Charly Reynolds Breaks Down ‘Stir the Pot,’ Teases New Era and More Music Ahead

Charly Reynolds has stepped into a new era of her musical journey, one led by intention, honest storytelling and a growing confidence. That shift is already showing up in her newest releases, including the playful “Stir the Pot” and the deeply personal “House to Come Home to.”

The latter of the two tracks dropped last fall and finds Reynolds reflecting on her personal journey with navigating her parents’ divorce. The song opens with her painting a picture of finding out the news at six years old and trying to come to terms with the fact that she will forever have the daunting task of choosing which house to go home to.

“That idea kind of came to me in the fall and just about my dad moving to North Carolina, which makes it a little harder going back home because now there’s two different states to go home to. And it can be hard as a child of divorce to just make everyone happy. And you kind of have this feeling like you have to make everyone happy all the time and be equal time and that can be hard,” she admitted to Country Now.

With the help of co-writers Melody Federer and Dirty Rice, “House To Come Home To” came to life and quickly became one of Reynolds’ favorites.

“I think it’s something that is so hard to write about sometimes. And there’s not a lot of songs for divorce. RaeLynn’s ‘Love Triangle’ was always like my go-to growing up. I mean that song, if I want to cry, that’s the song I’m putting on. And so I kind of wanted my own story and my own song of that, and that’s where it came from.”

The Florida native shifted gears when she dropped “Stir The Pot,” offering a more playful lighthearted energy inspired by the unscripted reality show, The Real Housewives. With a buoyancy in her voice, Reynolds offers a hilarious take on a small-town that’s built around a larger-than-life gossip queen that everyone knows. Through witty, vivid lyrics, the song paints a picture of “Betty,” “the woman who knows it all” and has a habit of spilling everyone’s secrets to her hairdresser.

While she may not be the most subtle or self-aware character, the song makes it clear that she is an essential part of every town, where news travels fast and no secret stays safe for long.

“She’ll start a little whisper, gets it blowin’ up the block/ Got a gossip garden growing in the Baptist parking lot/ She’s gonna judge you if you smoke it/ And she just might call the cops/ That woman she can’t cook but she can really stir the pot,” Reynolds sings on the chorus.

The rising star admitted to having a strong attachment to the kind of reality shows she describes as “trash TV.” One day when she was tuned into The Real Housewives, she heard one of the characters say “she can’t cook, but she can stir the pot” and a lightbulb instantly went off.

“I was like, I’m writing that down. Don’t know what it’s going to be about, but I think that’s really funny. And so brought it to a write with Jessi Pugh and Blaine Younger and it just all came out,” she recalled. “We’re like, let’s just write about the small town drama and gossip. And it turned into one of my favorite songs immediately. And I love songs where I just get to create a character like Betty, the Lady in the song.”

Following the song’s release, an accompanying music video arrived that perfectly captures the wit and humor of the song as Reynolds steps into the role of the hairdresser who’s being fed all the town’s gossip. The minute Betty steps into the salon for her appt, she begins to spill all the tea to anyone who will listen.

The “Rodeo” singer explains that the video was just as fun to bring to life as the song itself because it was filmed alongside her friends who also tried their hand at acting.

“It is hilarious and different than my other ones because there’s actors in it who are just friends of mine that I was like, ‘You can do this. You would be a great actor in it.’ And they killed it,” she gushed.

Reynolds also joked that she took her character very seriously and quickly learned that trying to emulate a real hairdresser was no easy task.

“Honestly, it was so hard to do foils. I was like pretending with conditioner and I thought I could do it very easily and it was literally like the hardest thing I’ve ever done. So my real hairdresser friend put some in, so it looked like I could maybe do a little bit. Yeah, it was fun.”

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Both “Stir the Pot” and “House to Come Home to” set the tone for the direction Charly Reynolds is moving in. She teased that there are a few more singles on the way that she is “very excited about” and those will eventually lead to her next album, set to arrive next spring.

“I feel like this music is very me and it tells like my actual stories. With the last album, I didn’t really care about that as much. I just wanted to write good songs and songs that I loved. But this one really, I resonate with each song a lot. And I just put a lot of work into being a better songwriter and being honest, I think is the biggest part. And “House to Come Home to” was like the start of that,” Reynolds shared. “I just love this new music and it’s very fun.”

She did make sure to note that her next single to be released is one that offers a bit more sarcasm and offers a “fun, Shania [Twain] vibe.” Fans will have to stay tuned to learn more about that and all the other new music currently in the works.

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Reynolds has a slew of shows to look forward to in the coming months, including a free intimate performance at the L27 Rooftop Lounge as part of the 27LIVE Powered by Country Now. This stripped-back show will take place Tuesday, June 30 at the L27 Rooftop Lounge. To learn more, CLICK HERE.