Photo Credit: Barbara FG

Today, Wednesday, March 19, Taylor Rae has unveiled the latest single from her forthcoming sophomore album, The Void, due on April 18, 2025. Titled “Telluride,” the song showcases the artist’s bluegrass capability when paired with a master of the craft and single contributor, Sierra Hull, who adds vocals and her signature mandolin to compliment Rae’s blues-tinged turn out of the descriptive lyrics. 

Rae’s star shines bright via today’s song premiere, lightening the listener’s load with her authentic and gritty reach for the Colorado ski town. This road-fledged journey brings up introspective themes of pressing the gas on the open road and reflecting: “Stuck between a state of young and old,” she sings, capturing the nuance of change: growing up, relationship, development: “Even when I miss you the most, I never go back to the coast.” 

On the track, the LP producer Eric Krasno joins the songstress. Krasno adds texture to the composition by layering guitar and bass, complementary additions to the glittering pronunciation of Hull’s mandolin. “Telluride” is easy listening and an ideal track for a journey on the road or of the heart. 

Regarding today’s premiere, Rae told Relix about Hull’s role, “When I met Sierra, I immediately dreamt of her contributing to this song. Before the song was even finished, before recording this album was even in my head, I knew I wanted her to be a part of it. She brought this song to life, and I thought with the bluegrass/Telluride reference, it would just make so much sense to have the mandolin queen herself grace our presence.”

Providing content on the track’s origin story, Rae continues, “I should start by saying that I have never been to Telluride. I have, however, been to just about every other corner of that state, and have driven through the Southwest Region of the United States countless times. This song seed came while on a radio tour through Colorado, which ended right before the weekend of Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and I remember feeling so bummed that I wasn’t attending.”

She continues, “Feeling left out, behind in life, and alone, I drove myself back home to Austin and finished the bulk of the song in the driver’s seat. Living life on the road allows much time for contemplation, processing, and accepting. It can be addicting because of this, referenced in the line ‘time stands still on the road.’ Who wouldn’t be addicted to time standing still? For that reason, it gets overwhelming coming off the road. Things seem to move at a lightning speed making it hard for someone like me, who has a hard time with transitions, to ride the wave.” 

Hear “Telluride.”