“This started off as writing a break-up song," Molly Tuttle says of "Old Me (New Wig)," a new song from her upcoming album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine. "We wanted every line to be kind of a zinger. And then we got to the chorus, and it turned into a song about leaving all these things behind that don’t serve you anymore."
Molly Tuttle has released “Old Me (New Wig),” a new single from her upcoming album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, due August 15 on Nonesuch Records.
“This started off as writing a break-up song. We wanted every line to be kind of a zinger. And then we got to the chorus, and it turned into a song about leaving all these things behind that don’t serve you anymore. Parts of yourself that really aren’t in your best interest, like low self-esteem, or not feeling confident,” Tuttle explains. “That is another theme of the record that inspired the album title and the cover art. Those are all things I’ve struggled with through the years—just feeling like an impostor, like I wasn’t good enough. And I like singing this song because there are days I’m still telling myself to leave that stuff behind.”
Earlier this month Tuttle was profiled by CBS Saturday Morning’s Anthony Mason and played songs from So Long Little Miss Sunshine including lead single “That’s Gonna Leave a Mark,” about which NPR Music’s Ann Powers said, “My Nashville faves are pushing boundaries … Molly Tuttle continues to defy bluegrass’s rules with the Muna-esque ‘That’s Gonna Leave a Mark.’ Love these self-defining women!” Holler called the song "an effortlessly cool blast of breezy, soft pop-tinged country-folk more reminiscent of recent releases by Haim or Kacey Musgraves and if the rest of the album is anything like this it Molly Tuttle will be the soundtrack of our Summer in 2025" upon its release. The song is already her most successful radio track, landing at #1 on Americana Radio, a career-peak, and debuted in the Top 20 at AAA, a career first.
Recorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Orville Peck, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson), the fifth full album from the singer, songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist marks a sonic departure from her recent work. Tuttle says, “I’ve been wanting to make this record for such a long time. Part of me was scared to do such a big departure, and that went into the album title.” Eventually, she decided, “‘You know what? I’m just not going to care what people think. I’m going to do what I want.’”
Tuttle and her new live band will be on the road for the majority of the remainder of the year, with fifty-eight shows through mid-December. Tickets are available now at nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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