I’m blessed that we’ve met each other and become friends. Every time I’m around her is such a good time. So, I realized that - whether these were going to be radio songs or not - that these songs were an artistic representation of my soul and spirit that needed to exist in the world.ĬMT: “Drunk” is the first time you’ve worked on something with Miranda Lambert since the Country Music Association Award for Musical Event of the Year that was the collaboration with you, Caylee Hammack, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, and Tenille Townes for the cover of Elvis Bishop’s 1975 hit “Fooled Around And Fell In Love.” How have you and Miranda connected since then, and how did the collaboration develop?ĮK: Miranda’s one of the funniest and coolest people I’ve ever met. I would usually post one of them because sometimes, I’ll lose one when I’m leaving a hotel room - I call those my “lost hotel room songs” - sometimes. Then, when I felt inspired, I would write three songs in a day. Initially, I wanted to do a bunch of co-writing sessions, but then I decided to get what I call a “weird glimpse at normalcy” by just taking time to figure out what it’s like to live at home. So, quarantine has allowed me to take a break and get back to creating without pressure.
In the interview below, King talks “Drunk,” its video, and yes, wearing someone else’s wedding dress…ĬMT: Foremost, how has quarantine treated you? How have you adjusted to the change in schedule?Įlle King: Music has been my number-one priority - sometimes working hard takes precedence over my happiness with writing music for a living or my health - for a long time. “I made a New Year’s Resolution to enjoy everything and be present in what I’m doing.” However, excited to have the video released, King feels relaxed, focused, and renewed for 2021. “Because of the pandemic and everything, I was filled with anxiety,” King relates with a more serious tone. “Do I even remember what times were like before quarantine? I don’t even know what year it is right now,” King jokes. “Drunk” was recorded in December 2019, two months after she met her current fiancé, Dan Tooker, after spending time on Lambert’s “Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars” tour. She describes shooting the video for her pop-rocking, ’80s homage, superstar country collaboration with Miranda Lambert as “the only real work thing that I’ve done in over a year!” However, that’s not to say that before quarantine that she wasn’t busy. Elle King’s cackle cracks loudly over a Thursday afternoon Zoom chat while discussing her now-released video for her new single “Drunk.”