Miranda Lambert has released Crisco, an 11th studio album that mixes country writing with disco strings and dance-floor rhythm. Put on the cowboy hat, locate the roller skates and keep the emergency room copay nearby.
Lambert told the Associated Press that the record reflects a joyful period after a career rich in fire, revenge and heartbreak. The title track announces the concept without subtlety, combining country and disco in a “rhinestone world.”
The pivot arrives during a major run
Lambert earned seven Country Music Association Award nominations and co-wrote Ella Langley's “Choosin' Texas,” a crossover hit that reached No. 1 across major Billboard charts. She also expanded her work as a producer on Langley's album.
Crisco includes collaborations and a duet with Kacey Musgraves, signaling that old narratives about rivalry have less mileage than a useful song.
Country has always borrowed the room
Disco-country is not a violation of sacred law. Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell and generations of Nashville artists have crossed into pop, dance and rock when the groove served them. Lambert's experiment belongs to that tradition of pretending a genre fence is solid right before driving through it.
The Associated Press profiled Lambert and the album on October 2, 2026. After years of kerosene songs, she brought the Crisco. The kitchen remains emotionally hazardous, but now it has a mirror ball.
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