I hope you've been enjoying the Brett Young Ticket to L.A. album release special.
We are talking to Brett about all the songs on his new album, and man,
this next song, when you first start listening to it, it feels so good.
But if you really pay attention to the lyrics, this song is kind of a bummer,
and I think people will be surprised to know that this song was actually written at a time
when nobody would have expected you to write this kind of song.
Where You Want Me is actually a funny story.
I wrote it the day after I got engaged.
Engaged, you would think, get engaged, and then your next song that you write
is going to be the happiest song you've ever written.
Sure.
But you've got to also be conscious of the song in the room.
I never believed in that phrase until I moved to Nashville.
It's true.
And Shane McAnally just had this Ronnie Millsap vibe that he really wanted to write,
and we got to the end of the chorus, and we were still writing a love song at the time,
and we got to the very end of the chorus, and we're like,
the story's not matching the sound of the song,
and that's why you get that kind of twist at the end with the baby,
you don't want me no more.
It was just interesting that that was the right song for the day,
because I really did expect to get engaged,
and then the next day write the sappiest love song ever,
but it's fun to have that kind of throwback Ronnie Millsap vibe on the record.
Well, like I said, this song feels so good,
but you never would have known that he wrote it right after he got engaged,
except for the fact that he just told you,
this is Where You Want Me from Brett Young on Big Machine Radio.