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Miranda Lambert transported listeners back in time with the heartfelt ballad she released on Friday morning (March 14). Lambert wrote and recorded “I Don't Love Here Anymore” in 2005. She unearthed it two decades later to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her iconic debut album, Kerosene.
Lambert, now the most awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history, released her career-launching debut studio album on March 15, 2005. The original 12-track record included the fiery title track, “What About Georgia?,” “New Strings,” “Me and Charlie Talking,” and more. Twenty years after the album’s initial release, Lambert will release the first-ever Kerosene vinyl on April 25, she confirmed on Friday as she revealed a 13th track.
Lambert announced “breaking news” earlier this month when she posted the cover of a fictitious magazine, Kerosene Weekly, on Instagram. The cover featured an exclusive story about the trailblazing singer-songwriter releasing a 20-year-old song in celebration of Kerosene’s 20th birthday. Teasers for stories appearing inside the Kerosene Weekly issue nodded to some of the tracks on the Texas-born hitmaker’s debut album. On the following slide of her Instagram post, Lambert offered a sneak peek of “I Don’t Love Here Anymore,” noting that it’s one of her mother’s “favorites,” and teasing additional info about Kerosene’s anniversary “coming soon.”
Confirmation about Kerosene’s 20th anniversary edition arrived shortly after Lambert posted a throwback clip of herself telling an audience, “this is a song I wrote when I was really upset. So I wouldn’t recommend making me mad. I don’t look scary, but I am.” She wrote in her caption, “I still don’t recommend making me mad.” Find the Kerosene 20th anniversary edition on iHeartRadio here, and listen to “I Don’t Love Here Anymore” below.
