Keith Urban Calls ‘Female’ a ‘Beautiful, Poignant Prayer’

"As a father of two daughters – six and nine – as a husband, as a son, it just resonated with me...," Urban shared. 

Written by Kelly Brickey
Keith Urban Calls ‘Female’ a ‘Beautiful, Poignant Prayer’
Keith Urban; Photo by Erika Goldring/WireImage

When Keith Urban starting making new music in pursuit of his next record, his latest single was love at first listen and he knew he needed “Female” as a part of his latest endeavor.

Relating to the song on a personal level, Urban found that the meaningful lyrics hit him in a way that made him look differently at the world around him. The singer wanted “Female” to represent his thoughts on being a father and husband, as well as a good man during the recent news events and recorded the track as soon as he got his hands on it.

“The song was written by Ross Copperman, Nicolle Galyon and Shane McAnally on October 10 of 2017 and I heard it the very next day. They had done a demo of the song. I got sent the song and remember sitting in the kitchen listening to it, and Shane McAnally sang the demo, so it was already a guy’s voice that I heard singing the song, and it just hit me,” he explained recently. “As a father of two daughters – six and nine – as a husband, as a son, it just resonated with me as just a beautiful, poignant prayer in a lot of ways too; a divinely timed piece that really needed to be put into the world.”

Although Urban didn’t fully expect a powerful song such as “Female” to fall into his lap, he jumped at the opportunity to include the anthem in his recording process and even got his wife, Nicole Kidman, involved to make the message of the song that much greater.

“At the end of the day you never know what a song is going to do and who it’s going to affect, but all I know is for me, personally, when I heard the song the day after it was written, it really moved me very strongly,” the superstar shared. “My wife was listening at the same time, and she had the same feeling about the song. I just said I feel very strongly I want to record this song. Luckily, I was in the middle of making my record and we just went in the studio in my house and recorded it.”

Urban has yet to reveal any firm details about his next album at this time. “Female” is available to stream or download now.