Sweetheart - Commentary

[00:00.23] Thanks for listening to Big Machine Radio
[00:02.43] And for being here for the Life Changes album release special
[00:05.84] I am Becca
[00:06.67] We've got Thomas Rhett in studio with us
[00:08.85] And this next song, I have to confess, at the risk of getting a restraining order put out against me
[00:13.59] I have alerts set up for whenever you or Lauren posts on Instagram (yeah)
[00:17.88] And so, one day I got this alert that she was doing a live Insta chat and I was like ah
[00:22.63] And it was her first one ever (yeah)
[00:23.76] And she just started talking
[00:25.40] And one of the things that she revealed is that this next song is Willa's favorite song (oh)
[00:29.77] And it has such a retro 60s feel to it (yeah)
[00:34.28] So, talk to me about Sweetheart and the fact that it is your daughter's favorite song (yeah)
[00:38.91] Willa's a tough critic as well because if the beat is not just right, she does not want to dance to it
[00:44.27] And so, I remember I actually played this song for her for the first time in Uganda
[00:48.09] And this is the first time I actually saw her dance
[00:50.65] And we were in the hotel room on the balcony and she was up playing a lot of the songs just for her
[00:55.73] And this is one that she really was jamming out to
[00:58.55] This is a song that me and Lauren from day one were like, I don't care what anyone says
[01:02.17] I don't care if no one else likes this song, this song is going on the record
[01:06.17] I don't know why, but I wrote it in Charleston
[01:08.44] And when I played it for her when I got home, she just said, this is my favorite
[01:11.87] This, this, (oh, well) this one, this one has to be on there
[01:14.17] And so, it's just one of those non-negotiable, this is going to be on the record kind of things
[01:18.98] And I love, this is my grandparents' favorite song
[01:21.83] This is my ode to all of the 60 to 80-year-old people out there
[01:24.93] (And two-year-olds) yeah, and two-year-olds that grew up listening to this kind of music
[01:28.58] With kind of somewhat of a modern flair to it
[01:30.26] I love the simplicity of the word sweetheart and, and the double meaning on, on the word
[01:35.02] And I just love the song
[01:36.57] It is a fantastic song (thank you)
[01:38.52] You're welcome
[01:39.16] It's called Sweetheart from Thomas Rhett on Big Machine Radio
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