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Lauren Alaina has just premiered video for her debut single and potential coronation song "Like My Mother Does" Monday on CMT. It features her sitting on the porch of a beautiful Southern-style house and flashes pictures from her childhood which shows her journey from then until what she becomes now. The uplifting ode to maternal love and strength is the first offering from Alaina's upcoming first studio album which is yet to be titled. "I cannot wait for my album to come out and I can't wait for my fans to know when it's coming," she gushed.
She was the runner-up on Season 10 of American Idol, where her strong vocal performances earned comparisons to the genre's premier vocalists, Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride. It was during Idol that she first heard "Like My Mother Does." "When they started playing it for me, I started crying because I went through this whole crazy journey and the only person who was there for me every step of the way was my mom. She didn't get any praises for it and I got all of the attention. I thought the song would be a great way to say thank you for her for all that she does for me. When she came in and heard it, she cried. It was a sign. Everybody was crying, even the piano player."
From Rossville, Georgia, Alaina is ready to take the music world by storm. Or at least by sweet, sentimental melody. The 16-year-old tells her journey from childhood to stardom, and shows who the person she thanks the most is in Shaun Silva-directed clip. "The video is all about my mom and it has footage from my childhood and pictures of me and my family while I was growing up," says Alaina. "It's all projected on this beautiful Southern-style house. It's really great. It shows my life, so people will know more about me after they see it."
She's now recording her debut album with Nashville producer Byron Gallimore (Faith Hill, Tim McGraw). "It's definitely going to be country," she says. "I like singing uptempo, but I also like a good ballad every now and then. Country music has a way of telling a story that you automatically connect with when you hear it," adds Alaina. Her debut album will showcase a voice that is mature and powerful beyond its teen years. Alaina embarks on this next chapter with a newfound confidence and a polished set of performing skills.