Lucy Hale may famous because of Pretty Little Liars, but the 23-year-old starlet is going back to roots.

She’s hard at working on her debut country music album.

That’s right, country music!

 

“I’m from Tennessee,” Hale told me at the American Music Awards. “My mom lives in Nashville. I’m born and bred country. That’s all I listen, too.”

Hollywood Records is set to drop her album next summer.

And guess who she’s been cowriting some of the three dozen songs she’s already stockpiled? Sugarland‘s Kristian Bush!

 

“He said, ‘You sure u want to do this? You’re going to be put through the ringer,’” Hale said. “But I was like, ‘I’m ready!’”

Hale knows she’s got some work to do before she’s headlining at the Grand Ole Opry.

“I have a long way to go and I have a lot to prove,” she said. “But I’m really excited.”

And so are we.

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Hey yall! Come meet me this Saturday for @bongojeans party! I’ll be at Sears at 3pm. South Coast Plaza Mall in Cali. @lucyhale

I’ve added four HQ photos of Lucy attending last night’s Halloween party! I love the pink wig!

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• Public Appearances > 2012 > October 28 | Just Jared Halloween Party

I’ve added 9 MQ outtakes from a shoot Lucy did with her Pretty Little Liars co-stars back in 2010.

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• Photoshoots & Portraits > 2010: 008

I’ve added five gorgeous large outtakes from a shoot Lucy did earlier this year. I love this shoot, it’s so different to anything else she’s done!

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• Photoshoots & Portraits > 2012: 004