Exclusive: How Miranda Lambert’s Husband Contributed to ‘Postcards From Texas’

Miranda Lambert released her new album Postcards From Texas earlier this month. And while her song “Alimony” sparked many speculative headlines about her marriage, it’s “Damn It, Randy” that really has her husband’s fingerprints on it.

Lambert, her husband Brendan McLoughlin, and her producer Jon Randall co-wrote the song. She initially said, “Damn It, Randy,” was inspired by Randall, whose real name is Randy. However, as time has gone on, Lambert admitted “Damn It, Randy” was really inspired by her former record label head Randy Goodman.

Lambert left Sony Music Nashville in March 2023 and signed with Republic Records. Nashville’s Big Loud will provide country radio promotion and marketing support.

Goodman just announced his retirement from Sony Music Nashville.

Lambert said the song didn’t start as a three-way co-write. She and Randall began together while McLoughlin was watching football. Randall picked up his guitar.

“We know what’s going to happen when he does that,” Lambert said. “We start kind of messing around, and we had been talking about just this new journey.”

Lambert was talking about how she got out of a bad record deal after having been signed at Sony for two decades.

“At the end, it just wasn’t ideal,” Lambert said. “I was excited about moving forward, and it lit a new fire and all that stuff. So ‘Damn It, Randy’ kind of started emerging.”

Miranda Lambert Told Husband He Had To Pick Football or Songwriting

McLoughlin was watching football but kept popping in with some lines.

“I was like, ‘You’re going to have to either write or watch the game,’” Lambert said. “You don’t get to do both. I love football, too, but we’re writing a song right now.”

Lambert said McLoughlin ended up writing some of her favorite lines in the song.

“Who better to write with than someone that you’ve been coming home to every day for months talking about something that you’re going through,” she said. “Brendan had lived that with me.”

Lambert said she hasn’t heard from Goodman about the song.

“He ain’t going to call me,” she said. “It’s that good old adage of, ‘If you piss off a songwriter, well, it’s fair game.’”

When news of “Alimony” got out, people thought the song might signal trouble in Lambert’s marriage. However, she said anyone who listened to the song would know it wasn’t about that.

“I was like, ‘That’s funny,’” Lambert said. “I’ve learned a long time ago, and especially now in my life, that I do not have room or time for the opinions of strangers who don’t know me to make some kind of conclusions. I don’t have time to let that get to me, ever. I just laugh it off. I don’t even engage in it.”

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