‘dumbass’ is about my coping mechanisms for my insecurities and how I’m self-aware of it, but trying to ignore it.

—via No Country Premiere

I wrote “dumbass” with Jessie Thomas and Grant Averill, both are amazing writers. Granz also produced it. I wanted the production to build over the course of the song to tell the same story the song did. For some odd reason I saw the track as sky blue since day one. The inspiration for the song started with the saying “The fear of looking stupid is holding you back.” I brought that idea into the room and it turned into “dumbass”.

—via Young Music City

The inspiration for “dumbass” started with the saying ‘the fear of looking stupid is holding you back’. I brought that idea into a songwriting session, and I remember when we came up with the idea of changing it to “dumbass”, it was truly like a lightbulb went off in everyone’s head. I wrote the song with Jessie Thomas and Grant Averill. Grant also produced the song. The truth is, the song is about my coping mechanisms to my insecurities. I wrote “dumbass” at a point in my life where I wasn’t confident in anything I was doing and I realized that my self-doubt was standing in the way of everything.

—via The Daily Shuffle

Yes, on her instagram she posted the lyrics:

The music video is really a metaphor for me constantly leaning on something to feel less insecure.

– via No Country Premiere