Jana Kramer Gets Real About a Past Relationship in ‘Dammit’

"It’s all about surrendering…that it didn’t last, but not being bitter and instead just sitting in it and saying dammit, it really could have been so great," said Kramer.

Written by Kelly Brickey
Jana Kramer Gets Real About a Past Relationship in ‘Dammit’
Jana Kramer; Photo Credit: Courtesy of Sophie Dog Records

Jana Kramer planned the white picket fence dream with a lover before losing it all and only having the house to remember it by in “Dammit.”

The song, penned by Nicolle Galyon and Elizabeth Huett, takes a long, hard look at revisiting the foreseen future once it’s ripped out from underneath someone’s feet. Kramer sings about visiting the home she always wished to share with a former flame, and now all that’s left behind are the supercuts of the future she once banked upon having with her one and only.

Rather than look at the concept as a brokenhearted idea, Kramer thought of “Dammit” to be almost a forgiving track that looked upon love as something great that happened instead of a bitter regret.

“’Dammit’ is authentically me and as true as a song comes for me. It’s all about surrendering…that it didn’t last, but not being bitter and instead just sitting in it and saying dammit, it really could have been so great. We have all been there before,” Kramer told Sounds Like Nashville of the single.

This is the first listen of new music from Kramer in quite a while as she last release “I’ve Done Love” back in 2017 and “Circles” just before then out to radio and streaming.

Kramer’s single, “Dammit,” is out now.