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“Because these songs are so real to me, that’s why I feel them so deeply. Acting is as real as it may be, but music is so personal. It’s my life.” That’s especially true on thirty one, where Kramer shows she can craft a narrative and a compelling melody in addition to someone in her genre. “When I first got to Nashville, I used to be so shy and timid, knowing that I used to be writing songs with people who had written a million Number Ones,” she admits. “But then I realized I have stories to tell too. So I came into the new album knowing exactly what I wanted to write — and it needed to be 100 percent about my life.” If anything, Kramer admits, this means being even more country than much of what defines that genre at the present time. “I did not wish to follow what other people are doing,” she says. “Of course, I love a large number of what I hear on country radio. But I definitely feel that Scott and I did a great job of bringing in elements of today’s sound at the same time as keeping that country element I identify with too.”