Toronto Star

Weinstein inspired Keith Urban song

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Country star Keith Urban planned to debut a new song at the Country Music Associatio­n Awards on Wednesday inspired by the allegation­s of sexual assault and harassment against Harvey Weinstein.

BMI Country Songwriter of the Year Ross Copperman said the widening crisis inspired him to write a song and record it with Urban.

“We actually wrote a song three weeks ago called ‘Female,’ ” Copperman said Tuesday before the BMI Country Awards.

Urban, husband of Nicole Kidman and father of two daughters, said the song speaks to him on a lot of levels. “I think it’s just time for a recalibrat­ing of the past, you know?”

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