Today, Margo Price releases her official music video for “Hey Child,” the climactic centerpiece of her latest album, That’s How Rumors Get Started (Loma Vista). With a soaring, scorching slow-burn of an arrangement backed by the Nashville Friends Gospel Choir, The New York Times’ T Magazine calls “Hey Child” a standout track that “begs to be played on the open road,” and Esquire hails it “a chest-thumping rallying cry for, as [Price] says, ‘people to get their shit together, in one way or another.’” The new visual delivers a gripping and tenacious depiction of the personal demons that Margo Price has overcome throughout her career, from the jail time she served for substance abuse to the power she has reclaimed from years of tragedy and despair.
“Hey Child” was a song that was written back in 2012 not long after my husband Jeremy and I lost our son Ezra,” says Margo. “We were playing shows with our rock and roll band Buffalo Clover and occupying most of the bars in East Nashville. We had begun hanging with a rowdy group of degenerate musician friends and partying harder than The Rolling Stones…The song was about how many of our talented friends were drinking and partying their talents away but after a few years had passed, we realized it was just as much about us as our friends. I had retired it when the band broke up but Sturgill Simpson resurrected it when he asked me if I would re-record it for That’s How Rumors Get Started.“
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Director Kimberly Stuckwisch says:
“Hey Child’ explores the perpetual cycle of addiction and depression, the scars you carry around with you from its relentless push and pull, and the daily struggle to regain control of what has left you powerless. The video takes on a cyclical journey, starting off with Margo’s ‘mind’ (the camera) being in full control as it pushes and pulls her through the moments and memories that led her to this dark reality. It’s only when she decides to take back control and to face her demons head-on, is she able to run back through her past and out the door, finally breaking free of the relentless cycle.”
On May 28th, for the first time since 2019, Margo Price and her band will headline a concert to an audience of in-person attendees. Announced today, the socially-distanced show will take place outdoors at The Caverns Above Ground Amphitheater in Pelham, TN, where all aspects of the event will adhere to strict guidelines that protect the health and safety of everyone involved. Tickets will be available HERE, beginning at 10am CST this Thursday, January 28th, and a full overview of COVID-19 protocols can be found HERE.
Ahead of The Caverns performance, Price is scheduled to join Chris Stapleton for two shows in April, in addition to an appearance at the socially-distanced Moon Crush Festival. Full tour dates are listed here, and fans can expect to see ferocious sets full of music from That’s How Rumors Get Started. Produced by Sturgill Simpson and co-produced by Margo Price and David Ferguson, the record just underscored another momentous year for Margo Price. She finished 2020 with one of the Top 10 most-played albums and singles on Americana Radio, released her Perfectly Imperfect at The Ryman live album, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CBS This Morning, The Daily Show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Amanpour, Good Morning America, MSNBC and much more. She also brought her Runaway Horses radio show to Spotify, where it will now live as an ongoing podcast. Listen here.