Come on Over is definitely bringing you away from pop – were you nervous to make that change?
No, I wasn't nervous going in a different direction. I think that more than anything, I was nervous to go through heartbreak all over again while writing the record -- just going back through old relationships and emotions and all that stuff. Of course, stuff that makes me who I am today, but to go back and kind of re-experience it in your mind is not always easy.

Are you ever going back to pop music?
Well, country is more of an honest place for me as an artist. It makes more sense, and it allows me to sing to the best to my ability. It's not really about dancing around or anything like that.

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