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Maddie And Tae: New EP is Their Boldest Move Yet

Maddie & Tae’s One Heart to Another EP is out today (April 25), and the duo says it’s the boldest and most truthful music they have made to date. Tae Dye…

Maddie And Tae's Boldest Move Yet
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Maddie & Tae's One Heart to Another EP is out today (April 25), and the duo says it's the boldest and most truthful music they have made to date.

Tae Dye explains, “We chose ‘One Heart to Another’ to be the title track because when we wrote it, it was a really special day. We were pretty much in between our deals at the point and were very confused and very just insecure as people, and songwriters and a duo. And you know, it was just one of those days we went into a writing room and just didn’t care what anyone would think about the music we were writing.

Dye continued, "We just thought ‘You know what? Let’s write something that means something to us, and let’s say stuff we’ve never said, be bold, tell the truth.’ So, that really is what shaped the entire record at that point. Was just kind of being bold and being unapologetic about it, and so ‘One Heart to Another’ just fit that perfectly.”

Maddie Marlow adds, “And it is one heart to another. It’s our heart to our fans. So, it was kind of that song means a couple of different things. Like Tae said, writing ‘One Heart to Another’ gave us the confidence to continue on and to continue with this project. So, it’s our little song that started it for us.”

They posted to Instagram this morning, "We had the privilege of working with the baddest producers and musicians to make these songs come to life. What a blessing it is to do what you love with who you love. Enjoy these five little babies of ours!"

The new EP features the duo's latest single "Die of A Broken Heart."

Maddie & Tae will join Carrie Underwood’s "Cry Pretty Tour 360," kicking off May 1st in Greensboro, North Carolina.

-Nancy Brooks

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.