Singer-songwriter Madeline Edwards has signed a document take care of Warner Music Nashville, the corporate tells Billboard. The label will launch her upcoming full-length mission, Crashlanded, on Nov. 4.
“I’m very excited for this new venture with Warner and having a partner coming alongside that respects and sees my vision for the music,” says Edwards. “We’re about to go to the moon and it feels surreal.”
“Our team first met Madeline over Zoom and had no idea then what a force of nature and musical powerhouse she would be when we finally saw her in front of a crowd,” mentioned WMN co-president Cris Lacy. “Her depth of character and her unique perspective is exactly what our genre needs right now.”
“Madeline is one of the most undeniable talents we’ve ever had the privilege of working with,” added WMN co-president Ben Kline. “I’m happy to welcome her into our label family and help amplify this incredible body of work.”
The deal marks the most recent career-building milestone for Edwards, who earlier this 12 months inked a publishing settlement with Sony Music Publishing Nashville and launched her eponymous EP in June. She’s additionally been opening exhibits on Chris Stapleton‘s All-American Road Show Tour and made her Grand Ole Opry debut on Aug. 13.
Edwards is a member of the inaugural class of the 12-month Equal Access Development program, established by CMT and mtheory to supply entry and coaching for Black, Native and Indigenous, Latino, LGBTQ+ and feminine artists and managers inside the nation music business.
Today, Edwards releases the primary track from Crashlanded, “Too Much of a Good Thing,” which she co-wrote with Ian Christian and Trannie Anderson. Edwards wrote the track the day after she came upon she could be opening exhibits for Stapleton.
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“This song is everything I have felt over the last couple years and how grateful I feel for all of it,” says Edwards, who provides that Crashlanded is an ideal title for her upcoming mission.
“Becoming a stronger person often means doing the hard thing and thinking differently than other people,” she says. “It can feel lonely and isolating, and oftentimes make you feel like an alien on your own planet. This album was my means of processing that and inviting the listener in to process it as well in hopes that not only I would come out of it a stronger person, but also my listeners as well.”
She provides, “This particular album may have been in the works over the last couple years, but for me to get to this point and put out this kind of body of work has taken almost a lifetime. I’m very excited for everyone to hear the stories, the musical influences, the time and the experience that has brought me to this moment. Crashlanded feels like my child.”
See the tracklist for Crashlanded under:
- “Crashlanded” (Madeline Edwards, Seth Mosley, Emily Weisband)
- “Spurs” (Madeline Edwards, Oscar Charles, Jessie Jo Dillon, Ryan Tyndell, Laura Veltz)
- “Mama, Dolly, Jesus” (Madeline Edwards, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz)
- “The Biggest Wheel” (Madeline Edwards, Morgan Nagler, Rob Persaud)
- “Forehead Kisses” (Madeline Edwards, Emily Landis, Jamie Moore)
- “The Wolves” (Madeline Edwards, Emma-Lee Doty, Gavin Slat)
- “How Strong I Am” (Madeline Edwards, Ross Copperman, Kate York)
- “Hold My Horses” (Madeline Edwards, Klare Essad, Joy Hanna)
- “Playground” (Madeline Edwards, Luke Dick, Laura Veltz)
- “Heavy” (Madeline Edwards, Luke Dick, Jessie Jo Dillon, Laura Veltz)
- “Why I’m Calling” (Madeline Edwards, Trannie Anderson, Seth Mosley)
- “Too Much of a Good Thing” (Madeline Edwards, Trannie Anderson, Ian Christian)
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