Maddie And Tae On Friendship and Music: 'We Both Found A Really Good Balance'

Maddie And Tae: 'We Both Found A Really Good Balance'

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Maddie & Tae have been making their mark in country music this year with the release of their new project One Heart To Another and as openers on Carrie Underwood's "Cry Pretty Tour."

The women met through a vocal coach when Tae was 15 and Maddie was 16 and they say that they've been best friends ever since.

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Maddie Marlow explains, “There was just something so special between the two of us and the experiences we were writing about and how different and unique [they were]. We just started finding our own sound and our own voice. Just getting to create with your best friend, and also just having someone to lean on and it’s not all on you. You have someone to bounce ideas off of and collaborate with. We both love collaborating, so this is just a perfect…’

Taylor Dye adds, “We found a really good balance. We were so young when we met. And we were just best friends. So, it was a learning process for us to be business partners, but best friends. And we found a great balance.”

The ladies are currently making their way up the country charts with “Die From a Broken Heart.”

-Nancy Brooks

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Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media GroupEditor

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.