“American Idol” runner-up Lauren Alaina records Carrie Underwood song “Eighteen Inches” for debut album “Wildflower”
Carrie Underwood and Lauren Alaina perform together on "American Idol."
“American Idol” runner-up Lauren Alaina has recorded a ballad co-written by 2005 “Idol” winner and Checotah native Carrie Underwood for her debut album “Wildflower,” due out Oct. 11. I’ve received my advance copy of the album and plan to review it closer to its release date, which comes a week after Season 10 “Idol” winner Scotty McCreery drops his debut, “Clear as Day.”
Underwood, Kelley Lovelace and Ashley Gorley wrote “Eighteen Inches,” a bittersweet story song about a pair of teenage lovebirds who run away to California to make a new life but struggle mightily to make ends meet. The chorus pretty much sums up the concept of this pretty song:
“When you’re young and in love/You might do some things that don’t seem all that smart/’Cause there ain’t no greater distance/than the 18 inches from your head to your heart.”
Alaina told USA Today that “Eighteen Inches” reminds her of a good friend.
“She got married when she was 17, and she had a baby. And they moved here, to Nashville. Her husband’s is going to college and has a full-time job, and she stays at home with the baby, and she doesn’t know anyone here. She moved here to support him. That’s, like, the story of that song,” she told USA Today.
Underwood isn’t the only songwriter with Oklahoma ties represented on Alaina’s first album, according to USA Today. Zac Maloy, former frontman of Oklahoma City band The Nixon, co-wrote the uplifting ballad “The Middle” with Rachel Proctor and David Hodges.
Alaina penned the toe-tapper “Funny Thing About Love” with well-known Nashville songsmiths Luke Laird and Brett James. James grew up in Oklahoma City and Cordell.
-BAM
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Well done Lauren, I am totally looking forward to this talented kid’s album