Lauren Watkins’ latest single, “Lose My Cool,” is evidence that she’s only growing bolder. This sultry, swagger-filled track, new today via Big Loud Records, is her first new release since her 2024 full-length debut, “The Heartbroken Record,” and you’d be hard-pressed not to feel this is the start of a new chapter for this artist, one in which stakes are higher, feelings are more profound and songwriting is razor-sharp.
With “Lose My Cool,” Watkins sheds the well-groomed linings of the average love song and replaces them with something much more gritty, the bracing thrill of giving someone access, even after promising you wouldn’t. Co-written by Watkins herself with powerhouse songwriters Nicolle Galyon and Rodney Clawson and produced by her husband, Will Bundy, the track is a snapshot of vulnerability wrapped up in grit.
The production is crisp but never slick, yielding to Watkins’ smoky, unvarnished vocals. There’s a smirk in the way she delivers it, a knowing wink as if she’s in control, even as she’s tumbling headfirst. She exchanges sappy metaphors for grounded, gut-punch honesty, nailing that intimate moment when you finally imagine someone might be worth the risk. Lauren is embracing her full power, unapologetically embodying both strength and softness. The fact that the music draws from her real-life romance with Bundy is just frosting on the magic. You can feel the chemistry baked into each beat.
The single’s accompanying music video draws you deeper into Watkins’s moody, magnetic, and unabashed world. It reminds us that country music doesn’t have to raise its voice to stir your emotions. Sometimes, it takes a smoky voice, a killer hook, and a moment of letting go. With “Lose My Cool,” Lauren Watkins shows us what modern country music can do when it challenges itself to be honest. And if this is where she’s going next, we’re all in for one hell of a ride.
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