Physical recording, imposible para kay Carrie
IBINAHAGI ni Carrie Underwood ang epekto ng kanyang face injury sa kanyang bagong album.
Nakapanayam ng Vulture ang 35 taong gulang na country singer at ibinahagi niya rito ang epekto ng kanyang injury, na inamin niyang mas masakit para sa kanyang mental healthiness kaysa pisikal, ayon sa Entertainment Tonight.
“I felt like the differences were more in my head than they were in anybody else’s that would listen to the things I was doing,” aniya nang bumalik sa studio para i-record ang Cry
Pretty, ang kanyang latest album na inilabas noong Setyembre 14.
“I had wanted to be in the studio sooner than I was, actually recording these songs, but I had stitches inside my mouth, outside my mouth. It was physically impossible.”
Tinawag ni Carrie ang kanyang unang trip sa studio matapos ang aksidente na “a mind game”, at inamin din niyang lagi siyang may internal monologue na puno ng pagtatanong at pagdududa.
“’Do I sound the same? Is my diction the same? Does my mouth move the same as it did before?’” pagbabalik-tanaw niya. “I would sing something and then look at (my co-producer, David Garcia) and be like, ‘Did that all come out clearly?’ My m’s and b’s and p’s were kind of the issue. And he was like, ‘I thought it sounded great.’”
“Things change just as you get older; your muscles change,” dagdag pa ng singer. “I kind of expect I’m not always going to sound like I’m 22 coming off of American Idol. Hopefully I get better.”
Ang injury at peklat na natamo niya sa kanyang mukha ang dahilan para mawala siya sa industriya sa nakalipas na dalawang taon. Nakunan din ang Before He Cheats singer nang dalawang beses sa kanyang asawang si Mike
Fisher, bago niya inihayag nitong Agosto na nagdadalantao siyang muli.
Ang sakit mula sa mga karanasang iyon ang naging dahilan para mas maging tapat at personal siya sa mga liriko ng kanyang bagong album.
“It would be completely inevitable,” aniya sa mga emosyon na nakapaloob sa kanyang mga awitin. “I’d have a terrible day at the doctor’s office and then come into a writing session and be like, ‘I’m sorry guys. I might suck today. I just got some bad news.’”
“Things aren’t literal, but I look at a song like Low, and that was my year last year,” paghahagi ni Carrie. “It was not about a person leaving or anything like that. I listen to that song now, and there’s a good chance I’ll cry, because it was just so personal.”
“I kinda needed (music) at the time, just to have something to stay focused on that wasn’t my personal life.”
Ang personal na aspeto ng kanyang album ang nagtulak sa kanya “(to take) more ownership over what I was doing in my artistry,” na tinatawag niyang “a leap of faith,” na hakbang “(to) such a growing experience... as a vocalist.”
“It was just trying to move the artistry forward and not do the same things that I’ve always done,” dagdag pa ni Carrie. “Like, I literally hold out notes until I start seeing stars. I will pass out some day on stage. It hasn’t happened yet, knock on wood. But it probably is really only a matter of time, because I will push myself until it hurts, which I love (to do).”
“It was just such a great artistic step forward, being able to feel a song and deliver it in a different way,” sabi pa niya.