Besides potential cosmetic changes, Keith Urban has been staying busy in 2021. He not only hosted the American Country Music Awards, alongside Mickey Guyton, but is also on the verge of releasing a new album.
But as Urban told CBS News, it took a while for him to shake off his lockdown routine. "I didn't transition smoothly into this new way of doing things," he shared. "I was gonna put my sweatpants on, sit on the couch, watch TV with the family, and wait 'til the whole thing blows over." The country musician revealed that "the turning point" came after he complained to a friend about how much he couldn't do: "And he said, 'Keith, is there anything that you can do?'"
"And within that call, I started to pivot. And I know it sounds so cheesy, but really, that's what it was. I pivoted over towards what I could do," Urban explained, adding that "probably a good third" of his new album wouldn't have been written, if not for the COVID-19 pandemic. He also described why he was "hopeful" about the world opening back up,
"We will learn so much from this moment, so much," Urban claimed. "And when this comes again – and there's no doubt it will at some point –- we'll be way better prepared for it, and I think just have a new way of doing things. We're always gonna play somehow, some way. We're gonna figure out a way to do it."
