CMT Awards nominee Carrie Underwood reveals surprising reason she doesn't sing love songs
hellomagazine.comCarrie Underwood has a string of hits under her belt and has amassed a huge fan following since finding fame on American Idol.
MORE: Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert among top nominees for 2022 CMT AwardsBut what may surprise you, is that despite her many ballads, the country music singer – who is nominated for Collaborative Video of the Year with Jason Aldean at the CMT Music Awards – admitted she doesn't sing love songs.WATCH: Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert duet at 2014 CMT Music AwardsSpeaking on the Country Heat Weekly podcast, Carrie – whose hits include Before He Cheats and Two Black Cadillacs – revealed the unexpected reason behind her lack of romantic anthems."I don't sing love songs," she stated. "I would rather, like, kill a dude than talk about how much I love him."MORE: Carrie Underwood wows in leg-lengthening mini dressSEE: Inside country music singers' jaw-dropping homes: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert + moreExplaining her reasoning, Carrie added: "I just love the strong character that doesn't take anything from anybody – if you've been done wrong, I got you." Carrie isn't a fan of performing love songsCarrie's latest single, Ghost Story, is just as powerful and she previously opened up about what a magical song it is. "Ghost Story is a thrilling, dramatic song that David (Garcia), Hillary (Lindsey), and Josh (Kear) wrote for me," she said."They are such talented, amazing songwriters who know me so well, and from the first time I heard it, I knew I had to record it."I have always loved performing songs that tell a story and inspire some kind of cinematic imagery when you hear them, and that is definitely true of Ghost Story.
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