LAUREN LUCAS

f you’ve watched Leanne on Netflix, you’ve already heard her.

Lauren Lucas wrote and sings the theme — the one that plays over Leanne Morgan’s face while you’re still laughing. That song came out of a Tuesday afternoon in a Nashville studio with Keb’ Mo’, a rough idea, and about four hours. That’s usually how it goes after 27 years of doing this.

She’s a Tony Award-nominated composer, a former Warner Bros. recording artist, and the kind of songwriter other artists call when they need a song that rings true to them. Her songs have been cut by artists on Big Machine and SiriusXM, heard on ABC and Broadway, and praised by Rolling Stone. She’s shared stages with Blake Shelton, The Bacon Brothers, Kenny Chesney, Randy Houser, and Old Dominion. She’s performed at the Grand Ole Opry, and added her background vocals to a Billboard #1 Blues album with Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’.

She also argues with her tomato plants in the summer behind her Nashville home, lifts weights before her child wakes up, and rewatches Gilmore Girls every fall without apology.

The serious career and the real life aren’t in tension. They’re the same woman. And if you stick around long enough, you’ll find both here.