Thomas Rhett On Getting Personal In His Songs
When Thomas Rhett writes songs, they are usually quite personal and very specific to his life. There was a time when he wondered if it was the right thing to do, but now he realizes it’s the key to his success.
Thomas tells us, “I do think that a lot of it is attributed to just being yourself, being very unashamed to be who you are. And especially as an artist, it’s tough to be vulnerable and to write songs about your life. When you put them out you go, ‘Does anybody really care about that?’ And I think what I found out is the more personal the songs that I write, you’re really talking to a lot of the population.”
He adds, “I think a lot of the time as a dad, or even like, I look at Lauren and you’re sitting there with like, a newborn you’re going, ‘Does anybody know what we’re experiencing right now?’ Well, there’s a million people that do. There’s a billion people that do. And when you can put that into a song form that can evoke an emotion and bring people into that, I think that is songwriting 101.”
Rhett concludes saying, “To be unabashedly yourself and do things different, not because you’re just trying to be different because that’s actually who you are, I think that doesn’t go unnoticed.”
