Miranda Lambert - "Wranglers"

[@DiegoMarcondes_]

New single - May 3rd

Artist: Miranda Lambert
Single: "Wranglers"
Album: TBA
Label: Republic/Big Loud
Impact Date: May 6th
Writers: Audra Mae, Evan McKeever and Ryan Carpenter

[SHOOTER]

[@DiegoMarcondes_]

New single "Wranglers" out May 3rd

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Gmz51Oxrz

[.indulgecountry]

Out May 3rd:

http://instagram.com/p/C6Gmz51Oxrz

[@DiegoMarcondes_]

I assume Audra Mae and John Randall are the co-writers since they are mentioned on this Instagram post.

[3chords]

It’s actually an outside cut! Written by Audra Mae, Evan McKeever and Ryan Carpenter. Per Audra’s story that’s up right now on IG. Jon produced.

[@DiegoMarcondes_]

Single preview:

[schnetzka]

Based on the clip, I wish the production was quieter and/or her voice was louder. The music kinda drowns her out. Regardless, I am excited!

[.indulgecountry]

Wow, this sounds like a total banger! She's definitely not done having radio hits. 😍

[austin]

Apr 24, 2024 19:10:46 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Wow, this sounds like a total banger! She's definitely not done having radio hits. 😍

I agree, the clip sounds super promising.

[taylor]

This move to Republic Records is delicious!!! Taylor Swift ft. Miranda Lambert when?! 

Very excited to hear the song and to see this new chapter of her career unfold, this is going to be VERY interesting.

[@DiegoMarcondes_]

Full live performance @ Stagecoach

[marcyjames]

I think this will do well for her. The production feels very radio friendly and it feels very signature Miranda, though the downside of that for me is that it feels like something she’s already done. Also, I could do without the contrived laughter on the front and back end of the song, and can songwriters please start writing bridges again.

[Typo]

On first listen, this feels oddly dull and generic. I kept waiting for the song to build to something….and it never did.

It also doesn’t help that virtually every female country vocalist, including Miranda, has already done this theme much better.

[recordyear]

[dm2081]

This is a lot more tame than the previews were suggesting. The chorus is fine but ultimately feels like it never goes anywhere. I can see this peaking in the teens but on first listen doesn’t feel like the kind of song to return her to the top 5.

[kluen]

I don’t think this would do good on radio

just hope the streaming could be better

[raylatch98]

This isn't a bad song by any means, but I am kind of left underwhelmed. This doesn't feel like a huge radio hit to me and feels like it could easily get lost in the shuffle, and it just leaves me kind of unimpressed. For a song about setting it all on fire, I expected a little more oomph than this. 

[schnetzka]

I've only listened to it once but I am liking it so far.

[zdm1998]

I enjoy it. I like it much more than her last lead. I do agree it kind of lacks the punch I thought it would have though. Still happy to have Miranda back though. Curious if Big Loud will be able to get this past the usual right outside the top 10 peak, most of her lead singles achieve.

[@DiegoMarcondes_]

The production is the highlight on this single to me. I miss some bridge
I enjoyed it more than "If I Was a Cowboy".

The chorus is great, I already have it stuck in my head!

[taylor]

Hoooo doggies, what a song!!! This is textbook Miranda Lambert and I love it to pieces!! I made it a point to not listen to any of the snippets and did not watch her perform this at Stagecoach and it paid off big time. Does it reinvent the wheel? No; I just said this is textbook MirLam, lol. But it doesn’t have to; this is and has always been what the general public loves from her, and for that reason I see it doing rather well. Not many can do raucous “hell hath no fury” like Miranda Lambert can. What she doesn’t reinvent thematically, she makes up for vocally. There’s a way she sings here that she hasn’t ever really done before. The way she delivers “Wranglers take forever to burn” is amazing and I don’t think she’s ever delivered a line like that before.

Her leads have a reputation for missing the Top 10 even when they deserved better, but I hope this marks a fierce return for MirLam, and I’m waiting in eager anticipation for ML10 later this year.

[austin]

I do agree with this thread overall, the chorus is great but the verses never really build up and I thought the song was going to go somewhere it never really got close to going. That said, I also like it a lot more than "If I Were a Cowboy," which I thought she was a lot better than.

[rbundy1987]

Impact Date is Monday, May 6th (buddy who I know works in radio and has an account with PlayMPE has told me it impacts Monday)

[SHOOTER]

This is signature Miranda. Nothing wrong with that. Bring on the album!

[gardyfan]

The second half is a production mess. It drowns out the signing and there are parts I can't hear clear enough to understand the words. I am dubfounded at this since the first half sounds completely normal with clear vocals and clean production.

[zdm1998]

Did this get an iHeart premier yesterday? I thought it would've been in the Mediabase top 50 this morning.

Also, does anyone know what it's first day Spotify numbers looked like? Cause it didn't break much ground on iTunes yesterday, only making it to #9 country and #19 all genre; which is okay I guess, but I thought a new Miranda single with hype around it going in would've done more. Maybe I was expecting too much. This is right around where "Indifferent" by Megan Moroney landed, and that's just a promo track, whereas this is a lead by an A list superstar.

[raylatch98]

May 4, 2024 8:46:48 GMT -5 zdm1998 said:

Did this get an iHeart premier yesterday? I thought it would've been in the Mediabase top 50 this morning.

Also, does anyone know what it's first day Spotify numbers looked like? Cause it didn't break much ground on iTunes yesterday, only making it to #9 country and #19 all genre; which is okay I guess, but I thought a new Miranda single with hype around it going in would've done more. Maybe I was expecting too much.

It did get the hourly premiere. On AllAccess it is in the Top 50 if you go to all stations. So it's probably right below the natural Top 50 as of today. It's also interesting to note that YouTube wise the lyric video is only at 38k in views after a day while the new Kane Brown song is at 58k. 

Curious to see where this settles the further in the week we go, with both radio and consumers, as something about this feels kind of muted. 

[3chords]

For context, as a miranda fan, I didn’t buy it on iTunes or watch the YouTube. I feel a bit unattached to it because she didn’t write it. And if she’s not gonna write it then it needs to be stellar like House or MBH and other fans I talk to share the same sentiment. I think they probably could have done more on Instagram promo yesterday also. They posted one reel first thing in the morning and I don’t think it really circulated at all.

[onebuffalo]

Picking up stations and spins:

MIRANDA LAMBERT Wranglers 54 699