VIDEO: Keith Urban Performs New Tune 'Female' in Wake of Weinstein Scandal
.@KeithUrban debuts "Female" at #CMAawards pic.twitter.com/VjkyUtwXzc
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At last night's 51st Annual CMA AWARDS, Keith Urban debuted his new song "Female." The tune is in response to the recent increase in sexual harrassment and assault charges waged against some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey. Check out the performance below!
Urban explained to Billboard, "As a husband and a father of two young girls, it affects me in a lot of ways. And as a son -- my mother is alive. It just speaks to all of the females in my life, particularly. ...But not only in my house; I employ a huge amount of women in my team. The song just hit me for so many reasons."
The song also pays tribute to the fatal shooting in Las Vegas in October. Says Urban, "When you're dealing with that kind of subject, you're already fraught with, how do you frame something that speaks to as many people as possible?" Urban says. "I think the writers did an extraordinary job on reaching down to places of the soul and heart and humanity, even deeper [to] that sense of oneness and connectedness."
