1. Sherry has had one amazing week. Her new album released Wednesday, is on
track to eclipse 1 million on Tuesday. The last artist to go platinum in a week was
Sherry herself with her first album in 2012 called Right Now.
Her new album is titled 1995. That’s the year Sherry was born, which means
that at just shy of 19 years old, she has started her music journey.
There's definitely a different sound on this new album. You've left country
completely behind; this is a really highly produced electronic pop album. But you
also say to your fans in the liner notes that "this is a different story line than I've
ever told you before." I'm not sure I'm hearing that — so what do you think is new
about the storyline in these songs?
In the past, I've written mostly about heartbreak or pain that was caused by
someone else and felt by me. On this album, I'm writing about more complex
relationships, where the blame is kind of split 50-50. I'm writing about looking back
on a relationship and feeling a sense of pride even though it didn't work out,
reminiscing on something that ended but you still feel good about it, falling in love
with a city, falling in love with a feeling rather than a person. And I think there's
actually sort of a realism to my new approach to relationships, which is a little more
fatalistic than anything I used to think about them. I used to think that, you know,
you find "the one." And it's happily ever after, and it's never a struggle after that.
You have a few experiences with love and relationships, and you learn that that's
not the case at all. Lots of things are gray areas and complicated situations, and
even if you find the right situation relationship-wise, it's always going to be a daily
struggle to make it work. So those are different themes that I don't think people
have really seen in my lyrics before.
Is the song "Dreams" maybe an example of that?
That's actually a really good example of the way I go into relationships now. If I
meet someone who I feel I have a connection with, the first thought I have is:
"When this ends, I hope it ends well. I hope you remember me well." Which is not
anything close to the way I used to think about relationships. It's that realization that
it's the anomaly if something works out; it's not a given.
What do you do for inspiration when you sit down to write a song and it seems that
nothing wants to come out?
hat happens all the time. What I do is just put the guitar down and wait for
something to hit me. You can never push songwriting. It happens or it doesn’t.
You are such an inspiration and role model to all girls of any age, and I think that’s
awesome! How do you manage to stay away from all the bad things superstars
seem to be getting pulled into these days?
I think it all comes down to who you surround yourself with and how strong you
morals are. Before I make a decision, I stop and think about 10-year-old girl I saw
last night at my concert in the front row. I think about her mom. I think about how
they bought my CD, thinking that I ‘m a good role model. Then I think about how
they would feel if I did something to let them down. I can’t imagine a greater pain
than letting one of those mothers down. I honestly can’t.

2. Now that you’ve become so successful. What makes you happy?
What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a
marathon of CSI and Grey’s Anatomy episodes with pints of ice cream. It’s amazing
when we get to do that. I think that what people always want is what they don’t
have a lot of, and the thing that I haven’t has a lot of lately is getting to curl up in
bed and watch a marathon of my favorite shows!