your family’s expectations, your work expectations. Like, everybody’s just trying to reach something that’s just out of reach and working so hard to do it. And the crazy thing is, there’s always gonna be something out of reach. There’s always gonna be something that you’re gonna be just runnin’ yourself ragged to be tryin’ to do. ‘Smoke Break’ is all about just takin’ a step away for just a minute.”