Back when the world found out that Taylor Swift had written Calvin Harris/Rihanna chart hit "This Is What You Came For" (but before she pettily covered it in concert), we speculated what would happen if Swift worked as a song doctor behind-the-scenes more often. Turns out she has been doing some of that: Country group Little Big Town just revealed that Swift wrote their new single "Better Man."
"['Better Man'] was one that was really special to her … and she thought of us because of the harmonies," the band's Karen Fairchild said in a press conference (via The Tennessean). "The moment that we heard it, we were like, ‘Man that is a song that we’re going to cut."
When the song was released a few weeks ago, they kept the songwriter a secret, saying it was written by "a young girl in Nashville": "We knew we would tell eventually. It was a hard question to dodge for a while," Fairchild said. "At her heart, she is the biggest pop star in the world, but she’s a songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee, and she likes to tell a story."
They decided to reveal the big songwriter's identity in advance of the CMA Awards tomorrow, where they'll perform "Better Man" live. Listen to it below.
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It certainly sounds like an early Swift cut!
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