Brett Young is making the most of his time while forced to stay home with his wife, Taylor, and 6-month-old daughter, Presley, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The “Lady” singer recently opened up about his schedule, for Amazon Music’s Take 5 series, revealing the five things he needs to make sure he stays creative, and sane.
1. Movies
“Anybody that knows me, they know that I’m a bit of a couch potato. I’m strange with movies; I do like new movies, but I get really attached to movies, and I never get tired of them. It drives my wife crazy. Just recently, I watched all five Rocky [movies], in one sitting. Not just once, but twice over the course of two weeks. It’s been iPad and headphones in bed, to not wake the baby up with the TV.”
2. Workout and Exercise Space
“For me, right now, it’s just a set of dumbbells that adjust in weight, and a pull-up and dip bar. No matter how much or how little, for my sanity, I need to be able to get a little exercise.”
3. His Guitar
“Whether I’m writing with it, or just sitting and fumbling around on it, it’s something that I absolutely have to have. The one that I travel with is actually a mini guitar, but the cool thing about this one is, my tattoo artist, Bubba Irwin, I asked him to design it for me, so he, with a gold, black and a silver sharpie, designed the whole face of the guitar … Sometimes I’ll play it for an hour, sometimes I’ll play it for ten minutes.
4. Time Outside
“With our daughter, we’ve found that she’s not so good with the naps during the day. One of the things that absolutely works, every time, is sticking her in the stroller and going for a walk. It’s been kind of our happy hour. We’ll wait until it’s late in the afternoon, throw the baby in the stroller and walk. She usually falls asleep within the first 20 minutes, and then the goal is to stay out as long as she’ll possibly sleep.”
5. Access to Other Writers
“I just wrote a song the other day, where myself and three other guys, all from our homes, got together and wrote a song, and then I actually recorded the vocal straight into the microphone on my iPad, sent it back to one of the guys. He dropped it into ProTools, treated the vocal a little bit, and we had a completely working demo, and we weren’t even with each other. It’s been a lifesaver to be able to jump on the computer, grab a guitar and dial up a couple buddies, and get a song done.”