The members of Lady Antebellum really stretched outside of their comfort zone for the band’s new album, 747, which included  working with a new producer in Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, Keith Urban).

“We took a breath last year, had a chance to reset, came back, and said, ‘Let’s try a new producer and let’s try coming at this from a different angle and see where it leads,’” recalls Lady A’s Dave Haywood. “I think once we got in there and really clicked with [Nathan], immediately we were all like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is amazing. Let’s keep going, keep recording with Nathan and see where we end up.’ We kind of hit that writing spree right there in the spring of this year, and we were kind of recording right at the end of that time. He worked so fast and we had everything ready, and we had ‘Bartender’ ready, so he said, ‘Let’s put that out.’”

The just celebrated two weeks at No. 1 with “Bartender,” the lead single from 747, which bows Tuesday (September 30th).

Lady A (changing it up) OC: …with Nathan. 1:20
We took a bunch of stuff in – we didn’t walk in saying, ‘We’re gonna have a record on September 30th, guys! We’ve got to make a date.’ We took a breath last year, had a chance to reset, came back, and said, ‘Let’s try a new producer and let’s try coming at this from a different angle and see where it leads.’ I think once we got in there and really clicked with him immediately, we were all like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is amazing. Let’s keep going, keep recording with Nathan and see where we end up.’ We kind of hit that writing spree right there in the spring of this year, and we were kind of recording right at the end of that time. He worked so fast and we had everything ready, and we had ‘Bartender’ ready, so he said, ‘let’s put that out.’ And we obviously had a couple other ones that were ready that we were choosing amongst, and put that out…It’s just a year, year and a half after the deluxe release of Golden. For us, I don’t think any kind of timing matters. I think fans are always ready for new stuff. I’ve laughed before when we put out a new record, and I see people online that week, say, ‘Cool! Can’t wait for the next one!’ You guys are unbelievable. I think that’s the mentality. People wanna hear something new, the newest thing you’re working on. So, we feel great and just amazing about these 11 songs that we got with Nathan.