Ashley McBryde has a new album, coming soon. The Grand Ole Opry member just announced the release of Wild, her fifth studio album. The record will be out on May 8.
McBryde shares the good news on social media.
“Sometimes going with your gut is the scariest thing you can do… and the most necessary,” McBryde writes. “This record felt like building a tree fort from some pieces we’d been needing to put to good use and some building materials I had to go scout out and look for. And piece by piece, trusting it would all hold together in the end. I’m so ready for y’all to hear it.
“‘Wild’ is the name,” she continues. “That’s the spirit of the record. The fear, the chaos, the hard truths, and the little kid in me who always kept dreaming big. Wild is out May 8. ‘Bottle Tells Me So’ is out at midnight, and the official music video drops tomorrow. I can’t wait for you to hear more of the story.”
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Ashley McBryde’s Bold New Single, ‘What If We Don’t
McBryde already released her bold new single, “What If We Don’t,” from Wild. The song is one of the most personal songs McBryde has ever released, with the video based on her own life.
“‘What If We Don’t’ came to me, Terri Jo Box, and Randall Clay sitting around a fire pit on a back porch, reminiscing on all the moments that we could’ve made a different choice and wondering if we should’ve,” McBryde recalls. “It’s about the leaps of faith that you do or don’t take, and having to learn to live with those consequences either way.”
“What If We Don’t” is just part of an honest new record, which also includes “Arkansas Mud” and “Hand Me Downs.”
“I kept staring at the dash, like, ‘Why would you do that to me?’’ McBryde says through tears when talking about her next project. “I’ve been here for every note, every syllable, every breath of this record. And I’m listening to the mixes, and it’s like I’ve never heard this record. It’s like I’ve never heard this artist.”
Ashley McBryde Recalls Moment That Led Her to Rehab
McBryde has been vocal about her sobriety journey, which began in 2022. In a recent interview, the Arkansas native recalled the moment that led her to finally get the help she needed.
“I woke up at another artist’s house, another female artist, in a bed that’s not mine, in pajamas that aren’t mine,” McBryde recounts on Bobbycast. “And I was like, ‘Oh my God, that must have been a doozy.’ I’m thirsty. I don’t know where I am, and I don’t know where water is, so I’ll just go find water.”
McBryde had no idea that she had already had her last drink when she woke up that morning.
“When I went to find water, I found a living room,” McBryde remembers. “In that living room was my team. And they said, ‘We need you to stop.’ And I said, ‘I need me to stop, too.’ And that was when I found out that she took me to her house that night, after we’d been out, to make sure I didn’t die.”