Lauren Watkins To Deliver Full-Length Debut Album In June

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Photo: Brayln Kelly Smith. Album Art: Courtesy of Big Loud Records/Songs & Daughters

Lauren Watkins will deliver her full-length debut album, The Heartbroken Record, on June 21 via Big Loud Records/Songs & Daughters.

Today (May 24), she shared the track “Settling Things,” which depicts gentle scenes of small-town life, along with its accompanying video filmed at Patsy Cline’s “Dream Home.”

The Nashville native co-wrote the entire 17-song collection, which includes collaborations with Sheryl Crow and Ashley Monroe, as well as previously-released tunes featuring Jake Worthington and Carter Faith.

“I didn’t want to just put an album out—I wanted it to be purposeful,” Watkins reflects. “It’s the past several years of my life, and that was just so much heartbreak and dramatic girl-feelings, but I think in a really deep and relatable way…and it just needs to get off my chest.

“There were a lot of years where I was running away from doing this; but I ended up asking myself, ‘What’s the point of living through something if I don’t share it with people? If I don’t share the things I’ve learned with the gifts I’ve been given?’ At the end of the day, all I want is for people to hear this record and feel seen,” she adds. “I think that’s all any of us ever really need.”

Watkins worked alongside Diamond-certified producer Joey Moi to capture a special sonic blend that melts her organically smooth, hazy twang and delicate-but-daring undertone with a rich 2000s thump. With each track, she seeks to highlight the messy magic of love and loss through unexpected twists in perspective.

“It’s exactly the space in country I thought was missing and wanted to fill,” the songstress continues. “It’s sweet and warm, but also gritty and tough at the same time, and that’s my favorite thing. I love it.”

The Heartbroken Record Track Listing:
1. “Leavers Leave” (Lauren Watkins, Lance Miller, Brad Warren, Brett Warren)
2. “Mama, I Made It” (Lauren Watkins, Rocky Block, Lauren Hungate)
3. “Heartbroken Record” (Lauren Watkins, Will Bundy, Caroline Watkins)
4. “Sad Songs And You” (Lauren Watkins, Lauren Hungate)
5. “Set My Heart On Fire” (feat. Sheryl Crow) (Lauren Watkins, Emily Landis, Summer Overstreet, Lydia Vaughan)
6. “Stuck In My Ways” (Lauren Watkins, Will Bundy, David Garcia, Emily Landis)
7. “Gatlinburg” (Lauren Watkins, Jessie Jo Dillon, Carter Faith, Lauren Hungate, Ashley Monroe, Caroline Watkins)
8. “Anybody But You” (Lauren Watkins, Rodney Clawson, Mark Holman, Ernest Keith Smith)
9. “Settling Things” (Lauren Watkins, Lauren Hungate, Luke Laird)
10. “One Trick Pony” (Lauren Watkins, Will Bundy, Lydia Vaughan, Caroline Watkins)
11. “Fly On The Wall” (feat. Jake Worthington) (Lauren Watkins, Andy Sheridan, Brad Warren, Brett Warren)
12. “Shirley Temple” (Lauren Watkins, Nicolle Galyon, Meg McRee)
13. “Pretend You’re Coming Home (feat. Ashley Monroe)” (Lauren Watkins, Ashley Monroe, Mark Trussell)
14. “Jealous Of Jane” (Lauren Watkins, Brad Warren, Brett Warren, Caroline Watkins)
15. “Cowboys On Music Row (feat. Carter Faith)” (Lauren Watkins, Jessie Jo Dillon, Carter Faith, Lauren Hungate, Ashley Monroe, Caroline Watkins)
16. “Burn The Bridge” (Lauren Watkins, Will Bundy, Emily Landis, Mark Trussell)
17. “Too Much To Dream” (Lauren Watkins, Forrest Finn, Nicolle Galyon)

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