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Ashley Cooke revealed new details about her upcoming chapter on Monday morning (October 20).
The award-winning singer-songwriter is slated to deliver her new 9-track collection, ace, next month. She explained that she selected the title because “growing up, my dad gave me this nickname: Ace. I'm not sure if it was his love of blackjack or because it's kind of my initials, but nonetheless, it just stuck. It makes me think of the person that I am, truly, to my core, behind closed doors.”
So far, Cooke has released “the f word,” “the hell you are,” “swear words” and “tin foil hat (panic attack version)” from the soon-to-debut album, which was produced by Dann Huff. The full track list includes:
- gettin' old (Ashley Cooke / Johnny Clawson / Kyle Sturrock)
- baby blues (Ashley Cooke / Johnny Clawson / Kyle Sturrock / Seth Ennis / Joe Fox)
- the f word (Emily Weisband / Lori McKenna / Gordie Sampson)
- talk about (Ashley Cooke / Emily Weisband / Chase McGill / Chris LaCorte)
- the hell you are (Ashley Cooke / Emily Weisband / Chase McGill / Seth Ennis / Joe Fox)
- swear words (Ashley Cooke / Johnny Clawson / Kyle Sturrock / Seth Ennis / Madeline Merlo / Joe Fox)
- excuses (Ashley Cooke / Johnny Clawson / Kyle Sturrock)
- tin foil hat (panic attack version) (Emily Weisband / Seth Ennis / Mike Robinson)
- (my worst fear) (Ashley Cooke / Emily Weisband / Johnny Clawson / Kyle Sturrock / Seth Ennis / Joe Fox)
“It's been about two and a half years since my debut record was released,” Cooke said, nodding to her 24-track album, shot in the dark, which arrived in July 2023. “So many incredible, bucket-list things filled the days after with the best people I could ever imagine getting to share them with. But life has a funny way of spitting rain when you think it's gonna be a sunny day. I swear, one thing hit after another. I lost some of the most important people in my life, and health issues in my family piled up left and right. Love came, and love went.
“This music is derived from those real situations,” she continued as she moves into her ace era. “It's brutal honesty. It's a story in chronological order. And it's a collection of songs welcoming you to the next chapter. This is ace. Make yourself at home.”
Cooke’s new project, ace, will arrive on November 14.