TENILLE TOWNES SHEDS HER MASK ON NEW SONG “VILLAIN IN ME” (Audio & Video)
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“Villain In Me” is definitely the most personal song that I’ve ever written. It’s a lot easier to just sing about than it is to talk about, but musics my safe place and being able to kind of talk about the struggles that I face with the voices that are in my head telling me I’m not good enough, or, you know, just kind of going through those thoughts through this past year and a bit of spending a lot of time alone, with those more uncomfortable and vulnerable emotions, music is my place to put those emotions. And I’m grateful for this song and the way that it’s kind of pulling that out of me in a in a different way. I wrote the song with my friend Alex Hope over zoom. I had this title in my phone for a while, and we were talking about what it could mean. And the more we talked about it, the more I was, like, honestly afraid of it and going through this is this is getting personal. And that’s the thing about music to me, it’s a sacred thing to write a song and I trust the music and I feel like I was putting my heels in a little bit as the song was dragging me through the writing process. Honestly, the recording process I did the the vocal and the guitar for just a work tape at home in my house and sent the files across the distance. And then when I decided that the song was what I wanted to release next, it was like okay, let’s take it into the studio and record it for real. And I recorded it multiple times in studios and could not shake the fact that the most raw version of that vocal was the one that I did immediately after I wrote the song sitting in my room. So that’s the one that ended up on the recording. So honestly, this whole song is felt like a little bit of a wrestle. And it’s my greatest hope with the song that it could be an invitation or a comfort to somebody listening to it out there who wrestles with similar things. I’m very much in the middle of the process of figuring that out and hope people feel like they can join me in that.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Award-winning singer/songwriter Tenille Townes is sharing one of her most personal releases to date with her new song, “Villain In Me.” Listen here and watch here.
“This song terrifies me, but I feel more hungry for honesty than I ever have in my life before and that hunger is carrying me to a much more personal anchor in my songwriting,” said Townes. “I’ve come to know the Villain in my head very well over this past year and a bit. The lonely time at home forced me to sit in the uncomfortable and vulnerable emotions and this song is a safe place for me to be open about it. It’s not something I like to talk about but writing and singing about it makes it easier.”
Co-written with Alex Hope, who also produced the track, “Villain In Me” follows the ACM Award winner’s summer release “Girl Who Didn’t Care,” which was celebrated by Rolling Stone, Tennessean, American Songwriter, Cowgirl Magazine, MusicRow, Taste of Country, Sounds Like Nashville, Country Now, and many more.
The prolific songwriter is currently on the road with Brothers Osborne and recently announced her first ever headlining U.S. tour, the 11-city VILLAIN IN ME TOUR, kicking off Jan. 19 in Cambridge, MA. A new show in Los Angeles has since been added, with Townes taking the stage Feb. 9 at The Roxy Theatre. She will also open for superstars George Strait and Reba in early 2022.
TENILLE TOWNES LIVE
Nov. 11 – Kansas City, MO (Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland) *
Nov. 12 – Minneapolis, MN (Armory) *
Nov. 13 – Chicago, IL (Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom) *
Nov. 18 – Richmond, VA (The Altria Theater) *
Nov. 19 – Washington, D.C. (The Anthem) *
Nov. 20 – Moon Township, PA (UPMC Events Center) *
Dec. 2 – London, ON, CAN (London Music Hall) ^
Dec. 3 – Toronto, ON, CAN (Opera House) ^
Dec. 4 – Ottawa, ON, CAN (The Bronson Centre) ^
Dec. 5 – Montreal, QC, CAN (L’astral) ^
Dec. 9 – Calgary, AB, CAN (The Palace Theatre) ^
Dec. 10 – Edmonton, AB, CAN (Francis Winspear Centre for Music) ^
Dec. 11 – Saskatoon, SK, CAN (Coors Event Center) ^
Dec. 12 – Winnipeg, MB, CAN (The Park Theatre) ^
Jan. 19, 2022 – Cambridge, MA (The Sinclair) %
Jan. 20, 2022 – New York, NY (Gramercy Theatre) %
Jan. 21, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA (World Café Live) %
Jan. 22, 2022 – Washington, D.C. (Union Stage) %
Jan. 27, 2022 – Nashville, TN (The Basement East) %
Jan. 28, 2022 – Charlotte, NC (The Underground) %
Feb. 2, 2022 – Chicago, IL (Joe’s On Weed St.) %
Feb. 3, 2022 – Indianapolis, IN (Hi-Fi- Indy) %
Feb. 4, 2022 – Detroit, MI (El Club) %
Feb. 9, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA (The Roxy Theatre) %
Feb. 10, 2022 – Phoenix, AZ (Crescent Ballroom) %
Feb. 11, 2022 – Las Vegas, NV (T-Mobile Arena) &
Feb. 12, 2022 – Las Vegas. NV (T-Mobile Arena) &
Feb. 24, 2022 – Birmingham, AL (Legacy Arena at the BJCC) #
Feb. 25, 2022 – Biloxi, MS (Mississippi Coast Coliseum) #
Feb 26, 2022 – Bossier City, LA (Brookshire Grocery Arena) #
March 11, 2022 – London, UK (The O2 Arena / C2C Festival)
March 12, 2022 – Glasgow, UK (SSE Hydro / C2C Festival)
* opening for Brothers Osborne
^ GIRL WHO DIDN’T CARE Canadian Tour
% VILLAIN IN ME TOUR
& opening for George Strait
# opening for Reba
About Tenille Townes: Canadian-born and Nashville-based, Tenille Townes is a two-time ACM Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician in the midst of a breakthrough following the release of her acclaimed debut album, The Lemonade Stand . Available now via Columbia Nashville in partnership with RCA Records, the album was produced by Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town) and consists of twelve songs all written by Townes. Since its release, Townes has been named New Female Artist of the Year at the 55th ACM Awards, won three awards at the 2020 Canadian Country Music Awards, making her an eight-time CCMA winner, and received her first JUNO Award for COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR at the 50th Annual JUNO Awards. She is also the first female in Mediabase Canada history to achieve two No. 1 singles with album tracks “Jersey On The Wall (I’m Just Asking)” and “Somebody’s Daughter.” She is currently on the road with Brothers Osborne and will embark on her first headlining U.S. Tour, the VILLAIN IN ME TOUR, in January 2022. Adding to an already notable career, Townes is a MusicRow 2020 Next Big Thing Artist, an iHeartCountry’s “On The Verge” artist and has raised over $2 million for charity through her annual Big Hearts For Big Kids fundraiser.
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