Music Minute - Leah Marie Mason: Me Or My Hometown

 

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Leah Marie Mason has a way of honing in on a particular emotion and writing an achingly poignant song about it. Her new single,  “Me Or My Hometown,” is out now and sheds light on the melancholy emotions that creep in when realizing so much has changed since leaving the place you grew up. Accompanied by ethereal production featuring an acoustic guitar, the track written by Mason, Nelly Joy and Jason Reeves recounts a recent, bittersweet trip home to her small town. “Me Or My Hometown” serves as the most recent release from her just announced debut EP, Honeydew & Hennessy, due April 14.    LISTEN: “ME OR MY HOMETOWN”   “I was feeling extremely homesick this past summer and was also going through somewhat of a quarter-life crisis, so I booked a flight back home to clear my head and feel some sense of normalcy. It was nice at first, but the longer I stayed, the more I noticed it was different,” Mason candidly shares.  "When you're in college it doesn't seem so big, so permanent…my home didn't feel like home anymore and it was the weirdest feeling. This song is an internal dialogue of how I was feeling at that moment.”   Mason's introductory project Honeydew & Hennessy (4.14) will feature fan favorites “Holy Water” and “Trust Fund Cowboy” as well as unreleased songs “Montana Fantasy” and “Red Ruby Boots.” With Mason credited as a writer on all six tracks, the EP will serve as a warm introduction to the rising artist as she narrates the moments that have shaped her. Exploring themes like self-discovery, heartbreak, and her hopes for the future, the debut collection illustrates her ability to delve into the complexities of personal experiences with a gentle, melancholic touch, sure to evoke a sense of nostalgia from listeners far and wide.    After following her dreams to Nashville in 2019, Mason continues to turn heads with her diary-like lyricism and her fresh, airy vocals. With over tens of millions of views on TikTok and over 20M streams across platforms, Mason is ready to leave a profound impression on her organically grown fanbase and showcase her unique artistry to a broader audience. For more information, visit leahmariemason.com and keep up with her on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

ABOUT LEAH MARIE MASON: Leah Marie Mason never tries to be perfect. Instead, the North Carolina-born and Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and artist allows her edges to frame an intimate and infectious brand of Country that could resonate from a smalltown to the top of a big city. By doing so, she energizes the genre with universal pop appeal. By the age of eleven, Leah started performing in a classic rock band with her older brother, belting out Heart and Pat Benatar covers. After a year at Berklee College of Music, she brought her talents to Nashville's Belmont University. Inspired by everything from the classic songwriting of George Strait, bluegrass of The Steeldrivers, and 21st century sound of Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa, she spent countless hours writing and honed a sharp signature style, resulting in her debut single “Far Boy.” Taking the reins of her career, Leah watched YouTube tutorials about uploading media to Spotify, outsourced cover art, and finally decided to launch a TikTok page to promote “Far Boy.”  The song played over a video captioned, “I called my ex to hang out so he could listen to this song I wrote about him,” and it organically exploded with 13M views. After amassing tens of millions of views on TikTok and cracking over 20M streams across platforms independently, Leah readies her debut EP Honeydew & Hennessy which will release on April 14, 2023, a collection of six carefully crafted tracks that serve as a time capsule for the growth and changes her life experiences have brought her. Continuing to magnify the scope of Country and the accessibility of pop all at once through her raw and vulnerable storytelling, “my only hope is that it can inspire someone else as well,” Leah states.