Sara Evans has been crafting empowered ballads and pop gems since 1997, and was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville, the return tune, "A Little Bit Stronger" is no different. Both uplifting and made with the same pop powers that have made her a favorite for over a decade, Co-written by Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, the mid-tempo Country ballad is the first single off Evans' upcoming sixth album, "Stronger," which will be released on March 8, 2011. The album is expected to signify a return to form for the 39-year-old Missouri native who hasn't released an album since 2005. The song also features on the soundtrack for the 2010 movie "Country Strong.""A Little Bit Stronger" finds Evans using her soaring alto to wring every bit of emotion out of the lyrics that chronicle a woman's ability to move on after a long relationship ends. It may recall many of the same themes as the Keith Anderson hit "I Still Miss You," and the tone recalls the same sorrow and heartache, and at the same time brings to mind the same growing and moving on. The song is about the traces or a relationship that linger after the relationship has ended, and chronicle how the main character steadily moves on and grows stronger in the face of those reminders.
The video was directed by Peter Zavadil and shot on August 9 in Nashville. It finds a distraught Evans performing the song in various locations. She confesses in the song's video, "It's only been a week since he left, and it feels like it's been forever," holding back tears. Throughout the clip, scenes of her recording a video blog are included in which Evans notes that she's getting stronger with each passing day. "Everybody's gone through some sort of heartbreak, whether it's losing someone to death or just breaking up with somebody that you were in love with. So the song just talks about getting stronger, and that's the attitude that you have to have." Evans said.
Playing on themes common in Evans' music, "A Little Bit Stronger" showcases the vocals that have always defined the singer's career, and the obvious passion and emotion that have lined her songs and albums for the past 13 years. The song builds in succeeding verses and features a emotive piano that draws out an authentic, organic vocal behind Evans' well known high notes. The singing is powerful and given the nuanced passion of the vocal, there's no doubt that she's lived this song at some point in her life and now is "a little bit stronger," that's what ends up making this a fantastic 'come back' single and one that country radio cannot possibly ignore. Like a fine wine, age has matured the singer's sound and voice with a warm Southern comfort, and Evans is still capable of the same pop gems that defined the early 2000s during her career.
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