Amy Russell is ready to start her career after entering his Top 5 American Idol. Just days before the show's finale on Sunday, singer and Loretta Lynn's granddaughter released her single “Redemption,” written about her experience after a “painful breakup.”
“There was a time when I put all my worth in someone else's hands. “But eventually I had to realize that I was constantly being tossed between 'I love you' and 'I don't love you,'” Russell said in a statement. “This song represents my decision to no longer be the person you go back to when it's convenient. I tell him “it's over”.
“I found my redemption in being alone and admitting to myself 'I don't deserve this', which led me to a door I longed to open… I finally realized my worth by looking to God, letting go of the truth that 'I am loved' is sinking,” he added. “Now I know, no man, no man, can take that away from me. I am loved and, now, this is my redemption.”
Russell's single release comes ahead of his finale American Idol on Sunday, which will see the competition crown either Abi Carter, Jack Blocker or Will Moseley. Russell made it to the Top 5 and was eliminated from the show last weekend.
Russell made headlines earlier this year after she auditioned with an original song called “Skinny” and revealed she was Lynn's granddaughter. Russell also covered Lynn's “Coal Miner's Daughter” during an episode last month.
Russell comes from a long line of musicians, including her grandmother, a country legend, but the young musician knows all too well the pressure that comes with it.
“When I was 15, she put her guitar down on me at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. “'You're the only one I feel like you should carry this,' but at 15 you don't know how to carry such a heavy weight,” she said recently. Rolling rock. “And so my process was interesting. My musical journey has been very interesting in learning how to carry it properly instead of letting it crush me.”
He added: “Meemaw gave me that guitar so there's something to it. He saw something in me and he has a lot of grandchildren who sing, so there must be something there. I've always written, I've always been a creative person, and so maybe there's a legacy there that I can carry, but in a different way than I thought. I thought I had to be just like her. I feel like I'm more like her than when I was trying to be like her.”
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