After Two Years Carrie Underwood Releases New Music

Carrie Underwood has been teasing new music over the past week. First, she posted a photo on Instagram of herself with her band saying, “Missed these guys. #bandrehearsals.”

Underwood then posted an update to fans about new music and how she’s been healing since her accident in the fall.

“First off, physically, I’m doing pretty darn good these days! My wrist is almost back to normal, about 90% there…and the docs say that last 10% will come in time. And my face has been healing pretty nicely as well. I definitely feel more like myself than I have in a while. One of the silver linings for me in this healing process is the time I’ve gotten to spend with Mike and Isaiah. I’ve been calling it ‘forced relaxation.’ Sometimes I think things happen in order to make us slow down. It also means I’ve been home to support my favorite hockey player coming out of retirement! I hope you’re all ready for more silly posts of me at Preds’ playoff games! One more run for the Cup! Go Preds!”

Underwood went on to say that’s she’s been working on new music and released a new single early Wednesday morning, the first time we’ve heard new music from Underwood in two years and the first time we’ve heard new music from her new label UMG. The new song “Cry Pretty” was written by three female songwriters – Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose, and Lori McKenna, who also write under the name Love Junkies

“The title refers to when emotions take over and you just can’t hold them back. It really speaks to a lot of things that have happened in the past year and I hope when you hear it, you can relate those feelings to those times in your life. It’s emotional. It’s real,” said Underwood in her update.

Take a listen to the lyric video and tell us what you think.