Miranda Lambert has a new single and a new label home, and both announcements land at the same time. “Crisco” arrives May 15 as her first release under a newly announced partnership with MCA, and it sounds like nothing she’s put on tape before. Lush strings, jangly piano, a shimmering ’70s disco glow and an irresistible groove make it one of the most immediately compelling tracks of her career. Co-written with Aaron Raitiere, Jesse Frasure and Chill Fellacheck, the song nods to classics like “Southern Nights” and “Islands in the Stream” while carving out something entirely its own.
“It has so many elements of the country music that I love that I’ve never put on tape,” Lambert says. “There’s a looseness to it, a joy. It feels like dancing in your kitchen with the person you love, spinning old records, not overthinking a thing.” That description is exactly what the track delivers, and for an artist with her catalog, that kind of creative freshness is worth paying attention to.
Lambert arrives at this moment with serious momentum. Her GRAMMY-nominated single “A Song To Sing” with Chris Stapleton marked the biggest streaming debut of her career, and her 10th solo studio album ‘Postcards from Texas’ continued her unbroken run of 10 consecutive Top 10s on the Top Country Albums chart. The most-awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history, including Entertainer of the Year, she’s also a three-time GRAMMY winner, 14-time CMA Award winner and a TIME100 honoree. NPR has called her “the most riveting country star of her generation,” and “Crisco” gives that reputation plenty to work with.
“Crisco” is out May 15 on MCA. Pre-save and pre-add are available now.