At first glance, it may look like Ingrid Andress’ 2019 solo breakout materialized from thin air. In 14 months, she amassed a steady list of accolades that many an aspiring singer-songwriter would hope to realize over the course of a career.
“More Hearts Than Mine” cracked the Hot 100 chart this week at No. 82. What’s it been like to watch one of your first singles take on a life of its own? I just wanted to be taken seriously and I feel like a lot of the time people would say things like, "Oh yeah, you must be a singer because you're a girl.” That really bummed me out and I’d usually answer back, "No, I'm actually a piano player, I play drums, and I can write music." I didn’t like being put into this tiny box just because I had a good voice. I really wanted to be respected as a musician the way that other legends that I look up to were respected.
It's always nice to step outside that norm and work with a studio full of talented women. Working with Alicia was dope because she's just pure talent and being able to work with an artist who's on that level of musicality was really refreshing because you don't always get that a lot with artists. I met Alex Hope through the first She Is The Music camp, and in December I was so pumped to see her and work with her again.
And a few weeks after that tour with Dan + Shay you’re going to be back on the road with Tim McGraw. What music can Ingrid Andress fans look out for in the midst of all these shows? I'm hoping that it invokes real emotions from people. There’s not a lot of frills on this album and a lot of the songs are going to be speaking from a very real and vulnerable place with a depth that songs these days don't normally have. I really just want people to get in their feelings when they listen to it because those are my favorite types of records.
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