In case you missed it, artist-songwriter Alana Springsteen recently stopped by NBC’s Access Daily for an exclusive and unfiltered interview with co-hosts Kit Hoover and Zuri Hall. With her highly anticipated sophomore album I HOPE THIS HELPS arriving next month, Springsteen is also the subject of an in-depth feature in American Songwriter’s May/June issue. Go here to watch Springsteen’s segment on Access Daily now, and check out her American Songwriter feature on stands now.

During her visit to Access Daily, Springsteen opened up about the life-changing revelation that shaped I HOPE THIS HELPS (due out May 29 and available for pre-order/pre-save here). “I thought I was about to walk into my villain era…I was like, ‘We’re ready to take on the world,’” Springsteen revealed. “And then I went in and wrote some of the most heartbreakingly vulnerable, contemplative songs I’ve ever written.” Over the course of the unguarded chat, she also recounted her mother’s disarming reaction to “note to self” — a soul-searching standout that reckons with the pain of Springsteen’s early years. In addition to pulling back the curtain on I HOPE THIS HELPS, Springsteen shared her excitement for her upcoming headline run, ALANA SPRINGSTEEN: LIVE IN EUROPE, launching on July 3 with stops in major cities like London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Belfast. Go here for more info now.

In her candid profile for American Songwriter, Springsteen digs deep into the making of I HOPE THIS HELPS and explains how the pressures of touring and years of suppressed emotion led her to therapy — ultimately sparking the writing of “love me anyway,” a recently released track that documents her shifting relationship with her faith, her family, and her own sense of self. Along with tracing the roots of her lifelong connection to music as an emotional outlet, Springsteen unpacks the meaning behind several of I HOPE THIS HELPS’s bravely confessional and powerfully cathartic songs, including the anthemic “black sheep” and several as-yet-unreleased highlights from the album. The result is a must-read portrait of a one-of-a-kind artist in the midst of profound transformation.

ABOUT ALANA SPRINGSTEEN:
A fearless storyteller with an unshakable sense of self, Alana Springsteen has built her career on telling the truth, no matter how messy or hard-fought. Across high-concept projects like her three-part debut album TWENTY SOMETHING and highly awaited sophomore LP I HOPE THIS HELPS (a boldly autobiographical body of work due out May 29), the 25-year-old artist-songwriter has carved out a vital space for raw catharsis and unfiltered reflection. A multi-instrumentalist with uncompromising vision, Springsteen plays guitar and piano throughout her albums and co-produces all her material, shaping each song with a hands-on precision that underscores her identity as both author and architect. Rooted in Country but unbound by its edges, she pulls freely from Alt-Pop and beyond, building a sonic world as expansive as it is emotionally exacting. Born and raised in Pungo, Virginia (a one-of-a-kind region where farmland meets beach), Springsteen’s connection to music began in church, where she first found her voice as a child. By age seven, she was teaching herself to play guitar and writing her own songs; at ten, she began traveling to Nashville for co-writing sessions with industry heavyweights. After making her landmark debut with TWENTY SOMETHING — a 2023 release featuring her GOLD-certified smash “goodbye looks good on you (feat. Mitchell Tenpenny)” — Springsteen earned massive praise from the likes of NPR (“Few artists dissect and make sense of life in your 20s quite like Alana Springsteen”) and PEOPLE (“Everything about her says she was made for this wild, breathless — and, yes, high-risk — life of an artist”). A powerhouse live performer who commands rooms of any size, she’s now headlined her own TWENTY SOMETHING TOUR; performed at major festivals like Stagecoach; toured internationally across Europe, the U.K., and Australia; and supported superstars like Luke Bryan, LANY, Keith Urban, and NEEDTOBREATHE. With countless milestones to her name — including making her Tiny Desk debut in 2024 and scoring a No. 1 hit with “Hot Honey” (a collaboration with MULTI-PLATINUM DJ/producer Tiësto) — Springsteen’s momentum is undeniable.

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