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How Thomas Rhett’s Daughters Helped Him With New Album

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How Thomas Rhett’s Daughters Helped Him With New Album

By Movieguide® Staff

Ahead of the release of his new album “Where We Started” on April 1, singer Thomas Rhett explained how his family helped him decide which songs made the cut.

“I was alone with my thoughts in 2020 and wrote a lot of songs, just me and the guitar and I wanted to write some more things that made my kids smile and made my kids want to dance,” Thomas Rhett, 32, told PEOPLE.

Seeking guidance on which songs to include, Rhett asked his four daughters Willa Gray, 6, Ada James, 4, Lennon Love, 2, and Lillie Carolina, 4 months, and his wife, Lauren Akins.

“I started playing the record and I kept taking notes of the ones they wanted to listen to over and over again. There were five or six on there that now when we get in the car, my 2-year-old will be like, ‘Play daddy song, daddy song,'” he said. “And if it’s not one of those six, even if it’s an older song of mine or a newer one, those are the only six that she cares about. So those made it on the record for sure.”

“You can look at a kid and be like, ‘You’re too young to understand.’ But I feel like kids understand feel-good,” he continued. “That’s the reason ENCANTO is the biggest movie on the planet. I mean, ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ [is played] in my house 48 million times a day, because it feels good. It feels amazing and I want to dance to it. And so I feel like kids have a really good read on what would make other people smile. And I really just started to trust that and listen to it.”

With six studio albums under his belt, Rhett noted that the new album also marks the 10-year anniversary of the day he released his first single, “Something to Do with My Hands,” in 2012.

“Looking back and being like, ‘Golly,’ I can’t believe where we have come in this business compared to playing clubs for 12 people,” he recalled. “Not only that, but even in my marriage and looking back, getting married at the age of 22 and now having four daughters under the age of 6 — it’s kind of a pinch-me moment in a way.”

The Grammy-nominated star said that while he loves to tour, he wants to eventually bring his four daughters with him as he travels across the country.

“In the past I would’ve said yeah, but with four it is nothing short of overwhelming. It’s not just bring your kid to work day, it’s bring your four kids to work day,” he said. “But the older two, I think, are going to come with me quite a bit this year, Ada James and Willa Gray, especially in the summer. You know, they’re old enough that they’ll do me the justice of sleeping until 9:00 in the morning and stay up with me at night and go watch the show.”

“With four kids, it’s hard to give all your kids different alone time. So to be able to bring the older two out with me and just let us three have some dad-daughter time is going to be really special,” he added.

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