Miranda Lambert Says She Enjoys a Lifestyle Where She Can Always 'Run to Something' — or 'Away If You Need to'

Lambert, whose 'Postcards from Texas' album drops Friday, told Apple Music Country being a musician lets her "chase my dream but also have a piece of home"

Miranda Lambert attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York.
Miranda Lambert at the MTV VMAs on Sept. 11, 2024. Photo:

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Miranda Lambert likes having the freedom to run.

In a new interview for Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country, the country superstar opened up about her connection to a song, "Run," from her tenth album, Postcards from Texas.

Lambert, 40, said her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, encouraged her to record the song, as he did with multiple "vulnerable and raw" tracks on the album. She then opened up about feeling as though she can be a runner in her life.

Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLoughlin attend the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York.
Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLoughlin at the MTV VMAs in New York on Sept. 11, 2024.

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"I think the reason that I love horses, and I love Airstreams, and I love the bus, is because it is a way to run to something, not necessarily away from something… but also away if you need to," she explained.

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The "Wranglers" singer continued, "I think that's why I've always been obsessed with trailers. I don't know if it's growing up on a tour bus or whatever, but I just feel like I can chase my dream but also have a piece of home. And I feel like that's the gypsy lifestyle in me is that's what I love about it."

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Kelleigh Bannen and Miranda Lambert.

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Elsewhere during the chat, Lambert spoke about how "Run" was a song she found difficulty fully connecting with for some time. "I wasn't ever ready to perform it until now," she said.

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"That’s what songs are for, and you may not be ready at that one time to sing about something really raw or sing about alimony," added the Grammy winner. "You might be going through divorce or whatever, you know what I mean? At the time it might not be funny or at the time it might feel too raw, but then it can come back around… And it's an admission of human error too."

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Miranda Lambert performing on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' in September 2024.

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"It's an apology," said Lambert. "But it's also a resolve."

Postcards from Texas comes out Sept. 13. The project, set to feature a collaboration with Parker McCollum, was preceded by lead single "Wranglers" as well as promotional tracks "Dammit Randy" and "No Man's Land."

Lambert's full Apple Music Country interview is available on the streaming service beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Friday.

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