NASHVILLE, Tenn.-The short hiatus country vocal trio Lady Antebellum announced in 2015 kept them apart for longer than they had been in a decade. Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley went in different directions on their solo albums, while Dave Haywood honed his skills as a producer.
So when they did reunite in the studio last year, they spent as much time together as possible. "We lived together for two months pretty much, half of it in Florida and half of the other time we wrote and recorded in Los Angeles," Scott, 30, said.
On Thursday, the Grammy-winning vocal group released a new single, "You Look Good," from their forthcoming album "Heart Break," coming out June 9, which is their first new album since their 2014 album, "747." The single mixes a dazzling horn section with a swaggering bass riff that reflects the band's sun-filled days in the Hollywood Hills and white sand beaches of Florida.
"I think we wrote half the record, the majority of half the record, in three or four days when we were down in Florida," Kelley said.
The time apart, however brief, was just the reset the band needed after a decade of grinding through five studio albums and numerous arena tours.