Haley Mae Campbell releases new single “Oughta Be”

Haley Mae Campbell Releases New Single
“Oughta Be” and extends invite to her EP Preview Show

Rising Star’s Sophomore EP, Lovers Lottery, Available for Pre-Order

  

Haley Mae Campbell | Press Photo | R. Katheryn Photography

(Nashville, Tenn. – March 23, 2018) – Rising star Haley Mae Campbell’s latest single - the violin-laden barnstormer of hope and longing, “Oughta Be” – is now available at all digital retailers and streaming services.

Written by Campbell alongside Patrick Thomas, “Oughta Be” is the second single from Campbell’s upcoming sophomore EP, Lovers Lottery, which is available for pre-order (March 23). 

Lovers Lottery will be officially released on April 27.

Pre-order Lovers Lottery and purchase “Oughta Be” HERE.

In Her Own Words: 

Haley very kindly shares her personal details on the song

“Oughta Be”

This song is so special to me! “Oughta Be” is the first song I ever co-wrote in Nashville. 

I had met Patrick Thomas at an event in Charleston, and connected with him during my next trip to Music City. Co-writing with someone often feels like a blind date at first; you don’t know the other writer’s style, likes, dislikes, or how they write. 

Luckily for me, Patrick and I clicked very naturally, and this song came soon after. 

We were going through song ideas in the Notes app on our phones, and I had the line “I’m not trying to tell you who or how or what you gotta be, but you oughta be with me” written down. He thought it was a good hook, so we went for it. It was originally written as a duet, but I’ve tweaked it to be a solo track. However, I would love to revisit it as a duet someday! 

I was so excited to cut this song because it is such a blast to play live, and the only song on the record with such an extreme fiddle solo! I often catch people singing along to this song at shows, and the beat is almost impossible not to dance to. In my mind, it was the perfect choice as a follow up to “Lose My Number.” because it shows a different side of myself to listeners.

Campbell (a multi-instrumentalist who counts guitar, violin, and piano among her talents) began busking on the streets of Charleston when she was only 13 years old. New York-born and South Carolina-raised, Campbell’s original music is a hybrid of city slicker sass and small-town sensibilities, mixing rock-style vocals with a country-style twang.

“Lose My Number,” the lead single from Lovers Lottery, is a spirited, radio-ready Pop Country tell-off to a “loser ex-boyfriend” that has earned Campbell considerable notoriety. 

Upon its release, “Lose My Number” earned local and regional airplay and debuted at #43 on the iTunes Singer/ Songwriter Chart. The song also peaked as a #5 pre-order on the iTunes Country Chart.

Published on Feb 16, 2017 (10.1K Views) Lose My Number (Official Video) Directed by Emma DeMuth.

Campbell will celebrate the release of her new single and upcoming EP with a special EP preview show at Nashville’s Douglas Corner Café (2106 8th Ave. S.) on Tuesday, March 27th at 6 pm sharp. The event is free and open to the public.

Campbell wrote or co-wrote as well as co-produced every song on the upcoming Lovers Lottery.

Lovers Lottery Official Track Listing:
(Produced by Zachary Manno & Haley Mae Campbell)
1)    “Lose My Number” (Haley Mae Campbell)
2)    “Blisters” (Haley Mae Campbell)
3)    “Take a Chance” (Haley Mae Campbell)
4)    “Through The Door” (Haley Mae Campbell)
5)    “Oughta Be” (Haley Mae Campbell, Patrick Thomas)
6)    “No Place to Go” (Haley Mae Campbell, Ben Sewell

Upcoming Shows:
March 27th - Douglas Corner Cafe (Nashville, TN)
April 13th - Music Farm (Charleston, SC)
April 14th - Wild Wing Cafe (Mount Pleasant, SC)
April 20th - Tin Roof (Charlotte, NC)
April 21st - The Windjammer (Isle Of Palms, SC)
May 11th - Dockery's (Charleston, SC)
May 12th - My Father's Moustache (Mount Pleasant, SC)
May 16th - Home Team BBQ West Ashley (Charleston, SC)
May 21st - Red's Ice House (Mount Pleasant, SC)
May 25th - Wild Wing Cafe (Bluffton, SC)
May 26th - My Father's Moustache (Mount Pleasant, SC)

About Haley Mae Campbell:
Nineteen-year-old Haley Mae Campbell is well on her way to becoming one of Music Row’s next shining stars. The young singer-songwriter was named the 2016 Independent Tone Awards’ “Country Artist of the Year” as well as “Female Singer/Songwriter of the Year” by the i93.7 Locals Only show, receiving local and regional airplay for her previous EP, Phone Home. Campbell’s recent single, “Lose My Number,” peaked as a #5 pre-order on the iTunes Country Chart and debuted at #43 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Chart. 

“Lose My Number,” the lead single from her upcoming sophomore EP, Lovers Lottery, set for an April 27, 2018 release will be followed up by her second single, “Oughta Be” which will be released on March 23, 2018. 

Campbell began  crisscrossing the U.S. at a young age, going on tour with her band, The Hardware, immediately after graduating from high school on their “Hugs & Disses Tour.” Since then, Campbell has opened for country stars including Luke Combs, Brothers Osborne, Dan + Shay, David Nail, Lauren Alaina, Love and Theft, Thompson Square and Tyler Farr as well as folk stars The Avett Brothers and performing at the 9th Annual First Flush Festival in her hometown of Charleston, SC with headliner Sheryl Crow. 

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