“Never Wanted To Be That Girl” is available digitally
Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde debut an intense music video for “Never Wanted To Be That Girl.” The pair joined female and first-time director Alexa Campbell to film scenes of their parallel lives out of sync with the wrong guy. Each unassuming woman finds herself in a place she never wanted to be – both suspecting and discovering the truth about a liar. The clips captured just outside of Nashville find the two women visually reflecting as they consider their own blind spots in a painfully sobering moment.
Combining forces with co-producer Shane McAnally, they reignited the ravaged country tradition of a hard truth cheating song. “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” is sung from the perspective of two women – the single girl thanking the guy who helped change her flat tire and the wife at home – who learn their partner is involved with has someone else.
“What’s interesting about this song is we could have gone to a place of blame on the others in the love triangle, but we turned it inward. It’s unique that two women who never meet are getting burned by the same man and having the exact same feelings. We intentionally kept the chorus the same to reflect that neither wanted to be in this position,” shares Pearce.
McBryde continues, “So many of us know how it is when you go back and start putting all of those pieces together. That moment when you realize the gut punch of the situation. This song isn’t really about being the other woman or even being messed around on as much as it’s about these two people who are exhibiting behaviors they normally wouldn’t – checking text messages, making excuses for why their dates are only on Tuesdays – and realizing it’s all because of the same person.”
The CMA Awards Female Vocalist of the Year nominees will perform the track on the November 10th live broadcast, airing on ABC at 8 pm ET/delayed PT. The third track from 29: Written in Stone, which expands Pearce’s original Album of the Year nominated 29 recording to 15 songs, is climbing through Too 30 at country radio with support from Big Machine Records and Warner Music Nashville.
Pearce embarks on The 29 Tour tonight (Wed, Nov 4th) in Des Moines, IA. The eight city trek sees the country songstress perform in theaters throughout the midwest and northeast.
McBryde has been direct support for Luke Combs’ What You See Is What You Get Tour as well as headlining her own run of dates on the This Town Talks Tour, which has been extended into 2022. On the trek next August, MyBryde will perform three consecutive sold out nights at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium, due to fan demand.
