Audra Watt – “Livin’ It Up”: A Rebel’s Anthem for Reinvention
There is liberty that only comes when you finally stop seeking permission to lead your own life. For Nashville-based Audra Watt, that independence is all the sound of her new release, "Livin' It Up," released on September 19th, 2025. Co-written with Los Angeles songwriting collaborator Jeffrey East, the track stemmed from a position of pure rebellion—an artist being who she is, when she wants, with her life and her happiness. What was a happy-go-lucky co-write that almost slipped away due to a scheduling conflict became the turning point of Audra's artistic rejuvenation. The song encapsulates that flash of inspiration—the crazy, shocking awareness that it's never too late to reclaim your dreams.
Beneath it all, "Livin' It Up" is apology and jubilation. It's Audra's apology letter to anyone who's ever believed that their ship sailed, that their moment had passed. Blending Bruce Springsteen's and Billy Joel's soul with her own story fortitude, Audra introduces a sound that will sound ageless but pulsatingly alive. This isn't about staying out past curfew or sleeping in—it's about shattering walls. With riveting piano runs, organ crescendos, and a rich, persuasively urgent voice, Audra fills in the canvas of reinvention—of being brave to declare, "Why not me, and why not now?
Recorded at Franklin, Tennessee's Dark Horse Recording studio during a snowstorm that shut the studio in a scene of serene magic, the song fell together with that fluid ease which only occurs when something is meant to. Bathed in history—gold records against the walls, the hum of actual guitars, and the gentle rustle of snow outside—the gypsy groove found Audra. What gives "Livin' It Up" its sparkle is its rawness; most of the song was recorded in a single day, including vocals, with that live, unprocessed vitality passed right along to the listener's heart.
This track is a snapshot, captured like the snow outside that window. For Audra Watt, it's not just a song—it's a turning point. "Livin' It Up" was the impetus that set her on the path to writing her new album, Start Late (early 2026), a fitting title for an artist who's demonstrating that the clock on chasing your dreams doesn't tick away. “It’s the moment I realized a dream I thought had passed me by was still alive,” she says. “It’s about taking risks, reclaiming your passions, and celebrating life exactly on your own terms.” With "Livin' It Up," Audra is asking us all to do the same—to rewrite the rules, listen to the beat of our hearts, and live as if the best is still ahead.
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