NASHVILLE, TENN. — Emerging artist-songwriter Alana Springsteen is teaching a lesson of the heart in HISTORY OF BREAKING UP (PART ONE), available today (9/17) on all streaming platforms and digital retailers.
LISTEN TO HISTORY OF BREAKING UP (PART ONE)
“Everyone experiences love and loss, but the way we process those emotions evolves as we grow up. This project has been a form of therapy for me, as I’ve been faced with the range of emotions that accompany different parts of relationships,” shares Springsteen. “Writing these songs helped me discover and understand pieces of myself in a way that I wasn’t prepared for, and I’m so grateful for the songwriters, producers, and creatives who helped me bring these moments of my story to life. This EP is ‘part one’ of my journey and I can only hope there are others out there, whichever stage of self-discovery they’re in, who find a bit of themselves in these songs as well.”
Diving headfirst into the depths of romance while introducing a maturing side to the 20-year-old as she falls in and out of love, Springsteen openly embraces all of the emotions that come along with that coveted four-letter word. It’s beautiful. It’s messy. It’s confusing. It’s tragic. But, “Isn’t it miraculous?” she asks.
“Isn’t it miraculous? How two hearts – completely insignificant in this vast universe – can somehow collide and forever change one another? I refuse to believe it’s coincidence. Rather, I call it fate. Magic. I choose to believe it’s written.” – A.S.
Springsteen co-wrote every song on the EP alongside some of Nashville’s hottest tunesmiths like Walker Hayes, Jerry Flowers, Jared Ray Keim, Tyler Filmore, and Andrew DeRoberts, plus co-produced five tracks. In addition, she’s credited on acoustic guitar for six of the seven tunes.
ALANA SPRINGSTEEN’S HISTORY OF BREAKING UP (PART ONE) TRACK LIST:
1. “CALIFORNIA” (ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, JERRY FLOWERS, JARED RAY KEIM)
PRODUCERS: ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, JERRY FLOWERS, JARED KEIM
2. “GIRLFRIEND” (ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, TRAVIS WOOD, PETE GOOD)
PRODUCERS: ALANA SPRINGSTEEN AND WILL WEATHERLY
3. “TRYING NOT TO (FEAT. ROMAN ALEXANDER)” (ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, ROMAN ALEXANDER ROJAS, JERRY FLOWERS, JARED RAY KEIM)
PRODUCERS: JERRY FLOWERS AND JARED KEIM
4. “GOD MUST BE MAD AT ME” (ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, JOHN BYRON, LAUREN LARUE)
PRODUCERS: ALANA SPRINGSTEEN AND WILL WEATHERLY
5. “HOMESICK” (ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, ANDREW DEROBERTS, RYAN BEAVER)
PRODUCER: ANDREW DEROBERTS
6. “I BLAME YOU” (ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, TYLER FILMORE, JOHN-LUKE CARTER,
WILL WEATHERLY)
PRODUCERS: ALANA SPRINGSTEEN AND WILL WEATHERLY
7. “ZERO TRUCKS” (ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, WALKER HAYES, JOE CLEMMONS)
PRODUCERS: ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, JERRY FLOWERS, JARED KEIM
Surpassing over 37 MILLION career streams independently, 20 editorial playlists have already added tracks from Springsteen’s HISTORY OF BREAKING UP (PART ONE) with major shout-outs like Spotify’s all-genre Fresh Finds, New Boots, and Wild Country; Apple Music’s Country Risers and New in Country; Amazon Music’s Breakthrough Country; Pandora’s New Country Now and Rising Women in Country, plus several others.
With music videos out for “California,” “Trying Not To (feat. Roman Alexander),” and “Zero Trucks,” Springsteen drops a fresh clip today (9/17) for “I Blame You.” Filmed beneath one of her favorite locations, the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge in Franklin, TN, watch the sunset-drenched footage.
WATCH THE “I BLAME YOU” MUSIC VIDEO
Deemed “a name you’ll want to know in country music,” by PEOPLE, Springsteen’s caused a high-profile buzz about HISTORY OF BREAKING UP (PART ONE) with already-released “California,” “Trying Not To (feat. Roman Alexander),” and “Zero Trucks.” “California” was spotlighted on Rolling Stone’s RS Country Picks and Entertainment Tonight’s New Music Releases lists, with American Songwriter additionally praising her “transcendent vocals over an intertwining storyline.” Likewise, CMT called “Zero Trucks” “refreshing and carefree,” as Entertainment Tonight also featured it on their New Music Releases list, with E! News’ The MixtapE! further hailing, “If Carrie Underwood’s ‘Before He Cheats’ was your jam in 2005, meet your next obsession—with a more mature message about moving on.”