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Dan + Shay: ‘A Little Bit Stronger’ After Quarantine

Dan + Shay are back in a big way with their brand new single “I Should Probably Go To Bed,” which the guys recorded and produced themselves in Dan’s homemade…

Dan + Shay: 'A Little Bit Stronger'
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Dan + Shay are back in a big way with their brand new single "I Should Probably Go To Bed," which the guys recorded and produced themselves in Dan's homemade studio during the quarantine.

The duo was set to embark on their first huge headlining tour when the pandemic hit in March and the world changed, forcing them to stay home in Nashville.

As Dan shared with us, the pandemic caused the guys to stop and look around them. He said, "I think it caused us to slow down and put things in perspective. Otherwise, we were just running for the last eight years. We were always on the road and never taking a moment to stop and appreciate all the other cool things that we had accomplished along the way. I think this moment is to pause for a little bit and take a look at everything and just be grateful for what we have."

He added, "I know it's been a challenging time for us, for everybody else in the world, but, I think there's been a lot of good lessons that come from this. And I think we're going to come out on this the other side a little bit stronger."

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.