HunterGirl named her debut project Tennessee Girl because the title, like the irresistible EP, is exactly who she is as a singer, songwriter and woman. Her nearly decade-long quest for success and self-discovery, which took her from Nashville’s famed honkytonks to the bright lights of network TV, eventually brought her right back home to Winchester, Tennessee, where she found her true voice.

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As she demonstrates on Tennessee Girl, there are many sides to her warm and engaging personality. She can be both rebellious and vulnerable, confident and insecure. Whatever her mood, the common thread that flows beautifully through the songs on Tennessee Girl is raw honesty.

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“When I was writing songs for the project, I wanted every song to be me, every word, something that I’ve been through,” says Hunter, who wrote or co-wrote all six songs on the project produced by Lindsay Rimes and Greg Bates. “People say, ‘Write from the heart,’ but it’s scary! My heart is a scary place.”

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“I feel like I was going deep and pulling things out of my past that I have never told anybody or things I’ve never dealt with before. This project was my therapy session, but also my party session, and all of these different things that make me who I am. With every song on this EP, it is all true; it is all me. It is scary sometimes to be yourself, but I have never been prouder to be me and to be a Tennessee girl.”

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“I’ve divided the songs in my head, calling some of them Blue Jean Country, which is me writing in my bedroom, like ‘Ain’t About You.’ Then, ‘Bad Boy’ is like the leather jacket side of my personality, so there’s a little bit of Blue Jean Country and a little bit of Leather Jacket Country. But it’s all me.”