Miranda Lambert’s new album is out on Tuesday! Titled Platinum, the 16-song collection features two songs you may already know, with Miranda’s current smash, “Automatic,” and the Carrie Underwood duet, “Somethin’ Bad,” that Carrie and Miranda recently debuted on the Billboard Music Awards. But when asked to describe the whole of the new album, Miranda says it’s kind of like a puzzle that you need to experience yourself to really get the whole picture. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Look for Miranda on TV to celebrate her album launch week with these appearances…
  – Sunday, June 1st, CBS’ Sunday Morning will air a feature on Miranda from her hometown of Tishomingo, Oklahoma
  – Monday, June 2nd, Miranda will perform “Automatic” on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
  – Tuesday, June 3rd, Miranda takes the stage on ABC’s Good Morning America
  – Wednesday, June 4th, Miranda and Carrie Underwood sing their duet, “Somethin’ Bad,” on the CMT Music Awards
  – Friday, June 6th, Miranda joins the ladies of ABC’s The View as the lead guest for an appearance that will also include a performance of “Automatic”
• Miranda recently tweeted that she has butterflies over the release of Platinum, and those nerves started back when she was making the album! (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
• While she has four consecutive million-selling albums, Miranda says that calling her new album Platinum isn’t meant to be presumptuous…seriously! (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
• Miranda tells us that she’s a huge fan of Little Big Town, and she’s thrilled that they were among the very special guests on her Platinum album. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)
• About the new album, Miranda said in a press release, “I’m so excited to finally be releasing Platinum, and I can’t wait for everyone to have the opportunity to hear it. I feel I have a responsibility as a female artist, songwriter and musician to keep reinventing myself and stay fresh. I didn’t know exactly what that was going to be but I didn’t want a concrete plan that we were locked into. So I actually felt pretty vulnerable writing this album and picking songs, and I think you can hear that on the record.”
• If you’d like to get a preview of Miranda’s album, you can check out eight of the 16 tracks right now, with an exclusive stream at MirandaLambert.CMT.com!
• If you pre-order Platinum on iTunes, you’ll immediately get Miranda’s latest hit, “Automatic,” and her Carrie Underwood duet, “Somethin’ Bad”!
• And for the die-hard Miranda fan, you can go the extra mile and not only get Miranda’s new album, but also a special 64-page magazine, featuring exclusive interviews and photos, as well as a Miranda window cling, all part of the Platinum ZinePak, available exclusively at Walmart.

  Miranda Lambert talks about her new album, Platinum. (:45)
“There’s not really a word that encompasses — or really one phrase — that encompasses this record to me. Really, the best reference I have is Revolution (laughs), because it’s the most like that record that I’ve done, but it’s still nothing like Revolution. I mean, it’s kind of like each song could be on its own album. You know? But somehow, together, all of these songs — all 16 of them (laughs) — make up this puzzle that goes together. It’s like a picture you hang on the wall, but without one of those pieces, one of those songs, it would just kind of look like abstract art. You’re goin’, ‘What is it?’ But together it makes a picture. But I don’t ever have…when people say, ‘What’s this album like?’ I’m like, ‘Really, you just have to hear it.'” (laughs)

  Miranda Lambert says that a lot of love and stress went into her new album, Platinum. (:27)
“You know what? I have gone back and forth and just stressed out so bad. I’ve never had an ulcer; I don’t even know what those feel like, but I’m pretty sure I got one during this whole recording process. You know, I was jokin’ about, like, I think I’ve paced a hole in the floor of the studio during this whole deal because I just worried about, so much about wanting this to be perfect and wanting it — as perfect as it can be — wanting it to matter, and I just felt like I have a lot to say right now.”

  Miranda Lambert says that she doesn’t mean to sound presumptuous in naming her new album Platinum. (:43)
“Picking Platinum for a title sounds absolutely ridiculous, I realize. (laughs) People go, ‘Are you serious?’ And it’s not presumptuous at all. I mean, it’s almost like, you know, you speak it into the world, like, I’m gonna say it’s platinum because I’m hoping it will be! (laughs) But it’s actually named after a song, and it just happens to be called ‘Platinum.’ And hopefully people outside of the industry, you know, aren’t thinking, ‘She named it Platinum ‘cause she thinks she’s gonna sell a million albums.’ It’s actually named after one of my favorite songs on the record. Platinum is my hair color, and it’s my diamond ring and the color of my Airstream and one of my favorite beers. And so (laughs), you know, and so, it’a a…it’s just a whole kind of lifestyle, not necessarily about a number.”

  Miranda Lambert is thrilled to collaborate with some of her favorite artists on her new album, Platinum. (:27)
“You automatically have bragging rights if you can say you sang with Little Big Town. I’m a country fan, period. I listen to country radio. Like, I’m kind of a gherm about it. And, so, I mean, I have two of my favorite artists on this record with me: Carrie [Underwood] and Little Big Town, and not to mention The Time Jumpers; it’s a whole different deal. But, you know, I get to hang out with friends, and are also…I’m their fan, and they’re doin’ duets with me on this album. It’s crazy, and it’s awesome.”