{"id":6538,"date":"2025-12-04T08:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=6538"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:15:33","slug":"ashley-cooke-is-opening-up-about-my-worst-fear-and-the-quiet-unspoken-pressures-that-women-in-country-music-face-every-day-she-revealed-that-honest-late-night-conversations-with-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=6538","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Cooke is opening up about \u201cmy worst fear\u201d and the quiet, unspoken pressures that women in country music face every day. She revealed that honest late-night conversations with Carly Pearce and Kelsea Ballerini have helped her navigate the same complicated emotions the three stars are now pouring into their newest music. For Cooke, letting down her guard isn\u2019t weakness \u2014 it\u2019s the beginning of telling the truth… full video below \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past few weeks, Ashley Cooke has released her brand-new project, ace, performed at both the Grand Ole Opry and the TODAY Show, delivered a powerful rendition of \u201cGod Bless America\u201d at WWE Monday Night Raw inside Madison Square Garden, and walked the red carpet at the CMA Awards. All of this momentum leads back to ace, a nine-track collection that pulls straight from the most personal corners of her life over the past two and a half years.<\/p>\n

The project features songs like the fiery new single \u201cthe hell you are,\u201d now at country radio, the reflective \u201cgettin\u2019 old,\u201d and the raw, vulnerable \u201cmy worst fear,\u201d which confronts the harsh realities of chasing big dreams and the sacrifices that come with them.<\/p>\n

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Since its release, fans have been quick to notice the parallels between Cooke\u2019s \u201cmy worst fear,\u201d Carly Pearce\u2019s \u201cDream Come True,\u201d and Kelsea Ballerini\u2019s \u201cI Sit in Parks,\u201d noting how all three songs share an honest look into the choices women make in pursuit of their dreams.<\/p>\n

While backstage at the 59th Annual CMA Awards, Cooke opened up about her friendship with Pearce and Ballerini and their shared experiences in the industry.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think we all have talked about it quite a bit, me, Carly, and Kelsea. And that\u2019s the beauty of having friends in the industry because we all want each other to win. And not just for the sake of saying it on an interview, we just genuinely want each other to succeed,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n

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She added that beneath all the success and whirlwind moments, there\u2019s a shared feeling of longing and reflection that makes these songs hit a little deeper.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut I think all of us in music are just trying to say, we\u2019re so thankful for what we\u2019ve worked for and the successes that we\u2019ve had so far. But there\u2019s also things that we feel like we\u2019re missing. And I think Kelsea\u2019s song, for example, that lyric of, \u2018I wonder if she wants my freedom like I want to be a mother.\u2019 I think that encompasses it so perfectly because it\u2019s not that we don\u2019t love our freedom and we don\u2019t love the lives that we have and the crazy experiences that we get to have,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s more we all kind of want it all. We can\u2019t have everything. And so it\u2019s like this emotion of \u2018what am I missing? What am I giving up to have what I have currently?\u2019 And I think that moms feel that way, and successful artists feel that way. And all across the board, we all think about what we\u2019re missing when we have what we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This sentiment is expressed throughout \u201cmy worst fear,\u201d which was written by Cooke alongside Emily Weisband, Johnny Clawson, Kyle Sturrock, Seth Ennis, and Joe Fox. Click below to listen.<\/p>\n