Interview with Justine Blanchet
Quebec's Justine Blanchet drops by the podcast to share hew new single with us!\n\nWhile Justine\xa0divides her time between her native city of Montreal and Nashville, \u201cHard to Love\u201d represents a lot of notable Nashville firsts for her.\n\nIt\u2019s her first collaboration with hitmaking Nashville producer Danick Dupelle (Emerson Drive, Tebey, Tyler Joe Miller, Matt Lang), her first single to be produced in Music City, and the upcoming music video was also filmed there. This single is also the first release from her debut EP that will drop in 2023. She\u2019ll be returning to Nashville in the fall to finish it.\n\nWritten by a trio of noted songwriters - Courtney Cole, Derrick Southerland, and Kelly Archer \u2013 \u201cHard to Love\u201d offers an inviting country flavour crossed with modern pop in its examination of love that\u2019s just out of reach.\n\n\u201cHard to Love\u201d follows eight past single releases for Justine \u2013 including 2019\u2019s \u201cStrong\u201d (over 175K streams on Spotify) and 2021\u2019s \u201cGet Out of the Mud\u201d (#4 on CBC Country/Sirius XM) \u2013 and live show highlights like the Festival Country Lotbini\xe8re, the Gatlingburg Songwriter\u2019s Festival, Big Valley Jamboree, the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, and a pair of Diamonds in the Rough showcases during Canadian Country Music Week.