Song appears on forthcoming album
LeAnn Rimes has released a new track, “Awakening,” off her upcoming album, God’s Work, due September 16th via EverLe Records via Thirty Tigers/The Orchard. The deeply personal track was written and produced by Rimes and longtime collaborator Darrell Brown.
Beginning with the soft undertones of a piano, the track takes listeners on a journey of being able to drop your walls and feel mentally, physically, and spiritually awakened. One of Rimes’ favorite songs on the record, “Awakening” is based on her own experience learning to navigate her ongoing depression and anxiety and getting to a place where she can be vulnerable and open up with the world through her music and her platforms.
“When I was writing this track, I was smack dab in the middle of my own awakening,” Rimes shares. “I was going through this overwhelming volume of emotions, and I was really able to channel those feelings of the pain and ecstasy of the awakening and let them shine through this song. I hope when others hear this track it helps shed some light on the experience of life and the expansion and contraction of the human experience, the way it does for me.”
“Awakening” is the sixth song to be released off Rimes’ forthcoming album. The full track listing for the album includes a mix of ethereal, rhythmic, and grounded songs that take each listener on their own unique journey, exploring the duality of life and recognizing the light and the dark in new ways.
Rimes is currently in the midst of her tour, The Story…So Far, in support of the album and her ongoing 25th anniversary as a recording artist. The tour will run through the end of September, giving fans across the country the opportunity to hear Rimes’ greatest hits and preview new songs.
Rimes also recently announced a special performance Joy – The Holiday Show at the Ryman. The performance will bring Rimes back to the Mother Church of Country Music on Saturday, December 10th for a night of festive songs mixed with some of her greatest hits and new releases off her forthcoming record.
She is also the first guest on Ty Herndon’s new mental health podcast, Soundboard.
