The Chicks On The Importance Of Writing Honestly

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The Chicks are set to kick off their “Gaslighter” tour next week, and stopped by “The Kelly Clarkson Show” to talk about it, as well as their music. The tour is in support of their 2020 release “Gaslighter” and Natalie Maines says many of the songs on the album were inspired by her divorce from Adrien Pasdar.

"I definitely wanted to be very blatant and literal with this one," she explains when asked by Kelly about being honest in her songs. “I wasn't beyond all the emotion like I am now.”

But she does admit the honesty is difficult to navigate when it comes to her children. “And then there's the stress of, 'Oh my gosh, now my kids are gonna hear this,’” she explains. “Now my son is on tour with us. He's in the band. And I'm like, 'This is kinda weird!' I'm always checking, 'Are you okay? Are you alright?'"

But Emily Strayer adds, “There's no way around it. When you write falsely, it doesn't work. You have to be real. It's weird: The more specific you are, the more it's universal to other people."

• Natalie, Emily and Martie Maguire have now all gone through divorce, with Natalie and Martie going through theirs at the same time, which proved a bit awkward. “I remember when you first came down in the studio in Nashville and said, 'Guys, I just wanna tell you, I'm getting a divorce,' ... I remember thinking, 'Well, I'm getting a divorce. Now she says she's getting a divorce. Now I can't say I'm getting a divorce,'" Maguire shares. "I was feeling like everybody was gonna judge me because I thought I was first." 

• ONE MORE THING! In honor of The Chicks appearance, Kelly performed a Kellyoke of their track “Gaslighter.” 

Source: The Kelly Clarkson Show