Southern Girl City Lights

Jessie James Decker’s sophomore album is a promise to longtime fans that no matter how high her star rises—she’s now a singer, mother, fashion designer, and bona fide TV star—she won’t lose touch with her Southern roots. Delivering powerhouse country-pop with girl-next-door spirit, she blows kisses to Hollywood and New York City (“I still look up/The stars in my eyes,” she belts on the sparkling title track) but confirms there’s no place like home in the Tennessee breeze. “Hungry,” a big-hearted ballad about the good ol’ days, finds Decker reminiscing about being broke, working hard, and dreaming big.