Reba McEntire Is Enjoying Her Musical 'Freedom'

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 07: Host Reba McEntire speaks onstage during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Reba McEntire's latest single "Freedom" from her just-released Stronger than the Truth album, rings true for the country icon at this stage in her life.

Reba says that she doesn’t feel any reservations about singing about any topic. She says, “I am at a great place in my life. So now, I have the freedom, nothing to hold me back, to sing about sad songs, happy songs, story songs. There’s no, ‘Oooh, I don’t want to sing that because that reminds me … Oooh I don’t want to sing that song ‘cause it hurts when I sing it.’”

Reba is on the latest cover of People magazine, talking about having found love again after her painful divorce in 2015 and she says, “I’m very happy, I’m in a real good place. Best time in the world to sing songs like this,” referring to some of the real heartache and heartbreak songs on Stronger Than the Truth.

Reba posted about the song, "Freedom, lovin' you feels like freedom. #StrongerThanTheTruth"

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.