Pride (Sara Evans song) explained

Pride
Cover:SaraEvansPride.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Sara Evans
Album:Unbroke
Genre:Country
Prev Title:Long Way Down
Prev Year:2018

"Pride" is a song by American country music singer Sara Evans. It was released on March 21, 2024, as the lead single to her eleventh studio album, Unbroke. Evans co-wrote the track with Madi Diaz and Sean McConnell, and co-produced it with Jeff Trott.

Content

Sara Evans wrote "Pride" with Madi Diaz and Sean McConnell. It marked her first release via a partnership with Melody Place Records and the singer's own Born to Fly imprint.[1] Evans describes the song as the "centerpiece" for Unbroke, an album that chronicles recent events in her personal life from the beginning of spousal abuse to the reconciliation of her marriage and the couple restarting their lives together, as it "details the early days of the couple's relationship turmoil".[2] [3] It was written shortly after a January 2022 altercation with her husband Jay Barker, whom she had been separated from since April 2021 and had filed for divorce from in August 2021.[4] [5]

In a March 2024 interview, Evans stated that the couple had reconciled and are now living together again.[6] As a result, Evans contemplated changing the perspective of "Pride" from first-person to third-person following the couple's reconciliation, but Barker encouraged her to keep the song as is because it was her story to tell.[7]

Music video

The music video for "Pride" premiered on March 27, 2024, and stars Evans' daughter Audrey Evans.[8]

Chart performance

"Pride" debuted at number 60 on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated April 13, 2024, becoming Evans' first single to chart there since "Slow Me Down".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sara Evans Signs With Melody Place Records. Lorie Hollabaugh. June 29, 2023. Music Row. April 27, 2024.
  2. Web site: Sara Evans Reconciles with Husband, hares Story of Abuse, Recovery on New Podcast and Through New Music. https://web.archive.org/web/20240323000554/https://www.cmt.com/news/xjjwyc/sara-evans-reconciles-with-husband-shares-story-of-abuse-recovery-on-new-podcast-and-through-new-music. dead. March 23, 2024. Cindy Watts. March 22, 2024. CMT. April 27, 2024.
  3. Web site: Sara Evans Discusses Reuniting with Husband Jay Barker, Writing an Album About Their Troubled Relationship: 'The Story Is Mine to Tell'. Jessica Nicholson. March 21, 2024. Billboard. April 27, 2024.
  4. Web site: Dukes . Billy . Sara Evans' Husband Jay Barker Arrested After Reportedly Trying to Hit Her With His Vehicle . . January 16, 2022 . April 27, 2024.
  5. Web site: Sara Evans Filed for Divorce Prior to Jay Barker's Arrest for Attempting to Run Over Her with a Vehicle. Jason. Steen. January 16, 2022. Scoop Nashville. April 27, 2024.
  6. DeSantis . Rachel . Why Sara Evans Is Asking for 'Benefit of the Doubt' After Reconciling with Husband: 'People Are Going to Be Mad' (Exclusive) . . March 22, 2024 . April 27, 2024.
  7. Web site: Why Sara Evans Is Asking for 'Benefit of the Doubt' After Reconciling with Husband: 'People Are Going to Be Mad' (Exclusive). Rachel DeSantis. March 22, 2024. People. April 27, 2024.
  8. Web site: Sara Evans Recruits Daughter Audrey for Powerful New 'Pride' Music Video — Watch Now! (Exclusive). Rachel DeSantis. March 27, 2024. People. April 27, 2024.