Carrie Underwood Says Love Songs Are ‘Like Static’
Carrie Underwood does not have many love songs in her catalog. Over the years, I’ve often chatted with Carrie when she told me about her omission of the standard love song.
She told me in one of those interviews not long ago, “It’s never been a conscious thing to exclude love songs (laughs). I just think, in general, I find them like static. Like, I hear something, or it doesn’t seem genuine to me.”
Underwood did record a love song on her 2015 Storytellers album, which she co-wrote. She told me of the song at the time, “I mean writing ‘Heartbeat,’ I feel like I was the last one that was into it while we were writing it. Because I don’t do really love songs. It was just there; it was something that kind of seemed real and conversational and had a real life about it.”
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Underwood told Good Morning America how she felt about returning to American Idol as a judge next season. She said before she performed, “It feels like home. There are so many people who even still work on the show when I was a contestant. I feel like being on both sides of the coin, I’ll be able to hopefully offer some insight and a different perspective.”
When asked what kind of a judge she will be, she offered, “I do have a big problem, hopefully, it’s not a big problem, I can’t lie…you can tell. I feel like I’ll be very honest.”
The country superstar, who won season 4 of American Idol in 2005, was announced as the newest judge on the show, taking over for Katy Perry. The news was revealed that Carrie will join returning judges Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie, along with host Ryan Seacrest, when Idol returns to ABC and Hulu in spring 2025.
In a video posted to American Idol’s Instagram, the Oklahoma native says in a video revealing the big news, “I remember being at home in our little house in Checotah and seeing on TV that there were auditions in St. Louis. My mom said, ‘If you wanna go, I’ll drive you.'”
Underwood reflected on her journey to fame, saying, “I went from nobody knowing my name to tens of millions of people watching the show. I’m proud of everything that I was able to accomplish on the show, and I’m so proud of everything that I’ve accomplished since.”
