Carrie Underwood is back at work after a scary accident in November caused her to be hospitalized and receive more than 40 stitches to her face.
Forgoing a caption, the 35-year-old country star simply posted a black and white photo of herself gazing intently inside a music studio on her social media accounts Wednesday morning.
The American Idol alum has kept selfies and photos of herself to a minimum — and hasn’t bared her full face — since she fell on the steps of her house in November.
“There is also another part of the story that I haven’t been ready to talk about since I have still been living it and there has been much uncertainty as to how things will end up,” she wrote in a note to her fans in January. “It’s crazy how a freak random accident can change your life.”
She continued: “In addition to breaking my wrist, I somehow managed to injure my face as well. I’ll spare you the gruesome details, but when I came out of surgery the night of my fall, the doctor told [Underwood’s husband] Mike that he had put between 40 and 50 stitches in.”
Seven weeks after the accident, Underwood shared that she’s on the mend but “not quite looking the same.”
One month after the accident, however, Below Deck alum Adrienne Gang posted a photo of herself posing with Underwood, 34, at the gym. “Just worked out next to @carrieunderwood NBD… she is adorable and so gracious… LOVE HER!” Gang captioned the snap.
After fans pointed out it was the first time Underwood had been photographed since her accident, Gang reassured them that she looked “amazing” and added that she had “no clue” Underwood was injured.
Carrie Underwood is back in the studio!
Based on what she has been posting, I think we might be getting a single announcement early next week, single release on Friday, performance at the ACMs. If that photo is new, then I’m sure she is listening to final versions. That post and the one of her rehearsing were posted two days apart at exactly 11 AM EST. They were definitely planned posts, so something is coming.
Sorry I thought I included the other tweet also saying that 6AM is for radio timing. It’ll be hitting radio and also getting the on the hour treatment from iHeart apparently as well.
Also, this account is supposedly pretty reliable.
Co-written by Carrie, Liz Rose, Lori McKenna, and Hillary Lindsey
Album (and song?) co-produced by Carrie and David Garcia
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CARRIE’S LETTER TO FANS
04/10/18
Hey everybody,I just wanted to say hello and share some updates with you all…lots of exciting stuff happening!
First off, physically, I’m doing pretty darn good these days! My wrist is almost back to normal, about 90% there…and the docs say that last 10% will come in time. And my face has been healing pretty nicely as well. I definitely feel more like myself than I have in a while. One of the silver linings for me in this healing process is the time I’ve gotten to spend with Mike and Isaiah. I’ve been calling it “forced relaxation.” Sometimes I think things happen in order to make us slow down. It also means I’ve been home to support my favorite hockey player coming out of retirement! I hope you’re all ready for more silly posts of me at Preds’ playoff games! One more run for the Cup! Go Preds!
And speaking of the Predators, I would definitely like to thank you all for making “The Champion,” such a success (see what I did there?)! I’ve been so touched seeing how people around the world have been inspired by it and have shared their personal “champion” stories and photos and videos. The song has become so meaningful to so many people, myself included, in ways I never could have imagined when I wrote it last year. I’ve always been a fan of Ludacris and getting to work with him has made me a die-hard fan for life. What an incredible talent! You guys will definitely have to help me out by singing his part when we play it on the road!
The other thing I’ve been up to over the past few months is of course making new music. I’ve been in the studio writing and singing a TON, but I’ve also been able to be creative in a way that I’ve never been before, which has been very fulfilling and empowering. While I was writing last year, I met a writer/producer named David Garcia. We hit it off in a big way and I’m excited to say that we are co-producing my album together. I’ve always been lucky to have a voice in the writing and recording process, but this is the first time I am this involved in the production of my music. It’s been challenging and incredibly rewarding to be involved in every aspect from start to finish. David has been an amazing teacher and partner, and I’m so proud of what we have created.
The first single is a song I love so much and can’t wait to share with you. It’s called “Cry Pretty” and I wrote it with three incredible women: Hillary Lindsey, Liz Rose, and Lori McKenna, who also write under the name Love Junkies. I joined one of their writing sessions last year to see if we could come up with some magic…and we did! The title refers to when emotions take over and you just can’t hold them back. It really speaks to a lot of things that have happened in the past year and I hope when you hear it, you can relate those feelings to those times in your life. It’s emotional. It’s real. And it ROCKS! It comes out TOMORROW at 6am ET, and I’m so excited I’ll be performing it live on the ACM Awards this weekend, so I hope you’ll all tune in to see it!
Needless to say, I am beyond excited for this new album and everything that comes with it…more on that soon. Of course, we’re already talking about a tour, but that’s a blog for another day! Thank you all so much for your love and support this year and always. I feel it and I appreciate it. And I can’t wait to start this new chapter with you!
xoxo,
Carrie
I’m excited to see Carrie again on tour!!! It’ll probably be the start of next year most likely!