Blake Shelton has released a new single called “Texas,” along with an accompanying music video. Before the song came out on Friday, the country star talked to People magazine about what life has been like since he left The Voice last year.
Blake Shelton Releases New Single ‘Texas’
On his new track “Texas,” Shelton sings about how a woman he’s been seeing disappeared from his life. In the chorus, he shares his belief that she’s “probably in Texas,” singing, “Yeah, that’s where all them exes go.”
The singer released an accompanying music video for the song on Friday, in which he can be seen drinking in a bar as he sings the track. Those scenes are intercut with shots of the woman he’s singing about, who can be seen driving her car.
Shelton told People that it’s “time for a new chapter” in his career, adding that his collaboration with Post Malone on the song “Pour Me a Drink” gave him a “new energy” about making music. He said the project “reminded me like, ‘Hey, get off your ass! This may be your last chance to really take a big swing at this thing.'”
“The last couple of years, especially since I’ve retired from The Voice, I’ve just kind of been trying to be very mindful of the next thing that I do, be thoughtful about it and be sure that I’m not just doing things because I’m on the hamster wheel anymore,” Shelton told People.
Shelton left The Voice last year after 23 seasons as a coach. The country singer made sure to emphasize that the NBC talent show was “the biggest, most important career move of my life,” adding that “everybody that worked at that show helped me get where I am.”
“I really, and I mean really indulged in not being on a television show anymore,” Shelton said of the time since his retirement. “It’s just been great for me to get back in the mode of, ‘Hey, I’m a country singer first.’ That’s what I left Ada, Oklahoma when I was a teenager to go be. I never want to get that far away from what I feel like I meant to do ever again.”
Shelton said that he’s also been enjoying living “the simple life,” adding that he’s “able to write my own schedule.”
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Jill O'Rourke Jill O’Rourke is a contributor at Talent Recap, writing news stories and recaps for shows like ‘AGT,’ ‘The Voice,’ and ‘American Idol.’ She graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in English and Film Studies, and has been writing about pop culture since 2012, with previous bylines at Crushable and A Plus. Jill spends her free time binge-watching sitcoms and daydreaming about life as a hobbit
