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"Lucy Hale is one of young Hollywood&amp;apos;s hottest stars, and now the Pretty Little Liars actress is hoping to conquer the world of country music. Appearing on the cover of Seventeen&amp;apos;s June/July issue, the 23-year-old Tennessee native opens up about her forthcoming debut album.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;My album is something I&amp;apos;m really, really, really proud of. I&amp;apos;ve intentionally been quiet about it because I want the music to speak for itself. People are either going to love it or hate it,&amp;quot; Hale tells the magazine. &amp;quot;But I think that once they hear it, they&amp;apos;ll be like, &amp;apos;Okay, she loves this and is serious about it.&amp;apos; This is my pride and joy -- it&amp;apos;s my baby! I worked my butt off on it.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn November 2012, the former American Juniors contestant told Us Weekly she was collaborating with Sugarland&amp;apos;s Kristian Bush. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ve written a few songs,&amp;quot; Hale said. &amp;quot;At the very beginning when I met him, he was sort of like, &amp;apos;Are you sure you want to do this? They&amp;apos;re going to give you a hard time because you were on a TV show.&amp;apos; I was like, &amp;apos;No, this is what I wanna do.&amp;apos; Then he heard me sing and he heard my music and was, on Team Lucy from then on out! He became a friend and a mentor.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHale likened her sound to Miranda Lambert. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ve got the sassy stuff down,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ve got some breakup stuff, but we&amp;apos;ve got some beautiful love songs, too. . . It&amp;apos;s definitely fun for me because I know who I&amp;apos;m singing about, and that&amp;apos;s where the Taylor Swift in me comes out, because I know who I&amp;apos;m singing about, and they&amp;apos;ll know who I&amp;apos;m singing about. But it&amp;apos;s got a little bit of everything.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSeventeen&amp;apos;s June/July issue hits newsstands May 21. Pretty Little Liars returns June 11 at 8 p.m. EST on ABC Family."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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