To me, the song has always been something I’m enormously proud of.

And how high can you sing it?’ So we tried it up a half-step, and he had me belt the chorus, which I definitely wasn’t doing when I wrote it on an acoustic guitar.ĭo you consider “Everywhere” the best chorus you’ve ever written? When I got the record deal, John Shanks heard it and was like, ‘It’d be really impactful if we move it up. And I actually wrote it originally a half-step down from the recorded version, and sang the chorus a little more falsetto. I wrote it in my bedroom in Sedona, Arizona, when I was still living with my mom and dad, and I actually think I was writing the verse first, but once I got to the chorus it just naturally wanted to go higher. Oh God, I’m trying to remember - I was about 15 when I wrote it, so it’s not so fresh in my brain.

Branch discussed the making of the “Everywhere” chorus, what her ultra-romantic lyrics are really about, and why the timing of her debut helped her become a star:ĭo you remember how the “Everywhere” chorus came together?

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