Country Music Star Alana Springsteen Credits Keith Urban With Changing Her Life As Child

Alana Springsteen is astir to spell connected circuit pinch Keith Urban, who changed her life without moreover knowing it. 

"Keith is 1 of those guys that I’ve looked up to for truthful long," Springsteen told Fox News Digital during her first ever quality astatine nan Stagecoach Festival. 

"I don’t cognize if he knows this, but he fundamentally taught maine really to play guitar erstwhile I was nine-years-old. I conscionable retrieve having his records connected repeat, trying to study those licks, those riffs, conscionable obsessed pinch his songwriting, obsessed pinch everything he does, truthful to beryllium connected circuit pinch him is truthful special." 

The 24-year-old first met Urban astatine a show astatine nan Ryman Auditorium successful Nashville, past again astatine Summerfest successful Milwaukee. 

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Alana Springsteen told Fox News Digital Keith Urban changed her life erstwhile she listened to his music.  (Michael Buckner 2023 Penske Media/Scott Kirkland; )

"He really asked maine to travel up and singing ‘We Were Us’ pinch him, truthful that was nan first clip we really connected, and that was truthful special," she recalled. "I emotion that song. I conscionable dream I did Miranda [Lambert] proud, it’s truthful iconic." 

She continued, "And from that constituent on, we conscionable deed it off, and I’m truthful grateful he asked maine to travel retired connected this tour. He’s an unthinkable entertainer, 1 of my favourite unrecorded shows I’ve ever seen, truthful I conscionable can’t hold to learn from him and can’t hold to talk much and person that family experience."

Springsteen will circuit pinch Urban for his High and Alive World Tour kicking disconnected this month.

Springsteen and Urban connected done nan state euphony scene, and she will circuit pinch him this summer.  (Tibrina HobsonCBS via Getty Images)

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Springsteen besides wrote her first opus astatine nan property of nine, astir nan clip she discovered Urban’s music.

"It was called ‘Fairy Tale,’" she said. "And moreover backmost then, astatine 9 years old, I was obsessed pinch love, conscionable specified a romantic. [I] didn’t cognize nan first point astir emotion aliases heartbreak, but I was penning astir it." 

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The "Goodbye Looks Good connected You" vocalist added, "It was really based connected my parents’ emotion story, really they met, really they fell successful love, each of that. And from penning that song, it was crippled over. I conscionable fell successful emotion pinch nan process of taking what was successful present and getting it out, because that was difficult for maine arsenic a kid to beryllium honest. I was much of an introvert successful a very loud, big-personality family. I was nan 1 that would conscionable find a area successful my room and beryllium down and diary aliases constitute astir my feelings, truthful having that outlet was truthful special." 

Springsteen’s debut album, "Twenty Something," was released successful 2023 to rave reviews.

Springsteen's debut album, "Twenty Something," was released successful 2023. (Omar Vega/WireImage)

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Since then, nan Virginia-born prima has "grown successful truthful galore ways."

"‘Twenty Something’ was a ace individual album. It was my debut album," she told Fox News Digital. "I wanted to benignant of commencement peeling backmost those layers, being existent pinch my fans, telling that communicative of messing it up and figuring it retired and hopefully getting it right. But it was only nan extremity of nan iceberg." 

She continued, "I walked retired of that medium emotion much assured and empowered than I ever have. And it was crazy to watch really that started to alteration things successful my life." 

However, it did item 1 antagonistic point for nan state star.

The 24-year-old is moving connected caller euphony while besides preparing for nan tour.  (Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

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"The group adjacent to maine didn’t ever empower that broadside of me, and that started to raise immoderate alarms for me, and I went, 'I sewage to do immoderate work, there’s much activity that I request to do,' and this adjacent section is that work," Springsteen said. 

When it came to penning her adjacent album, she says, "These songs helped heal me. They are therapy sessions successful nan shape of penning sessions and I reached [a] caller level of extent and vulnerability I didn’t cognize was imaginable for me."

Springsteen sewage nan chance to play immoderate of her caller music astatine Stagecoach, a show she’s "been dreaming" of playing for years.

Springsteen made her Stagecoach debut this year.  (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Stagecoach)

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"It’s an iconic festival, and it feels moreover amended to beryllium retired present successful nan godforsaken successful nan ambiance of it all. We had a batch of rehearsals gearing up for it, there’s a batch of caller songs I wanted successful nan set. I’m astir to participate this adjacent section of music, truthful introducing those caller songs is really important to me."