“This song means so much to me that I didn’t think I’d ever put it out, and now it resonates with me even more than when I wrote it,” says the Colorado-bred, Nashville-based singer/songwriter. “I was the first sibling to venture out on my own and pursue my dreams, and I think it’s my role as an older sister to encourage them to do the same. I want them to learn from my mistakes, and to know that you can mess up and still keep moving forward. It doesn’t feel great to fail, but it can end up making you stronger.”
“This song means so much to me that I didn’t think I’d ever put it out, and now it resonates with me even more than when I wrote it,” says the Colorado-bred, Nashville-based singer/songwriter. “I was the first sibling to venture out on my own and pursue my dreams, and I think it’s my role as an older sister to encourage them to do the same. I want them to learn from my mistakes, and to know that you can mess up and still keep moving forward. It doesn’t feel great to fail, but it can end up making you stronger.”
Her first new music since her highly acclaimed 2022 sophomore LP Good Person, “Footprints” arrives after a whirlwind year for Andress, including a National Anthem performance that led to a stint in rehab. The experience profoundly altered her perspective on her career.
As she stepped back from the spotlight, Andress found herself called to a new
level of boldness in her songwriting. “It felt like the Band-Aid had been
ripped off and I’d lost the fear of making my lyrics very specific to my
experience,” she says. “Instead of trying to write songs that
everyone can hear themselves in, I wanted to get back to being radically honest
and really let my voice come through. It’s so much more fulfilling, and I don’t
feel like I’m hiding anymore.”
Her return to public attention is fuelled by this newfound confidence,
emboldening her to recently take a second try at performing The Star Spangled
Banner live (since her dreadful controversial drunken
rendition
of the national anthem during the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby in July 2024).
Variety applauded Andress
for “singing it again, and getting it right this time” and TODAY praised
her “beautiful rendition.” “She handles both the lowest and the highest
notes in the notoriously difficult song with aplomb, and the audience is with
her every step of the way, bursting into cheers as she soars into the highest
parts of the anthem,” raved Taste of Country as well.
A longtime co-writer whose credits include hits like Charli XCX’s “Boys,”
Andress made her widely celebrated debut with 2020’s Lady Like—a
critically praised powerhouse that set the record for the highest-streaming
debut album from a female country artist and earned three Grammy nominations,
including Best Country Album and Best Country Song (for the double-platinum No.
1 radio hit “More Hearts Than Mine”).
“Footprints” is the first glimpse of what’s to come from the beloved
singer/songwriter, who reunited with her longtime collaborator Sam Ellis to
produce the track adorned with warm Dobro tones and heavy-hearted strings. As
she gets set to release her most introspective output yet, Andress aims to
inspire others toward a state of unhurried self-reflection. “I hope my new music
helps people slow down a bit and provides some time and space to remember where
you started, who you are, and who you want to be moving forward.
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