1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Hey guys, I'm Kayleie Short and this is too much 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: to say. Good questions it out you okay? On this 3 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: week's episode, I'm coming to you from the road. Yes, 4 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: the road, Yes, that place that I have not seen 5 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: in a really long time. And my boyfriend Sam was 6 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: making fun of me for calling it like being quote 7 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: unquote on the road, but I'm like, listen, I spent 8 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: five hours in a car driving from one show to 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: Los Angeles to work on music and live out of 10 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: a suitcase, so I'm gonna call it the road until 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: I'm back touring, like legit touring. But it was super fun. 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: I got to do two shows, uh two nights in 13 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: Vegas and I play at this place called Stoney's Rock 14 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 1: and Country. They are so fun. It's normally a very 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: rowdy place and still ended up being pretty rowdy even 16 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: though everybody was seated. It was super safe, really awesome, 17 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: And I got to do with my best friend's Honey County. 18 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: I've known Danny for years. They opened a show with 19 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: me for Chase Rice back in like and we've been 20 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: really close ever since. We've written a ton of songs together, 21 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: and that's kind of what I want to talk about 22 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: on this week's episode because Honey County and I have 23 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 1: written so many songs together, Danny and I specifically, and 24 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: we've had some really cool stuff happened with those songs. Actually, 25 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: we just had a song come out that they cut 26 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: called Got It from My Mama. You can get it 27 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: anywhere you stream music, and it's all about you know, 28 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: it's kind of celebrating Mother's Day. We wrote it last 29 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 1: Mother's Down Zoom. But we got to play all these 30 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: songs that we wrote together at the Stony Show because 31 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: we did it kind of like in a Nashville Writer's 32 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: Round style, so nobody was opening for each other. We 33 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: like just sat on stage and went back and forth. 34 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: Had a blast. So fun. But it was so cool 35 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: to get to hear them sing these songs that we 36 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: wrote together. And I want to talk about what it's 37 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: like to write songs for other artists, because you know, 38 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: I've talked a lot on the podcast about what it's 39 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: like to write songs for myself, and it's a totally 40 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: totally different experience because I'm responsible for steering the ship 41 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: in that right and and I am kind of the 42 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: I have final say because if I'm like okay, cool. 43 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: We can put that line in the song. I'm not 44 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: going to cut it because I'd never say that in 45 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: real life, so why would I say it in a song. Like, 46 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: you know, you kind of have like it's like the 47 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: executive branch, Like the artists in the room is the 48 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: executive branch, and you have the power of a veto, 49 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: and so it's it's just a different vibe because when 50 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: I'm in the room with an artist, my job is 51 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: like stay out of the way and like let them 52 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: do their thing and guide them and come up with 53 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: ideas that sounds like something they would say and something 54 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: they care about. And it's just a completely different thing. 55 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: And I love doing both. I find that writing for 56 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: me can get really exhausting because I'm digging up past 57 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 1: emotional trauma over and over and over again, and kind 58 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: of it makes me feel like I'm kind of harping 59 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: on things sometimes, Like when I wrote Amy or this 60 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: song I have called Argentina, it was these two situations 61 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: that I actually felt pretty you know, not good about, 62 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: certainly not good about, but I felt like over it, 63 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: and I wrote a song about it because I felt 64 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: over it and I knew I wasn't just going to 65 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: be like full on rage mode. I wrote a song 66 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: said how I feel because I could see the situation 67 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: for what it was, and then I moved on. And 68 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: angry songs written in the moment are very rarely worth 69 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: listening to you because they just they just go too far, 70 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: you know. And some people probably think Amy went too far. 71 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: I didn't. Uh, oh my god. Somebody at the Stony 72 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: show I introduced the song Amy and they yelled fuck Amy, 73 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: and I was like, yeah he did. Oh. It was 74 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: so yeah, that's why you know, that's why you don't 75 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: drink tequila straight on stage. But it was really funny. 76 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: And then it turns out it was my friend's mom, 77 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: so that made it evening funnier. But it's a different 78 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: experience because you know, obviously, songs like those are really 79 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: really personal to me. And when I get up and 80 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: play them on stage and I tell the story, I'm 81 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: opening up the you know, dialogue for people to talk 82 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: about this thing that happened to me that really hurt. 83 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: But um, when you're writing with another artist, it's a 84 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: lot easier for me to kind of, you know, keep 85 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: my emotions separate from the song in a way. Now, 86 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: there are some songs that I've written directly about a 87 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: situation I'm going through with another artist because they really 88 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: liked the idea. And I have a song coming out 89 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: with Haley and Rantia, who is just one of my 90 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: favorite people, favorite voices. I love her. Uh there's song 91 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: coming out that we wrote together, and in it there's 92 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: some lines about things that my ex boyfriend actually said 93 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: to my face and they are hilarious. So I can't 94 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: wait till you guys get to hear that song. I'm 95 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: not going to give anything away because I don't have permission, 96 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 1: but it's gonna be cool and hear it. So I 97 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: have this playlist that I've been keeping for myself to 98 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: keep track of the songs I've had cut, and I 99 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: added a bunch to it today because I had like 100 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: three songs I've co written come out in the past 101 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 1: like a couple of weeks, and I was looking at 102 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: it and I was like, oh, wow, there's actually some 103 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: like there's a lot on there, and it made me 104 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: super happy to see um. In the past couple of weeks, 105 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: I had a song call come out with Kelly Twistland 106 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: called two Hands, and I actually really sat song back 107 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: in and I always loved the song. She heard it, 108 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: fell in love with it, and my publisher is her producer, 109 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: and they just really liked the song. She's got a 110 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: music video coming out for it, which is really cool, 111 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: and I loved that the songs getting a second life, 112 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: so that one came out. Then I had a song 113 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: called Fine that I wrote with Savanna Kais and I 114 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: have loved this song since the minute we wrote it. 115 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: It's so fun. The new vocals she did on it 116 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: is incredible. I can't wait for you guys to hear it. 117 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: It's on her EP. I'm not California, so get that now. 118 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: And then the last one is got it from my 119 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: mom from Honey County, and the song is doing really 120 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: really well on TikTok. A lot of people shared it 121 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 1: on Mother's Day, and it was so special because there 122 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: were so many stories by so many different people about 123 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: their moms, some of whom had passed away, some of 124 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: whom were, uh, you know, serving overseas, some of whom 125 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: were their step moms and had, like you know, been 126 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: the mom that they wished they had. And I was 127 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: crying at all the videos and there were so many, 128 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: and I remember we were watching on Mother's Day, like 129 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: the number go up and like I refreshed it like 130 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: after a couple like probably twenty minutes, and they're a 131 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: hundred and more videos and I was like, holy sh it. 132 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: So it's really cool to see this song like have 133 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: a life, and you know, I just get to like 134 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: I showed up to work that day, wrote a song, 135 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: and I just get to sit back and watch the 136 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: cool stuff that happens and cool stuff does happen. I 137 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: have written some songs with Honey County, have been on 138 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: the TV show Yellowstone. That's been really really fun. I 139 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: that was so cool to get to hear my songs 140 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: on a show and like hear them sing it. I mean, 141 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: even though I wrote them, you know with and for 142 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: other people, I still call them my songs. They're all 143 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: my little babies. You know. I had a song come 144 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: out called Pisces with this artist name Miranda Glory, and 145 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: I love that song. It's like very R and B. 146 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: It's I'm not even a Pisces. I'm actually a cancer 147 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: Leo moon. Um. I feel like I'm coming more into 148 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: my you know, cancer crab like thing. Did we get 149 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,679 Speaker 1: the short end of the stick, because like you can't 150 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: just be like run around yelling like I'm a cancer 151 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: ohing on such a cancer. Like it's just like why 152 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: did we get them? Why do we get that name? 153 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: You know? It sucks? And then it's the Crab and 154 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: then there's so many jokes and anyways, the song is 155 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 1: called Pise and Miranda just killed it and I so 156 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: much fun writing it that day because I was asking 157 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: her questions about herself and there's honestly a lot in 158 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: the song that I don't necessarily relate to, but it 159 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: was so cool to like get to try on her personality. 160 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: And that's sort of what it feels like, is you're 161 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: stepping into somebody else's shoes and writing a song and 162 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: a lot of times you know it'll happen. Like I 163 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: have the song called in the Sun that I wrote 164 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: with Jenna McDaniel, and that was a really special right 165 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: because we sat down and she had this idea about 166 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: like kind of coming clean with a secret and stepping 167 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: into the sun and being who you really are, and 168 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: we're talking about it like back and forth, and I 169 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: was like, well, like what happened like? And I was 170 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: asking her because I could tell it something she related 171 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: to and I had no idea. I was like, did 172 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 1: you like cheat on somebody? Like what is the song about? 173 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 1: And then that was when she told me that she's gay, 174 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: and so we ended up like writing the song about her. 175 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: It's called in the Sun. It's so special and it's 176 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: like her coming out story and that's a really special 177 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: thing to get to be a part of. And it's 178 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: always such an honor to be able to tell a 179 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: story for somebody that's that personal. There's an artist named 180 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: Mickey Ratsula and they're so so talented. I got to 181 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: write this song with them. Gosh, I mean it had 182 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: to be last year because I was in California and 183 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 1: it was not COVID times, so yeah, it was last year. 184 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: And they are non binary but went underwent a chess 185 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: surgery so they got top surgery and like, are you 186 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: know more male presenting? I suppose, but they're non binary. 187 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: And they were talking to me what the day we 188 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: were writing about how they didn't know how their girl 189 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: friend would feel, and like will they love me as 190 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: my body changes? Well? I love me as my body 191 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 1: changes and all these different insecurities that I never thought 192 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: about as this cis gender person, and it was just 193 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: so like special and honestly sacred to be able to 194 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: see a window into somebody's life that I'm never going 195 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: to experience, but was just so powerful and I felt like, 196 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: you know, I was really let into this like really 197 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: really special, vulnerable space, and I just wanted to be 198 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: so gentle with the story. And so we write this 199 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: song that talks about that, and I do believe they're 200 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: releasing it very soon. Uh, it's going to be really cool. 201 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: I'm so excited. I love level of their voice. It's 202 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: just going to be really really special. And that one 203 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: makes me tear up for sure. That's a really emotional one. 204 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: I have another song coming out that I wrote with 205 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: this artist named Julie Williams, and she's a black country artist, 206 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: and we wrote this song about the day after you know, 207 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: yet another like racially motivated police shooting, seeing people on 208 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: social media just posting the dumbest ship, like the dumbest 209 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: ship and just like going about their lives. I actually remember, 210 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: like during all the Black Lives Matter stuff, it was 211 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: blackout Tuesday and this girl I know and I haven't 212 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: talked to her in a long time, but she posted 213 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: something about her book club and like literally everybody in 214 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: the music industry took off that day, Like I took 215 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: off that day, and I watched documentaries and read books 216 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: and like tried to find ways that I could help. 217 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: And that was what everybody I knew was doing, like 218 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: canceled their rights, went and was like, how do we 219 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: fix this? And that's a really beautiful moment of productivity. 220 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: I really hope that it continues, because that was just 221 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 1: one day, and that certainly doesn't fix systemic racism. But 222 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: this girl just posted a picture of her fucking book 223 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: club and I commented on it, and I was just like, 224 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: and there are a couple other people who said something too, 225 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: but I comment on I was like, hey, dude, I 226 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: feel like this might be a little bit badly timed. 227 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: And then that uh sheam followed me and I was like, okay, well, 228 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: fair whatever. Um. I don't normally go pecking bites on 229 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: the internet like that, but it just struck me as 230 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: so bizarre because everything else in my feed was some 231 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: sort of black square and this ship was just like, 232 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: are you kidding me? Like nobody cares about your stupid 233 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: book right now. And so I brought that situation into 234 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: this story that Julie was telling me, and we wrote 235 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: a song about like just people's apathy showing how they 236 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: truly feel. And that's a song that's like about her 237 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: experience as a black country singer. And obviously I'm not 238 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: a black country singer, but she allowed me into this 239 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: vulnerable space to share her story and there's just literally 240 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: nothing more special than that. It's it's a really really 241 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: great feeling. Another example of songs, uh, that I write 242 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: for other artists. There's artists I you know, songs that 243 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: I've written that get cut by an artist who didn't 244 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: write the song with me. Now two hands that was 245 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: obviously like you know, Kelly did it. That's called an 246 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,839 Speaker 1: outside cut. So like in the songwriting world, it's like 247 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: an outside cut, somebody who didn't write the song sings it. 248 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: And I have this song called Everywhere that Chantel Davidson 249 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: cut up in Canada. Believe it's at Canadian country radio 250 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: right now. But it's a song I wrote for Open 251 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: Book and it ended up just coming out a little bit. 252 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: It just didn't fit perfectly, but it was a song 253 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: that I really loved and it's one of my favorite 254 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: hooks ever. I wrote it in a poem on my 255 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: poetry account that I have not updated in a while 256 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: because I honestly i've been I haven't. I haven't got 257 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: my heartbroken in a second. So that was mostly for me, 258 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: like sub tweeting guys. But that song started with a poem, 259 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: and it's like, I'm just I love the lyrics to 260 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: this song and I'm so happy that it got to 261 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: come out and that she related to this song and 262 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: was able to tell that story for me because I wasn't. 263 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: And yeah, it's just a really really special one. It's like, 264 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: I the cook is You're at the top of my 265 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: mind and the bottom of every glass of whiskey. I 266 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: swear you're everywhere but with me. And it's like every 267 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: guy in a barn a blue jean jacket makes me 268 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: do a double take and my heartbreaks one more time 269 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: when I turned around and date your face. And it's 270 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: just about seeing somebody everywhere. But I love level of 271 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: that song and it just was so cool that she 272 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: put it out. I also write pop songs of people too, 273 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: which is really fun. There's this artist named Jordy and 274 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: he is incredible. He actually just did a late night 275 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: television show. I love his music. He's blowing up, he 276 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: signed a record deal. Could not be prouder of him. 277 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: But we wrote this song called high Score, and I 278 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: had the idea because I was just I was dealing 279 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: with a fun boy and I was really pissed and 280 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: I was like, if this is a game, I want 281 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: to win it. And I told him that and he 282 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: was like, oh my god, I totally get this. So 283 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: we write like the bitchiest song and Geordie's gay, so 284 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: like we got to like fully roast this guy in 285 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: a song and it was so fun um. And then 286 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: another one of my favorites I've written is Time's Up 287 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: by song Stuff for Jets, and so I actually sang 288 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: on that song, but that's a song I wrote with 289 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: Lacey Green and we ended up doing it with twenty 290 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: four girls from song Stuff Forgets. So it's definitely the 291 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: most people I've ever had saying on one of my songs. 292 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: And it went to benefit the Times Up Legal Defense 293 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: one and we end up raising ten thousand dollars. So 294 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: I never made any money off that song, but I'm 295 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: okay with it because it did that much, and I mean, 296 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: I know that in the grand scheme of things, ten 297 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: thousand dollars isn't that much, but I know it helped people, 298 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: and that feels so good to have a song go 299 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: do something like that. I also wrote another charity song 300 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: with Honey County called Country Strong, and that was written 301 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: a Stagecoach to be performed at Stagecoach like as kind 302 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: of the the special song that year, because the Borderline 303 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: shooting had just happened and it was a lot of 304 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: Southern Californian country fans who were victims of that. I mean, 305 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: I think every country fan in California, like in that area, 306 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: like knew somebody who was there that night, and it's 307 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: just so horrifying. And so we wrote this song about 308 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:31,239 Speaker 1: like the country community, like banding together and being resilient 309 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: and what it means to to love country music. And 310 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: that was a scary one to write because it's so 311 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,160 Speaker 1: delicate and you never want to be cheesy with something 312 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: like that, but I think it really helped a lot 313 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: of people. And we heard from some of the victims 314 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: and you know who were who were there at the shooting, 315 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: and they really loved it, and that's all that matters 316 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: in that situation. And then another song that I was 317 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,160 Speaker 1: part of writing it is called People. I don't like 318 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: by this artist's name ups al and it's definitely the 319 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 1: big kind I've ever had. It has twenty million streams, 320 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 1: which is super cool, and it's just doing so well 321 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: on Spotify. It's been placed in a couple of different 322 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: I think in a TV show. I keep hearing about 323 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: it from my publisher, but I'm really excited. I love 324 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: that song. I love her as an artist. She's amazing. 325 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: And if you guys want to check out any of 326 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: these songs, I have a playlist on my Spotify and 327 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 1: my Apple Music and it's called Kaylie Shot Songbook, and 328 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: you guys can check it out and let me know 329 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: what you think of these songs. Have a bunch more 330 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: coming out over the next few months, So if you 331 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: want to hear songs I write, and you've already gone 332 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,479 Speaker 1: through my catalog, well I have some songs for you. 333 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: So thank you guys so much for listening. I'm coming 334 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: to you from Los Angeles. I'm out here writing with 335 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: other artists because I'm, you know, finished my project. So 336 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 1: I'm out here creating songs and telling other people's stories 337 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: and having a great time. So I wanted to kind 338 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 1: of talk about that. You guys, are amazing. Thank you 339 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: so much for listening, and I can't wait till you 340 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: get to hear these songs. My name is Kaylie Short 341 00:17:55,359 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: and this is too much to say. Ask me questions 342 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: before answer. Soon, I've got to say, I'll turn it 343 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: out of you.