Jo Dee Messina

You know, I got to touch on the album Bridges, which is across all the DSPs.

Obviously, the tour is going strong for you, too.

A couple of songs off of there.

Don't Let Them Hide Your Beautiful, which was fantastic.

Talk about just the writing and this overall project and how excited you were to get new music into the fans' hands.

Well, I mean, it's always exciting.

I didn't think I had a lot to say.

You know, I'm a single mom, so I've spent most of my last 10 years raising kids and going to hockey practice and soccer practice and baseball practice and pitching, you know, coaching and going to school outings and going to the zoo with the kids.

You know what I mean? That's just been my life.

And So I started writing more in the last couple of years.

And then my co-writers really are the ones that like, man, you need to do a record.

Oh, you should record this.

Now, we've been touring nonstop, but we've been touring on the hits, you know.

And then I guess we could continue to do that for a long time.

But, you know, what really happened was people like, oh, you need to record this yourself or you should put this on a record and really encouraged me to put a project together and release it.

And then the fans, good golly, I mean, the places where people stream music, we're doing so well and and and the people that come to the shows know the words to all the songs so that means they're listening to it so it's just really yeah it's it's been just a lot of fun

she's a little rough around the edges but the girl's got heart Trying to be what they're expecting Trying to play her part She's chasing everyone's perfection She'll never measure up Spends her time second guessing Everyone's an expert on the things she needs to be and everything she needs to change.

Oh, don't let them hurt your beautiful.

Don't let them change the shape of the star.

They'll make you doubt the miracle.

Because you're beautiful.

Well, nobody knows your story.

Nobody but you.

Every stumble.

Every how you make it through Everyone's an expert on the things you need to be And everything you need to change Oh, but don't let them hide your beautiful Don't let them change the shape of your star They'll make you doubt the miracle that they knew Dancing outside the lights Don't go and start listening Step out where you can't shine Don't let them hide You're beautiful You're beautiful Well You're beautiful.