She's a Wildflower

Album: Wildflower (2011)
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  • The title track of 2011 American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina's debut album was penned by Nashville songwriters Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson and Steven McEwan, but the teenage singer considers it one of the most autobiographical songs on the CD. "'Wildflower' is the perfect name for my first album," she explained. "I would consider myself a wildflower because wildflowers are sweet, but then they have a little bit of spunk to them. I like to have a lot of fun and I'm really sassy, so I feel like a wildflower would be a good description of who I am as a person."
  • Lauren explained to Taste of Country why she considers this cut to reflect not only her, but also other teenage girls of her age: "I'm definitely a wildflower and I feel that there are tons of girls out there that are wildflowers. It talks about this girl who views herself as not all that. She thinks that she is not good enough. She has a crush on this boy, but she thinks she is invisible to him, so she never says anything. As a teenage girl, you are your own worst critic. You think other people are putting you down, but really it's you putting yourself down. You are the one who thinks you don't look good in a certain outfit or that your hair isn't fixed perfectly. You might think a guy doesn't like you because of this or that. But, really deep down we are too shy to approach the people and ask them. That is how we are built. I am one of the most open people in the world, but I wasn't like that until a few years ago. I know how it feels to feel like you aren't good enough. In elementary school, I was a lot different. When I first heard the song, it made me want to cry because I remember being the freckled-face little girl with a big gap in her teeth. The boys all liked this other girl in elementary school, and no one liked me. I was the one who wanted to throw the football with them and play outside. The older I got, I realized that guys like that, but they just don't want to admit it. The song represents how girls always put themselves down when they are really wildflowers and they need to bloom."
  • Wildflower was produced by Bryon Gallimore, who has also worked with such artists as Sugarland, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

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