Rising Nashville star Carter Religion has formally arrived with the discharge of her debut album Cherry Valley, out immediately through Gatsby Information/MCA. Not too long ago topped MusicRow’s 2025 Discovery Artist of the 12 months, Religion has rapidly emerged as one of the vital talked-about voices in nation music—and Cherry Valley solidifies her place as an artist to observe.
Reflecting on the milestone launch, Religion shares, “It feels surreal to say that Cherry Valley is lastly out into the world. Me and everybody who’ve labored on this file have actually put our complete hearts into this music and inventive. I really feel like Cherry Valley has introduced magic into my life, I really like this album and am proud that it’s my debut file.”
Alongside the album drop, Carter unveiled the official music video for “Betty”, co-written with Shane McAnally, Ashley Monroe, and Tofer Brown. (watch above)
Cherry Valley is a deeply private assortment, chronicling Religion’s years in Nashville with a mixture of unflinching honesty, basic influences, and trendy nation aptitude. Impressed by a roadside signal she as soon as handed, “Cherry Valley” grew to become a metaphor for her inventive residence—a spot the place the sounds of Tammy Wynette, Nancy Sinatra, Pet Sounds and Revolver collide with immediately’s nation panorama.
The undertaking unfolds as a chronological soundtrack of Carter’s journey: her breakout successes, gut-wrenching breakups, household tensions, and newfound loves. Throughout its 15 tracks, listeners are launched to each the boldness and vulnerability that outline Religion’s artistry, from the searing “Intercourse, Medicine, and Nation Music” to the dreamy nearer “Nonetheless A Lover.”
Carter spent two years writing and refining the file with longtime producer Tofer Brown earlier than getting into the studio in 2024. That interval additionally noticed her constructing a profession from the bottom up—signing with MCA and UMPG, making a dozen Grand Ole Opry appearances, racking up lots of of tens of millions of streams, and sharing levels with legends like Willie Nelson.
Religion’s star continues to rise far past the recording sales space. She is going to make her performing debut alongside Academy Award-winner Jessica Chastain in Netflix’s upcoming movie Heartland. Music movies from Cherry Valley have already made waves, together with “Bar Star,” which featured Billy Bob Thornton in a starring function and obtained acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Leisure Tonight.
Her reside profession has been simply as spectacular: following her Stagecoach debut, Religion hit the street with Ella Langley and Carly Pearce, then shared a robust duet with Karen Fairchild of Little Large City on the 18th Academy of Nation Music Honors. She is at the moment supporting Noah Cyrus on the I Need My Liked Ones to Go together with Me Tour and can wrap 2025 with a run alongside Kelsea Ballerini this winter.
Tracklist for Cherry Valley:
Cherry Valley
Intercourse, Medicine, and Nation Music
Arrows (Die For That Man)
Bar Star
Betty
Grudge
Six-String
If I Had By no means Misplaced My Thoughts…
Distress Loves Firm
Drink Up, Child
Burn My Reminiscence
Sails
So I Sing
Modified
Nonetheless A Lover
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