Lady Antebellum's new album Ocean was a project full of "firsts" for the trio - a new label, a new producer, and their first collaboration.
"There were a lot of things that were brand new for us, so I think for that reason as well, it was like we were starting all over again," notes Hillary Scott in a statement from the band's label. But there was one question that that new producer (Dan Huff) posed to the band, that completely dictated the direction they were going to go in.
"The last two records felt a little bit more on the poppier side," recalls Charles Kelley. "So it was funny when we had our first kind of meeting, they said, 'When you're long gone, what are the three songs you want to be remembered for? What defines you guys?'
"I said, 'Well, it's gotta be 'Need You Now,' 'Run to You' and probably something like 'American Honey,' and they were all off the first two records.' And so we were like, let's get back to that sound. At the end of the day, the core of us and what I think people early fell in love with us for was that kind of warmth and that sound, and so Dan Huff really helped us capture that."
