Miranda Lambert admits that releasing an album often makes her "get weird".
The singer and songwriter, 42, unveiled her 10th studio record Crisco earlier this month, although she says she felt little anxiety about sharing this collection.
In an interview with Southern Living magazine, she explained: "I always get weird when records come out, because it’s your heart on a page.
"I don’t feel worried about this one, because I never really set out to have any expectation for it except to enjoy it.
"I think that’s a good place to be."
Combining country sounds with disco influences, Crisco takes its title from the vegetable shortening brand commonly used in place of butter or lard for baking and frying.
Raised in Longview, Texas, Miranda described the project as a celebration of the women who have shaped her life, among them her grandmother.
She recalled: "My grandmother did teach me how to fry chicken with Crisco."
Earlier this month, Miranda joked that making it through country music’s male dominated 2010s should earn her a "ribbon".
Reflecting on those years during a Popcast podcast appearance, she said: "In the 2010 era, it was like there were no females at all.
"Carrie Underwood and I made it through pretty much a solid, at least, seven years of only guy artists coming out of country music. It’s like, ‘Wow, this is really off-kilter a little bit.'
Looking back, Miranda considers that decade a particularly difficult period for women working in country music.
She remarked: "We should get a ribbon for surviving that. That was a hard time, honestly."
That shared experience has helped create a close connection between Miranda and Carrie.
She explained: "Carrie and I went to each other’s residencies in Vegas, and it was a really cool bonding moment. We had never seen each other. You know why? There were only two girls for so long. We weren’t playing the same shows ever.
"It was kind of crazy that just three years ago, we finally saw each other’s show for the first time."
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