LeAnn Rimes says new album ‘God’s Work’ is an ‘inspirational record’: We need to ‘love one another
The Grammy-winner told Fox News she loves to ‘use my voice in different ways to connect with people’
LeAnn Rimes is set to release her next studio album, “God’s Work,” in early 2022 which is a little over 25 years after she dropped her debut album “Blue” at just 14 years old.
“Blue” earned Rimes her first Grammy Award as a teen, making her the youngest individual artist to win a Grammy and the first country artist to win best new artist in 1997.
Over the last three years, the 39-year-old singer/songwriter has been hard at work writing and rewriting new songs in order to really capture what she calls an “inspirational” record.
Rimes spoke with Fox News about “God’s Work,” the anniversary of “Blue,” and how her longtime struggle with psoriasis affected her creatively.
LeAnn Rimes: I think the title speaks to, I think, what we’re all here to do if we so choose. It is a bit of an inspirational record. I actually have ‘God’s Work’ tattooed on my arm because I do believe that we are all a part of that and here to put down the doctrine and our own beliefs of duality and our differences and actually love one another and create a new world. And that really is what the record is about – music speaking to the times and the importance of each and every one of our places in creating a better world for one another. So yeah, it’s a deep record and it was really fun to create. We’re almost finished with it and I can’t wait for people to hear it.
My husband [Eddie Cibrian] usually because we have a piano in the center of the house. And so we write a lot here. So he will usually hear the whole process. If I finish a song that day and he’s like humming it, then I’ve done my job. He always there listening and he’s so cute. Somebody the other day was saying, the best part of watching my show is watching him watch me, which is so sweet. He really gets into it. He’s super, super supportive. And he’ll let me know what he feels about [songs]. I love that. I love having that honest communication.
I used to feel very isolated my whole life as a kid and like I was always hiding. So there was an almost split version of me, you know, this persona that I’ve presented to the world and then there’s this human living behind that persona. It was really amazing to be able to tear that mask away and merge with myself and all my humanity. And I think I have written about that a lot in my music, and it has influenced the way that I create.
I get to use my voice in different ways to connect with people. I feel like what I’m here to do, you know, like the celebrity and the music
