{"id":2247425,"date":"2026-01-23T18:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247425"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:32:14","slug":"lucinda-williams-pens-protest-music-on-worlds-gone-wrong-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lucinda-williams-pens-protest-music-on-worlds-gone-wrong-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucinda Williams pens protest music on \u201cWorld\u2019s Gone Wrong\u201d : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-107021\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 1586;&#10;        --source-height: 1588;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1586x1588+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fda%2F31ca6066433a9b10b2987c7e5545%2Flucindawilliams-bymarkseliger.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1586x1588+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fda%2F31ca6066433a9b10b2987c7e5545%2Flucindawilliams-bymarkseliger.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1586x1588+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fda%2F31ca6066433a9b10b2987c7e5545%2Flucindawilliams-bymarkseliger.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1586x1588+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fda%2F31ca6066433a9b10b2987c7e5545%2Flucindawilliams-bymarkseliger.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1586x1588+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fda%2F31ca6066433a9b10b2987c7e5545%2Flucindawilliams-bymarkseliger.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1586x1588+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fda%2F31ca6066433a9b10b2987c7e5545%2Flucindawilliams-bymarkseliger.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1586x1588+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fda%2F31ca6066433a9b10b2987c7e5545%2Flucindawilliams-bymarkseliger.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1586x1588+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fda%2F31ca6066433a9b10b2987c7e5545%2Flucindawilliams-bymarkseliger.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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You can clearly see the evolution in the titles of two of her albums released decades apart.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, she released <em>Sweet Old World<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>34 years later, Williams offers a more somber assessment with her new album <em>World&#8217;s Gone Wrong<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5598351-100\" class=\"bucketwrap video youtube-video large\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lucinda Williams &quot;The World&#039;s Gone Wrong&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T6c8oLWr9kI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption externalasset\">\n<p>Video for &#8220;World&#8217;s Gone Wrong&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                <b class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <b class=\"source\">YouTube<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/b>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I had trouble getting a record deal because people kept telling me my songs are too dark,&#8221; she told <em>Morning Edition<\/em>&#8216;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/4080709\/steve-inskeep\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Inskeep<\/a>. &#8220;The darkness, that&#8217;s what makes things interesting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5598351-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p><em>World&#8217;s Gone Wrong<\/em> is a collection of protest songs, something Williams said she always wanted to write \u2014 going back to her admiration of Bob Dylan&#8217;s work in the 1960s. 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