As current CMA Awards Vocal Duo of the Year nominees Maddie & Tae prepare to release Everywhere I’m Goin’,the second part of their three-part album this Friday, October 18 (Mercury Nashville), the pair will make an appearance on NBC’s The Kelly Clarkson Show today, 10/14 (check local listings). Discussing their highly-anticipated new music, praised for showing a “more sophisticated side” (Associated Press) with “powerhouse vocals” (Billboard), the five-song collection entirely co-written by Maddie & Tae is produced by Jimmy Robbins and Derek Wells and is continued stories of love, loss and redemption. Throughout the week, the award-winning duo will make several other national appearances on E! and Entertainment Tonight.
The PLATINUM-selling duo, recognized for taking “their live show to the next level” (The Washington Post) and to have a “crowd smoldering with their sassy set” (The Oklahoman), will perform on The Cry Pretty Tour 360 this week in Toronto (10/14), Cleveland (10/16), and Louisville (10/17).
Award-winning duo Maddie & Tae are drawing praise for their new music “anchored around their stellar vocal pairings and some of the tightest harmonies on Music Row” (Rolling Stone). Following the first part of their new album in April which features current single “Die From A Broken Heart,” the next installment will be released on October 18, while “the sound is identifiable while still representing a distinct step forward” (Billboard). Maddie & Tae first broke out in 2013 with their brilliant take down of bro-country, “Girl In A Country Song,” which took Country radio by storm, skyrocketing to the top of the charts and quickly going PLATINUM. The duo became only the third female duo in 70 years to top the Country Airplay charts, also earning trophies from the Country Music Academy and Radio Disney Music Awards along with multiple ACM, CMA and CMT Award nominations. Receiving widespread praise from NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, Glamour and others, country music’s hottest stars including Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice and Brad Paisley have welcomed Maddie & Tae on the road, with Carrie Underwood recently inviting the duo out as direct support on her 2019 The Cry Pretty Tour 360. For additional information, visit www.maddieandtae.com.
Maddie Marlow of Maddie & Tae has some assistance in planning her upcoming nuptials with husband-to-be Jonah Font. She says he’s actually been a huge help with all of the details that go into planning a wedding.
“Jonah is actually a really, really big help. He, overall, he just takes it. He’ll be like, ‘I’ll take care of it. Don’t worry about it,’” says Maddie. “But we did this together. We did a lot of the (planning), we really had a blast. Everyone said, ‘It’s gonna be so stressful,’ and it was before we had a wedding planner. So, my suggestion to all brides is to get a wedding planner.”
The happy couple have been together about eight years. The two started dating when Maddie was a sophomore in high school, and they were engaged in the spring of 2018. She told People, “I love that we’ve been together for so long before we got engaged because we know everything about each other. We’ve learned how to really love each other, how to communicate and how to be a rock for the other person.”
She can also give a few planning tips to her duo partner and best friend, Tae Dye, since she recently got engaged to boyfriend, songwriter Josh Kerr.
Maddie & Tae, who are burning up the stage on Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty Tour 360, are also heating up the country charts with their massive hit, “Die From a Broken Heart.”
Audio / Maddie & Tae’s Maddie Marlow gives us a wedding update for her upcoming nuptials to her fiancé Jonah.
Maddie & Tae (wedding plans update) OC: …rock and roll. :36 “Jonah is actually a really, really big help. He, overall, he just takes it. He’ll be like, ‘I’ll take care of it. Don’t worry about it.’ But we did this together. We did a lot of the (planning), we really had a blast. Everyone said, ‘It’s gonna be so stressful,’ and it was before we had a wedding planner. So, my suggestion to all brides is to get a wedding planner, ‘cause we had fun, right? (she says to Jonah) Like the catering thing was so awesome, and they sent us a gigantic to-go box of food, with like all of the food that we didn’t eat so we had leftovers for three days and it was delicious, so yeah. It’s been really, really good, and Tae’s dress is ordered and ready to rock and roll.”
Current CMA Awards Vocal Duo of the Year nominees and PLATINUM-selling Maddie & Tae will unveil Part Two of their album on October 18th titled Everywhere I’m Goin’ (Mercury Nashville). Continuing to “usher in their new era” (Billboard), the new music produced by Jimmy Robbins and Derek Wells is anchored by the swaggering stomper “Bathroom Floor,” available now. Written by Maddie & Tae’s Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye along with Josh Kerr, the fiery new track is a resilient response to the award-winning duo’s current single “Die From A Broken Heart,” which continues to strike a deep connection, tallying over 75 MILLION global streams, helping to propel the pair as the Best Streaming Country Female Duo of ALL TIME with 686 MILLION streams worldwide. Meanwhile, “Die From A Broken Heart’s” “revealing” (PEOPLE) videos have mounted over 17.4 million views total, catapulting Maddie & Tae as the top video streaming female artist(s) on Billboard’s Top 200 Streaming Chart for current tracks for multiple weeks.
The EP follows widespread praise for the album’s first part shared earlier this year, propelling critics to note, “a more sophisticated side” (Associated Press) and “their finest moment yet” (Esquire), and is a continuation of stories of love, loss and redemption. The project features the effervescent title track and “Trying On Rings,” which is a true-to-life reflection for Marlow and her fiancé. Later, the award-winning duo reunite with former tour-mate and multi-PLATINUM entertainer Dierks Bentley on a vocal firepower duet, “Lay Here With Me.” Rounding out the project, “Ain’t There Yet,” offers an honest interpretation of healing after heartbreak.
“We are so excited to keep telling our story through this next collection of songs,” shared Marlow. “We are so proud to have co-written all of these songs as well. This project as a whole is super personal, but these five songs in particular take you on an even deeper dive into our lives.”
“We were absolutely blown away by the reaction to the first part of the album,” added Dye. “Hearing our fans relate to our stories is something that will never get old. We can’t wait to continue to show more of our hearts and journey through this next chapter of music.”
Next week, Maddie & Tae will continue to showcase “the stage confidence of a seasoned duo” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) as they resume direct support on Carrie Underwood’s The Cry Pretty Tour 360 hitting the West Coast in San Diego (9/10) and Los Angeles (9/12). The tour routes through several major cities and marquee venues through October 31st.
Award-winning duo Maddie & Tae are drawing praise for their new music “anchored around their stellar vocal pairings and some of the tightest harmonies on Music Row” (Rolling Stone). Following the first part of their new album in April, the next installment will be released on October 18, while “the sound is identifiable while still representing a distinct step forward” (Billboard). Maddie & Tae first broke out in 2013 with their brilliant take down of bro-country, “Girl In A Country Song,” which took Country radio by storm, skyrocketing to the top of the charts and quickly going PLATINUM. The duo became only the third female duo in 70 years to top the Country Airplay charts, also earning trophies from the Country Music Academy and Radio Disney Music Awards along with multiple ACM, CMA and CMT Award nominations. Receiving widespread praise from NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, Glamour and others, country music’s hottest stars including Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice and Brad Paisley have welcomed Maddie & Tae on the road, with Carrie Underwood recently inviting the duo out as direct support on her 2019 The Cry Pretty Tour 360. For additional information, visit www.maddieandtae.com.
As her duo partner and best friend — Maddie Marlow — is getting ready to tie the knot with her longtime boyfriend/fiancé, Taylor Dye (Tae) just revealed she’s engaged to her songwriter boyfriend, Josh Kerr.
Tae announced the engagement with photos showing off her gorgeous sparkler and the moment she said “Yes!”
https://www.instagram.com/p/B18_ejNniRQ/
She writes, “(I) can’t wait to love you forever Joshua Peter Kerr ❤️ WE’RE ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!”
Maddie & Tae are getting ready to head out on the next leg of The Cry Pretty Tour 360 with Carrie Underwood and are heading up the country charts with their current song, “Die From a Broken Heart.”
Maddie & Tae just premiered the behind-the-scenes footage of their video, “Die From a Broken Heart” on People.com. The official video, which just went live a few days ago, already has close to a 1.1 million views, and when fans do a deeper dive into the BTS, they’ll soon discover just how true-to-life the actual video is for Tae Dye, one member of the duo, who suffered a heartbreak just two weeks prior to writing the tune with partner Maddie Marlow, Jonathan Singleton and Deric Ruttan. “Everyone is about to get a front-row seat to my biggest heartbreak,” says Tae, adding, “and I’m terrified.”
Director Carlos Ruiz brought the idea to the pair with Tae acting out the story of the song with Maddie as the “musical narrator.” While the clip doesn’t necessarily echo the reality of Tae’s breakup, the duo did offer up some suggestions.
“This is the most hands on we’ve ever been with a treatment,” says Maddie. “We kinda had the bones, and then we just filled in all the rest. And it was really cool because Carlos (Ruiz) was really kind to let us kind of recreate everything and kind of switch around some things and make it a little more personal. So, it was really cool to get to collaborate together and make this song come to life visually.” Click here for more audio from M&T on making the video for “Die From a Broken Heart.”
The pair has a few dates before rejoining Carrie Underwood and Runaway June on the next leg of the Cry Pretty Tour 360 September 10th in San Diego.
Audio / Maddie & Tae’s Maddie Marlow says they were able to offer up some ideas for the treatment of the video for “Die From a Broken Heart” to make it more true-to-life.
Maddie & Tae (DFABH hands on) OC: …to life visually. :24 MADDIE: “This is the most hands on we’ve ever been with a treatment. We kinda had the bones, and then we just filled in all the rest. And it was really cool because Carlos (Ruiz) was really kind to let us kind of recreate everything and kind of switch around some things and make it a little more personal. So, it was really cool to get to collaborate together and make this song come to life visually.”
On the heels of their “achingly poignant” (Sun-Sentinel) current single “Die From A Broken Heart” mounting over 50 MILLION streams, PLATINUM-selling duo Maddie & Tae are sharing the heart-bending official music video today at 3pm CT with a live chat and viewing on YouTube. In line with the “raw, vulnerable” (The Huffington Post) track, the video’s powerful treatment was predominately written by the award-winning duo, taking fans on a crushing journey through the demise of a young couple’s relationship with Maddie and Tae’s Taylor Dye stepping into the acting chair, while Maddie Marlow sets the scene narrating with striking vocals in the Carlos Ruiz-directed video.
“We knew that with a song like ‘Die From a Broken Heart,’ the music video needed to come from that same vulnerability and that’s exactly what we did,” Taylor Dye shared. “We went back and forth with our director Carlos Ruiz for weeks just trying to make sure we had all the tools to make this story come to life. This music video was healing for me and I hope it plays a part in someone else’s healing as well.”
“Fans can expect to see a completely different side to me,” says Taylor Dye. “I’ve never been the kind of gal who wears her heart on her sleeve, but this is the moment where I just let it all, let it all HANG OUT, BABY!”
“It’s very emotional. It’s probably the most emotional video we’ve ever filmed, and I’m just so proud,” says Maddie Marlow. “Tae just killed it. We’re getting an agent like stat, because she was so good. Yeah. I can’t wait. I hope people can feel the emotion that was put in the song and to the video.”
Maddie & Tae are next slated to appear at The 13th Annual ACM Honors on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Next month, the duo will resume as direct support on Carrie Underwood’s The Cry Pretty Tour 360 with stops at marquee venues like Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center (9.12), Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (9.27) and New York City’s Madison Square Garden (10.2) and more.
Award-winning duo Maddie & Tae are drawing praise for their new music “anchored around their stellar vocal pairings and some of the tightest harmonies on Music Row” (Rolling Stone). Recently releasing their eagerly-awaited EP One Heart To Another, serving as a snapshot of more music to come from the duo later this year, “the sound is identifiable while still representing a distinct step forward” (Billboard). Maddie & Tae first broke out in 2013 with their brilliant take down of bro-country, “Girl In A Country Song,” which took Country radio by storm, skyrocketing to the top of the charts and quickly going PLATINUM. The duo became only the third female duo in 70 years to top the Country Airplay charts, also earning trophies from the Country Music Academy and Radio Disney Music Awards along with multiple ACM, CMA and CMT Award nominations. Receiving widespread praise from NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, Glamour and others, country music’s hottest stars including Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice and Brad Paisley have welcomed Maddie & Tae on the road, with Carrie Underwood recently inviting the duo out as direct support on her 2019 The Cry Pretty Tour 360. For additional information, visit www.maddieandtae.com.
Audio / Maddie & Tae’s Taylor Dye says fans will see a different side to her in the new video for the duo’s single, “Die From a Broken Heart,” while Maddie Marlow raves about Tae’s performance in the clip.
Maddie & Tae (DFABH video) OC: (Maddie) …the video. :33 TAE: “Fans can expect to see a completely different side to me. I don’t want to give too many details away, but yeah, I definitely think, I’ve never been the kind of gal wo wears her heart on her sleeve, but this is the moment where I just let it all, let it all HANG OUT, BABY!” MADDIE: “It’s very emotional. It’s probably the most emotional video we’ve ever filmed, and I’m just so proud. Tae just killed it. We’re getting an agent like stat, because she was so good. Yeah. I can’t wait. I hope people can feel the emotion that was put in the song and to the video.”
Audio / Maddie & Tae talk about the emotions that took place while filming the video for their latest song, “Die From a Broken Heart.”
Maddie & Tae (DFABH video emotions) OC: (Tae) …feel something. :49 MADDIE: “My role in this is kind of being the narrator and watching my best friend go through kind of like how this inspiration started for this song. So, we just both really, really dug into the like just lowest, lowest parts of our (TAE: “Heartache.”). It was tricky, ‘cause I was like I have to be really, really emotional and I feel bad all the camera guys, especially with Tae’s scenes, they’re just like, you could see their eyes welling up watching her and watching me crying.” TAE: “My parents just happened to be in town when we were shooting, so I was like, ‘When else are you gonna be in town when we’re making music videos, so you have to come,’ cause they’ve never seen it. They came and one specific scene – I’m not gonna say what it is – but it made both of my parents cry. And I walked out and my mom had a red nose and my dad’s like, ‘I wasn’t crying. I wasn’t crying.’ (MADDIE: “Awwwwww.”) And I was like, ‘Oh no.’ Well, if it makes my parents cry, hopefully it’ll makes people feel something.”
Maddie & Tae will release the emotional video for “Die From a Broken Heart” on Thursday at 4pm ET/3pm CT. Check back later for audio from the duo on the emotions that went into the clip.
Don’t forget to watch (or set your DVRs) as Keith Urban takes over Central Park for Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series on Friday (August 9th). He’ll perform his latest hit, “We Were,” along with a handful of other of his tunes. All the action begins at 7am on ABC.
Maddie & Tae were so excited to be a part of the lineup for Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty Tour 360, the duo prepped for months to get ready to go on the road. When they saw the massive, intricate stage set up before the first leg of the tour, they were determined to put on a great show.
“I will never forget walking into see the stage for the first time – massive! It’s so much bigger than I thought, ‘cause when we were in the rehearsal space, we had kind of taped off where we thought the stage would be and how big it would be, and people had said, ‘This is the room, but it’s gonna be bigger!’ And my mind couldn’t even comprehend how big it was gonna be and how tall,” recalls Maddie & Tae’s Tae Dye. “So, seeing it for the first time lit up and see Carrie do her thing, it was really awesome. I think that moment just really kind of made it real for us. ‘Oh, we’re direct support. We have to step it up. We have to make sure that we put on a great show and get the crowd ready for Carrie.’”
The pair, who are making their way up the country charts with their song, “Die From a Broken Heart,” have a few dates on the books before starting the next leg of TheCry Pretty Tour 360 September 10th in San Diego. You can also catch the two at this year’s ACM Honors, taking place August 21st at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium..
Audio / Tae Dye from Maddie & Tae talks about seeing the stage for the Cry Pretty Tour 360 for the first time and how she and Maddie Marlow wanted to make sure to put on a great show as direct support for Carrie Underwood.
Maddie & Tae (Carrie set) OC: …get prepared. :36 “I will never forget walking into see the stage for the first time – massive! It’s so much bigger than I thought, ‘cause when we were in the rehearsal space, we had kind of taped off where we thought the stage would be and how big it would be, and people had said, ‘This is the room, but it’s gonna be bigger!’ And my mind couldn’t even comprehend how big it was gonna be and how tall. So, seeing it for the first time lit up and see Carrie do her thing, it was really awesome. I think that moment just really kind of made it real for us. ‘Oh, we’re direct support. We have to step it up. We have to make sure that we put on a great show and get the crowd ready for Carrie.’ So, we worked so hard for months to get prepared.”
Dierks Bentley will take a break from his Burning Man Tour to perform during NBC’s Today Show’s 2019 Citi Concert Series on Thursday (August 1st).
Keith Urban, Maddie & Tae, Barbara Mandrell, Chris Janson, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes and Trisha Yearwood are among the initial list of artists announced for the 13th annual ACM Honors ceremony. The event will take place August 21st at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and will honor Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, Rodney Crowell, Kye Fleming, Billy Joe Shaver, Gayle Holcomb and the film, A Star is Born.
George Strait and Loretta Lynn will be honored at the 2019 Nashville Songwriter Awards. King George will receive the President’s Keystone Award while the legendary Loretta will receive the Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement Award. The 2019 Nashville Songwriter Awards will take place at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium September 17th.
Kassi Ashton will be among the singer-songwriters to perform at BMI’s fifth annual Maui Songwriters Festival December 5th – 7th. The event will also feature performances by Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch, Natalie Hemby and Bob DiPiero.
Maddie & Tae recently wrapped the first leg of Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty Tour 360, and they’re taking a little time off to re-energize and relax. The ladies are not spending time apart, however. The two will vacation together, along with their significant others (Maddie is engaged to Jonah Font, while Tae has been dating hit songwriter Josh Kerr).
“Our summer plans are going to Cabo together very soon,” says Maddie. “Yes, we are celebrating so many things – the tour, my birthday (July 7th) – and we’re getting our hunky men out and we’re doing a couple’s retreat. Wait, is that the movie? Couple’s Retreat? (TAE: “Oh my God!”) Let’s get a crazy yoga instructor. (TAE: “Yeah.”) The boys will freak out. It’ll be awesome. Omigosh. We’ll video it all.”
The duo doesn’t plan on a full itinerary while they’re in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, but they will spend time relaxing and working on their tans.
“I think just turning our brain(s) off. I sometimes think whenever you’re performing in this crazy world that we live in, it’s just hectic and you’re traveling, and just staying put in one place for a week or so and just getting to turn off the brain completely. And then I feel like we’re going to be so creatively, just like, rejuvenated after that,” says Maddie.
Tae agrees, adding, “I’m going to get a real tan, so I can stop putting a fake one on.”
The ladies, who are currently making their way up the country charts with their latest song “Die From a Broken Heart,” have a handful of fairs and festivals on the books before they rejoin Carrie and Runaway June for the second leg of the Cry Pretty Tour 360 September 10th in San Diego.
Audio / MADDIE & TAE'S MADDIE MARLOW REVEALS PLANS FOR A SUMMER GETAWAY WITH HER DUO PARTNER TAE DYE.
Maddie & Tae (summer break 2019) OC: …video it all. (laughs) :25 MADDIE: “Our summer plans are going to Cabo together very soon. Yes, we are celebrating so many things – the tour, my birthday – and we’re getting our hunky men out and we’re doing a couple’s retreat. Wait, is that the movie? Couple’s Retreat? (TAE: “Oh my God!”) Let’s get a crazy yoga instructor. (TAE: “Yeah.”) The boys will freak out. It’ll be awesome. Omigosh. We’ll video it all.” (laughs)
Audio / MADDIE AND TAE TALK ABOUT THEIR PLANS DURING THEIR SUMMER VACATION.
Maddie & Tae (summer break 2019 plans) OC: (Maddie) …yeah. :27 MADDIE: “I think just turning our brain(s) off. I sometimes think whenever you’re performing in this crazy world that we live in, it’s just hectic and you’re traveling, and just staying put in one place for a week or so and just getting to turn off the brain completely. And then I feel like we’re going to be so creatively, just like, rejuvenated after that.” TAE: “I’m going to get a real tan, so I can stop putting a fake one on.” MADDIE: “Yes! We want to get real tans this summer.” TAE: “Tired of it (fake tan).” MADDIE: “Yeah.”
