Months after the release of her latest studio album hummingbirdCarly Pearce is enjoying the moment.
Speaking to PEOPLE in light of Spotify’s newly launched Year of the Cowgirl destination, the “What You Didn’t Do” singer opened up about the impact female country singers are having on the genre, her upcoming tour and simple joys.
“I feel like people have really grown with me in this chapter, and it feels so good,” Pearce, 34, says of hummingbird. “I’ve been working on this album for a long time and I really wanted people to feel that you can get through anything if you really put your mind to it and try really hard to believe that there’s more to life than what you’re going through.”
She adds, “I feel like people were really receptive to it and needed that feeling.”
These days, the singer of the song “We don’t fight anymore” feels “calm because she knows who I am and what’s important to me.”
Carly Pearce in Los Angeles on August 7, 2024.
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The journey wasn’t easy, she admits: it took “a lot of life experience and a lot of looking in the mirror and going to therapy and doing work and wanting to dig myself out of the circumstances I was in.”
On Wednesday, August 7, Pearce performed at Spotify’s Year of the Cowgirl event, which also featured a DJ set by Brandi Cyrus and a performance by Carter Faith. Reflecting on the influence women are having in country music, Pearce says country music fans want to feel “empowered” and “understood.”
“The stories that a lot of female country artists sing talk about these themes and make people feel connected and empowered, like they can do anything,” she says. “I think that’s a really important thing no matter how old you are.”
During the Year of the Cowgirl destination, country music fans will have a place to go for all their favorite country artists, playlists, podcasts and audiobooks.
Next, Pearce will embark on his Hummingbird World Tour, which kicks off on October 3rd in the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario. The tour will run through major cities in North America, Europe and the United Kingdom for more than 40 shows before ending in Nashville. She will be joined on select dates by Karley Scott Collins, Matt Lang, Wade Bowen and Faith.
“This is going to be my biggest tour yet, and I’m just building on what I’ve realized over the last few years as far as who I am as an artist, what the fans expect from me, how I can bring the show bigger and better than ever,” she says.
“There’s a lot of music and a lot of things to celebrate that have happened in the last five years. I’m just excited to be able to do it in the biggest way possible yet,” she continues.
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Carly Pearce performs in Los Angeles on August 7, 2024.
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Her must-haves on tour, she says, are “red wine, a good pair of running shoes, lots of lip gloss [and] my Shih Tzus, Johnny and June.”
“Having my dogs really helps me feel at home and connected to my happy place,” she says. “I try to bring things from home that make me feel normal. I cook on the bus, I have photos and things that remind me of my life. I have really cute bedding. Just little things that make me not feel so isolated.”
On Friday, August 2, Pearce made headlines after she briefly paused her set at We Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota to remove a visitor from her performance, before revealing that the visitor had been “mean” and treated her with “disrespect”.
Reflecting on the situation, the “Oklahoma” singer says that people should be “reprimanded for their actions.”
“You can’t be mean to people and expect people to tolerate it,” she says. “Especially as women, we’re conditioned to just accept it and I want that stigma to go away because we deserve to be able to stand up for ourselves. People need to be kinder. I hope people are better and maybe think before they speak.”
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