McBride confirmed her new album is tentatively planned for release in September. "We're about three-quarters of the way done. We've been working really hard." The album's first single, "This One's for the Girls," will be sent to radio stations on June 15. It was written by Hillary Lindsey, Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo.
"The song is amazing," McBride said. "It's one of those rare things: an up-tempo song with a real meaty lyric. It basically addresses every state of girlhood and womanhood. It's sort of an empowering little number. Hard to believe, coming from me, I know. It's really inspiring to me and it's fun."
Winning her second consecutive ACM female vocalist award, McBride said she's happy she's not a new artist. "It's really crazy out there right now," she said. "The competition is really tough. It seems like, just my perspective, that our attention span as human beings has gotten really short. It's hard to hit [as an artist], it's harder to get there and it's harder to keep it. I don't know what that says about us as a human race, but I'm glad I'm not just starting out. I will say that. It's really tough." (CMT)