Ingrid Andress calls herself a “nerd” for wordplay, so simply the title “Wishful Ingesting” was sufficient to get her excited.
When Sam Hunt agreed to sing on it along with her, she described the sensation as “confetti.”
Andress wrote the track with JP Saxe, Jonny Value, Fortunate Daye, and Rykeyz. She dreamed up the title, “Wishful Ingesting,” years in the past, however when she penned the lyrics to go along with it, she hated them. A few years and far more songwriting expertise later, Andress dusted off the concept to share with the group of her favourite Los Angeles-based songwriters.
“It was a extremely enjoyable track as a result of I really like wordplay,” she stated. “I used to be like that is really form of a bop – one other unhappy bop, traditional Ingrid. That’s what I really like about nation music, attending to play with phrases like that.”
Stylistically, Andress described “Wishful Ingesting” as “very rhythmic” and stated that Hunt’s voice was the one one she may image on the melancholy tune.
“I really feel like Sam makes use of (a number of these parts) in his music,” she stated. “I admire how he stays true to that in all of his music. He simply has this pure swag dripping from him. There’s not a number of work to be performed there.”
Initially, Andress didn’t suppose he would sing it along with her. She is aware of he’s busy and doesn’t do a number of collaborations.
“I didn’t suppose he knew me or cared,” she stated. “I used to be like, ’He in all probability doesn’t even know who I’m. It’s positive.’ It seems he was really a fan and pumped concerning the track. That was fairly mind-blowing to me.”
When Andress heard Hunt’s voice on the track, she admitted she was a little bit jealous.
“I used to be like, ’You sound higher than me on this, and it makes me upset,’” she laughed.
Andress is again within the studio engaged on new music, however don’t anticipate to listen to “Wishful Ingesting” on her subsequent album. She stated the track is a part of its personal period and isn’t indicative of the brand new music she’s making.
“I need this track to be celebrated in its entirety as my first function with one other artist, and I need it to be particular,” Andress stated. “I don’t want it to tie into this album, which I do know is just not regular however right here we’re breaking guidelines daily. I don’t need individuals to be confused and suppose I will probably be residing within the ’70s eternally.”
As for her new music, Andress couldn’t be extra excited.
“It’s dope, and I’m pumped,” she stated, explaining she’s co-producing the mission. “Thank goodness I like my very own music; in any other case, the place would we be?”
