Trisha Yearwood Turns The Mirror on Herself with Her Most Personal Album Yet

It's been six years since Trisha Yearwood released a new studio album to the world, and even longer since she dropped an album of originals.

With The Mirror available now, Trisha is taking her bravest step forward yet. Not only did she co-write and co-produce every song – a first for her – but the 15-song collection is also an unflinching reflection of this chapter in her life.

"This has just been such a passion project, and it feels like such a natural extension of who I am," Trisha said. "It doesn't feel like a wild departure from my [previous] work. It's just the season I'm in right now.”

Trisha co-wrote the album with songwriters including Leslie Satcher, Steve Dorff, Bridgette Tatum, Erin Enderlin, Sunny Sweeney, and more. She produced The Mirror with Chad Carlson. Chad engineered for Trisha's long-time producer, Garth Fundis.

In the coming days, Trisha is traveling to meet fans in New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Georgia to share her songs personally. For more information, see here. To hear The Mirror, visit here.

Question: How does it feel to release an album of songs you've written to the world? Does it feel different than when you didn't write the whole album?

Trisha: I've only recorded one song that I've co-written before, and that was a song I wrote with Garth called "For The Last Time," and that was for the Let's Be Frank standards album. So, this is completely new for me. I've never had the nerve or courage to record anything original on a TY record, so I guess instead of dipping my toe, I just jumped right in!!

Question: When you started writing, what was your goal? Did you have an idea of the types of songs you wanted to write or what you wanted to say?

Trisha: Honestly, I really started writing for me. It was like therapy, and I never thought it would lead to actually recording a full album of songs.

Question: Can you tell me about visiting fans in Tennessee, Georgia, New York, and Oklahoma? That's a lot of traveling for you. Why is it important?

Trisha: I think because this album is the most personal recording I've ever done, I'm more invested than ever to make sure as many people know about it as I can. Also, I am so lucky to have a pretty good-sized group of folks who have been in my corner since day one, and I just want to say thank you to them for sticking with me, and I'm honored to share this very personal project with them.