Katelyn Tarver Releases Third Studio Album 'Tell Me How You Really Feel'
Acclaimed singer-songwriter and actress Katelyn Tarver releases her third studio album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, today via Nettwerk. A bold, vulnerable, and deeply self-aware body of work, the 13-track LP marks a defining new chapter for the Los Angeles-based artist, one rooted in honesty, reinvention, and radical self-trust.
On Tell Me How You Really Feel, Tarver documents moments of profound change with unflinching clarity. The album captures what it sounds like to leave behind a decade-long marriage, step into the unknown, and rebuild your identity in real time. The songs are so intimate that they feel like overhearing a phone call between exes or witnessing a post-breakup encounter unfold across the table.
"The album is a rebirth," Tarver says. "I'm stepping into a new season as an artist and a woman. I tried to capture what it was like leaving my marriage, getting divorced, and jumping off a cliff into the unknown. I felt free and optimistic for the first time in a long time, but I couldn't help but think, 'Am I going to regret this?' I had this desire to be raw and share more of my personal journey than I ever had before."
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Written and recorded throughout 2024 with longtime collaborators Grammy-nominated producer Mikey Reaves (Luke Combs, Jelly Roll) in Nashville and Chad Copelin (Sasha Alex Sloan, Sufjan Stevens) in Oklahoma, the album serves as both a creative breakthrough and an emotional processing tool following the end of Tarver's ten-year marriage.
Across its tracklist, she transforms heartbreak into clarity, navigating the delicate tension between freedom and fear as she learns to trust herself again.
Inspiration came from an unexpected place: stand-up comedy. Watching specials like Ali Wong's Single Lady, Tarver was struck by the parallels between stand-up and confessional songwriting, both rooted in radical honesty and truth-telling. "I realized stand-up and songwriting have a lot in common," she says. "It's about saying the thing people are afraid to say out loud. I thought, I don't know if I'll ever make another album like this again, so I might as well go for it. The title is a direct statement " tell me the truth. Tell me how you feel. Tell me everything."
Featuring previously released singles "The Price," "$82 at Erewhon," "Strange Weather," "Don't Eat Pray Love," and "#1," the album transforms heartbreak into clarity, tracing a nonlinear journey of healing, grief, and growth.
"I hope this album can be a companion to you if you're trying to forge your own path," Tarver says. "I want you to get a better sense of me, but I also want to empower you to share your story, live your truth, and be vulnerable. That's what connects us all."
TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL LP TRACKLIST:
On Tell Me How You Really Feel, Tarver documents moments of profound change with unflinching clarity. The album captures what it sounds like to leave behind a decade-long marriage, step into the unknown, and rebuild your identity in real time. The songs are so intimate that they feel like overhearing a phone call between exes or witnessing a post-breakup encounter unfold across the table.
"The album is a rebirth," Tarver says. "I'm stepping into a new season as an artist and a woman. I tried to capture what it was like leaving my marriage, getting divorced, and jumping off a cliff into the unknown. I felt free and optimistic for the first time in a long time, but I couldn't help but think, 'Am I going to regret this?' I had this desire to be raw and share more of my personal journey than I ever had before."
LISTEN & SHARE:
KATELYN TARVER – TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL
https://ktarver.ffm.to/tellmehowyoureallyfeel
Written and recorded throughout 2024 with longtime collaborators Grammy-nominated producer Mikey Reaves (Luke Combs, Jelly Roll) in Nashville and Chad Copelin (Sasha Alex Sloan, Sufjan Stevens) in Oklahoma, the album serves as both a creative breakthrough and an emotional processing tool following the end of Tarver's ten-year marriage.
Across its tracklist, she transforms heartbreak into clarity, navigating the delicate tension between freedom and fear as she learns to trust herself again.
Inspiration came from an unexpected place: stand-up comedy. Watching specials like Ali Wong's Single Lady, Tarver was struck by the parallels between stand-up and confessional songwriting, both rooted in radical honesty and truth-telling. "I realized stand-up and songwriting have a lot in common," she says. "It's about saying the thing people are afraid to say out loud. I thought, I don't know if I'll ever make another album like this again, so I might as well go for it. The title is a direct statement " tell me the truth. Tell me how you feel. Tell me everything."
Featuring previously released singles "The Price," "$82 at Erewhon," "Strange Weather," "Don't Eat Pray Love," and "#1," the album transforms heartbreak into clarity, tracing a nonlinear journey of healing, grief, and growth.
"I hope this album can be a companion to you if you're trying to forge your own path," Tarver says. "I want you to get a better sense of me, but I also want to empower you to share your story, live your truth, and be vulnerable. That's what connects us all."
TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL LP TRACKLIST:
1. Losing
2. Double Edge Sword
3. #1
4. Strange Weather
5. Don't Eat Pray Love
6. $82 at Erewhon
7. Right For Me
8. IDGAF
9. So Am I
10. No Matter What
11. The Price
12. Trust Myself
13. Covell
KATELYN TARVER AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES:
ON TOUR WITH BIG TIME RUSH
2. Double Edge Sword
3. #1
4. Strange Weather
5. Don't Eat Pray Love
6. $82 at Erewhon
7. Right For Me
8. IDGAF
9. So Am I
10. No Matter What
11. The Price
12. Trust Myself
13. Covell
KATELYN TARVER AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES:
ON TOUR WITH BIG TIME RUSH
Tuesday March 17 – ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney
Friday March 20 – Riverstage Brisbane, Brisbane
Sunday March 22 – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne
Photo credit: Phil Chester & Sara Byrne
Friday March 20 – Riverstage Brisbane, Brisbane
Sunday March 22 – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne
Photo credit: Phil Chester & Sara Byrne
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