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What's in an album name? For Rascal Flatts' ninth studio album, Changed,the title serves as a reminder of the transformation the trio has undergone since their musical debut in 2000."Everythingin our life's changed over the last 12 years," Gary LeVox explains. "We go from Jay's one-bedroom apartment, cutting demosand trying to get a record deal to selling 25 million albums."
"We've grown up a lot," Jay DeMarcus continues. "Wewere kind of young and a little naïve when we first started out in the business. You learn really quickly how not onlyto be an artist, but you also become all of a sudden the CEO and owners of a company that you have to make major decisionsabout that I don't think we were fully prepared for in the beginning."
After earning more than 40 awards during thepast decade and being the most-played country group on radio in 2011, the trio's enthusiasm is by no means waning.
"Ourpassion level for what we do and creating and making the music we make's never been stronger," LeVox says.
That passionis on display with Changed, released Tuesday (April 3). The album is an eclectic mix of rowdy, fast-talking tracks,including "Hot in Here" "She's Leaving" and "Lovin' Me," along with deep, expressive ballads such as "Come Wake Me Up," "HurryBaby," "Sunrise" and "A Little Home."
The first single from the project, "Banjo,"is a free-spirited anthem about escaping city life and is already in the Top 10 on Billboard's country songs chart.
Thetrio teamed up with longtime producer Dann Huff on the new album, but they also made the decision to produce some of the trackson their own.
"It was kind of like starting over again," DeMarcus says. "Not to diminish any of the work we've donewith Dann Huff. We certainly love him, but it was fun to get in the room again with just the three of us and be able to doexactly what we wanted to do and fulfill our vision from step one to the final step."
The band members are excitedfor fans to hear the end result.
"I can't wait for people to hear it because I think you'll hear a slight differencein the tracks that we produced versus the other ones," DeMarcus says.
In support of their new album, the trio is givingfans a unique look into their lives and music. Rascal Flatts -- Changed, a one-night event takes place Thursday (April5) at movie theaters throughout the nation and features behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with the band and live performancesof new music and their biggest hits.
Joe Don Rooney describes the performances as "stripped down" and says, "It's goingto be such an interesting show, and we can't wait to do it. It'll be the first one of its kind for us."
DeMarcus feelsviewers will see a side of the band they didn't previously know.
"We really tried to provide a lot of content in thisdocumentary that shows different sides of Rascal Flatts and the three of us individually -- not necessarily the band as a