Meet Brittney Spencer, the Country Artist Taking Over Nashville One Song at a Time


I talk to Mickey like every day. I was just answering the phone, but I didn’t know that she was going to ask me this life-altering question. It was definitely a moment that blew my mind and just being on that stage…getting to sing such a vulnerable song next to one of the most vulnerable people in music, I think, in the last few years. I can’t name an artist who has been more vulnerable, more honest, and has met every challenge as well as Mickey has. Aside from being my friend, I have the utmost respect for her. Standing next to her and Madeline and performing this song about our Blackness was country as hell. It was Black as hell. It was everything to me. When people look back on what happened in country music in 2021, what we were able to do on that stage together is definitely one of the highlights.

How has your fashion evolved over the years as a country artist?

I love fashion, and I’ve been experimenting more. I love style, and I’m learning so much about what translates on stage, in person and on camera. It’s a whole process. I feel like so many times people get the perspective of an artist who already has everything together and it’s been tested and tried. But I’m a new artist and I’m still just trying things out. I’m still testing the waters and saying, “Maybe I like denim right now. Maybe I like fringe. Maybe I like a coat that goes all the way down to the floor. Maybe I should wear a coat on stage. Maybe coats aren’t just for outside.”

It’s hard as an artist, though, because you’re doing it all in public. So if you fail, you fail in public. If it succeeds, people remember it because it worked. In the age of branding, not being afraid to be known for trying things out is so dope to me. I never wanted to be the artist that had the same hairstyle all the time. I never wanted to be the artist that was known for always wearing the same kind of dress or the same kind of outfit or having the same makeup all the time. It’s so easy to fall into that. Being an artist where people recognize your style without it always having to be so singular has been really important and really fun.

With such a busy schedule, how do you carve out time for self-care?

Honestly, I’m very introverted and a borderline recluse so any chance that I get to be by myself is very helpful. If I don’t have to be on the road, I stay to myself and I try to do things that pull my mind away from anything that actually really matters in life. I’ll watch a TV show or I’ll meet up with friends…people who are easy to be around. I like hiking a whole lot. I hate driving, but there is a place that I like to go to in East Nashville and spend some time out there. I love the woods, so I’ll go out there. I talk to my family a whole lot. I have simple pleasures. I love buttons and stickers and right now I’m enjoying getting new ones for my new guitar. It’s all weird stuff. It sounds so stupid when I say it out loud [Laughs]. But those are things that genuinely make me happy.



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