Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale – ‘I Like to Say ‘Yes’ to Adventure’

Halestorm’s newest studio album, Back From the Dead, continues to discover new life even a yr after it was launched.

The most up-to-date new life? A reimagined model of “Terrible Things” with nation famous person Ashley McBryde becoming a member of Lzzy Hale on vocals. While this will likely look like an unlikely collaboration on the floor, it was one thing Hale knew would match the track completely.

“Honestly, since we recorded the song—like, pretty much the entire year after it was released—we were talking about making it into some kind of duet,” Hale defined to Chuck Armstrong on Tuesday evening’s Loudwire Nights (June 6). “It’s a very powerful song, it’s very adult for us. There’s no dark and light, angel and devil stuff; it’s just about this world we live in and we wanted to bring someone else into the fold to up the importance of the song.”

As Hale informed Chuck, “In true Halestorm style, instead of trying to stay in our lane, stay in our circle of friends, we wanted to see if we could blur the lines a little bit. We kind of cold-called Ashley just to see what she would say. She said ‘Fuck yes’ right away and it was like, ‘Okay, we’re doing this.'”

It wasn’t greater than a few days earlier than McBryde went into the studio and recorded her elements.

“It came out so beautifully,” Hale informed Chuck. “She’s a pistol, man. I love her so much. She’s a rock star … Whether you’re a rap star or country star or pop star, they all want to be rock stars.”

Hale first met McBryde once they shot the music video for the brand new model of “Terrible Things.” One of one of the best reminiscences Hale has of that have was when McBryde requested her, “Who would you fight in the back of a Chili’s parking lot?”

“She had a list of names. I said myself, because at the time, I think I would fight myself in the back [of a Chili’s parking lot]. She was like, ‘I’d watch that. I’d videotape that.'”

Lzzy Hale’s Mission Statement Is Simple: Say ‘Yes’ to Adventure

Hale isn’t any stranger to collaborating with different artists. This yr alone, she’s been a part of some vital releases, like Daughtry’s cowl of Journey’s “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” and Avatar’s “Violence No Matter What” from their newest album, Dance Devil Dance.

For Hale, working with different artists is one thing she really enjoys—and one thing she’s going to all the time do.

“I think I can probably narrow down my entire mission statement since I was 13 when we started this band: I like to say ‘yes’ to adventure,” she informed Chuck. “If it’s strange or even if it’s just something that I think I would really enjoy, something that moves me, I say yes to it. I dive in head first in the shark tank and figure it out as I go along.”

Working with artists like McBryde, Daughtry and Avatar has led to unforgettable experiences for Hale, however she admitted on Loudwire Nights that there are a number of individuals on the market that she would nonetheless love to collaborate with.

“The childhood dream,” she stated. “I still haven’t sung with Ann Wilson so I’ll throw that out there. Obviously, there’s Dave Grohl. I’d love to do something with Metallica. Also with new people. Sleep Token—his voice is just amazing and so diverse and so I’d definitely say yes to that challenge.”

As followers marvel what these dream collaborations would sound like, Hale did go away Chuck with a fairly large tease.

“There are still a few collaborations that I’m not allowed to talk about yet. A lot of interesting ones. I’m excited about that.”

How Halestorm Ended Up Covering Metallica’s “Ride the Lightning”

Besides collaborations, Hale and her band have additionally been identified to dip their toes on the planet of canopy songs, too. Since 2011, they’ve launched three covers EP of their ongoing Reanimate collection, and as Hale defined, there aren’t many songs on the market that Halestorm would not think about overlaying.

“That’s the problem,” she stated, laughing. “I’d love to do a Jason Isbell song, because his songs make me cry. I would challenge myself to do a Brandi Carlile track but she’s kind of like God vocally, so I’d have to strap my big girl pants on and try. There isn’t much we wouldn’t touch.”

Proof that Halestorm will think about something is the truth that they tackled Metallica’s “Ride the Lightning” on Reanimate 3.0: The Covers EP. They weren’t even contemplating it till they have been virtually carried out with the EP.

“It was the last day in the studio,” she recalled. “Instead of doing Metallica, we were going to do that Percy Sledge song,” at which level Hale broke into her finest “When a man loves a woman.”

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“I’m like, eh, we tried it and it wasn’t clicking. What else was on our list? ‘Ride the Lightning’! Yeah, we have a day in the studio, that’ll be fine. Oh gosh, we bit off more than we could chew with that one—we were there all night trying to make that happen.”

What Else Did Lzzy Hale Discuss on Loudwire Nights?

• Hale reacts to seeing her lyrics tattooed on followers
• What’s subsequent for Halestorm? “New songs are coming”
• What it is like enjoying in entrance of 80,000 individuals at a competition

Listen to the Full Interview within the Podcast Player Below

Lzzy Hale joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday, June 6; the present replays on-line right here, and you may tune in stay each weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you can even see if the present is offered in your native radio station and pay attention to interviews on-demand. Stream Halestorm’s new model of “Terrible Things” at this location.