Listen: Angel Olsen and Sturgill Simpson Deut on “Big Time”
Today, Angel Olsen released a new rendition of the title track of her recently released studio album Big Time. The new recording features country star Sturgill Simpson and comes alongside a lyric video.
In the new version, at first, Olsen and Simpson both share their voices on solo; Olsen takes a verse and a chorus before Simpson takes a verse. They then harmonize on the chorus, which takes up the majority of the tune, before Simpson rides towards the sunset on the outro. To open up the lyric video, Olsen wrote, “I re-recorded [“Big Time”] as a duet with Sturgill Simpson. I love his voice,” before opening up the tune. The two Americana powerhouses originally met in 2016 when Olsen released her LP My Woman and have remained friends since.
“It’s crazy to write a song and then watch someone else you really admire sing your words; kinda turns the whole thing on its head,” shared Olsen in a press release. “I loved the song already, but hearing Sturgill’s take on ‘Big Time’ made me smile ear to ear, he made it come alive on a different level.”
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Enjoy the lyric video for Angel Olsen and Sturgill Simpson’s collaboration for “Big Time” below.