Keith Urban’s latest release, Graffiti U, will be released on vinyl July 27th, along with two of his previous releases – Be Here and Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Thing.
The “U” in the title of Keith’s current album came about quite creatively and organically. “Graffiti came, and I didn’t like the word on its own. It felt like it needed one more thing, and I thought, ‘Well, it’s for the audience. It’s for the listener. That’s what I do this for.’ It’s what every artist does it for, because…I said the other day, ‘If an album played in the forest, would anyone ever hear it?’ [laughs] So, the audience is key. The listener is the other half of it. And I thought ‘You! It’s You are the audience.’ So, Graffiti You felt really good, and when I wrote it down, I thought, ‘Well, it shouldn’t be Y-O-U. It should be just the letter U to really personalize it.’”
Keith, who’s sitting inside the Top 5 on the country charts with “Coming Home,” will take his Graffiti U World Tour to Salt Lake City on Friday (July 13th), Denver on Saturday (July 14th) and Albuquerque, New Mexico on Sunday (July 15th).
Audio / Keith Urban explains why he added the letter ‘U’ to the title of his new album, Graffiti U.
DownloadKeith Urban (Graffiti U name) 2 OC: …personalize it. :34
“So, Graffiti came, and I didn’t like the word on its own. It felt like it needed one more thing, and I thought, ‘Well, it’s for the audience. It’s for the listener. That’s what I do this for.’ It’s what every artist does it for, because…I said the other day, ‘If an album played in the forest, would anyone ever hear it?’ [laughs] So, the audience is key. The listener is the other half of it. And I thought ‘You! It’s You are the audience.’ So, Graffiti You felt really good, and when I wrote it down, I thought, ‘Well, it shouldn’t be Y-O-U. It should be just the letter U to really personalize it.’”
