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When Chris Daughtry<\/a> set out to finish his latest EP, Shock to the System (Part Two)<\/a><\/em>, he admitted that it felt like a daunting task.<\/p>\n “How are we going to top the first half,” Daughtry\u00a0said on Loudwire Nights<\/a><\/em> on Wednesday (Oct. 1) about following up Shock to the System (Part One)<\/em>.\u00a0Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article.<\/p>\n “But then I looked at it like, okay, if I look at this as a whole album, we’ve got the first half and that’s great. We’ll call that the singles and the rest can just be \u2014 we don’t have to put the pressure on ourselves to be great.”<\/p>\n Taking that pressure off of his back, Daughtry ended up finishing Part Two<\/em> \u2014 and he couldn’t be prouder of the result.<\/p>\n “The songs came out better than I could have ever imagined,” he admitted to Loudwire Nights<\/em> host Chuck Armstrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n “In a lot of ways, I’m even more proud of the second half than I was the first half \u2014 and even more excited about it.”<\/p>\n For Daughtry, pouring his personal life and experiences into his music isn’t anything new, but with the songs on both Part One<\/em> and Part Two<\/em>, he seemed to take that connection to a much deeper level.<\/p>\n “It actually became easier once I gave myself permission to be that vulnerable and not be afraid to say the hard things,” Daughtry shared.<\/p>\n “I think I went for years where I would kind of placate to a certain audience or feeling like I can’t say that because that’s going to be taken this way or whatever.”<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Amy Lee Says Next Evanescence Album Might Be Ready In Early 2026<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Daughtry admitted when he stopped doing that, his songs took on a much more personal connection.<\/p>\n “I allowed myself to be more how I speak in real life, you know what I mean,” he said.<\/p>\n “Whatever I was feeling, not be afraid to say it.”<\/p>\n Chris Daughtry\u00a0joined\u00a0<\/em>Loudwire Nights on Wednesday, Oct. 1;\u00a0the show replays online here<\/a>, and you can tune in live every weeknight at 7PM ET<\/a> or on the Loudwire app<\/a>; you can also see if the show is available on your local radio station<\/a>\u00a0and listen to interviews on-demand<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The bands that are touring in 2025, who is opening and how to get tickets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Lauryn Schaffner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat Else Did Chris Daughtry Discuss on Loudwire Nights<\/em>?<\/h3>\n
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