LeNae Goolsby Releases Hard to Hold Onto, a 13-Song Country Album About Heartbreak, Voice and Starting Over
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 22, 2026
The New Orleans songwriter’s new album pairs candid, female-centered storytelling with a modern AI-assisted creative and production process.
NEW ORLEANS, LA — September 22, 2026 — LeNae Goolsby has released Hard to Hold Onto, a 13-song country album centered on the complicated places between loving, leaving, losing and finding your own voice again. Released September 18 through Infinite Music, the 51-minute collection is now available across major streaming platforms.
The album moves from defiance and sharp-edged humor to grief, memory and reinvention. Its titles tell part of the story: “My Green Eyes Won’t Turn Blue,” “Can’t Shut Her Up,” “You Ain’t the Sun,” “Still Got Time” and the title track, “Hard to Hold Onto.” Together, the songs speak to women who have stayed too long, started over or decided that being heard matters more than being easy to hold.
Goolsby writes original lyrics and uses AI tools as part of her creative and production process. She is direct about that process rather than presenting the project as a conventional studio performance. The human center of the work is the writing: the emotional point of view, the lived observation and the specific language that gives each song its identity.
The release arrives as her YouTube audience has grown to more than 10,000 subscribers. Story-led songs have already connected strongly with viewers, including “Who Told You That?,” “Paper Version” and “She Gets the Words.” Hard to Hold Onto expands that world into a full album designed to be heard as both individual songs and a complete emotional arc.
Goolsby is also an award-winning podcast cohost, bestselling author, business operator and healthcare content creator. Her music work reflects the same instinct that shapes her interviews and writing: take a complicated human experience, listen for what is not being said and turn it into language people recognize immediately.
Artist Quote
“Hard to Hold Onto is for the woman who has loved hard, stayed too long and finally decides that losing herself costs too much. These songs do not pretend reinvention is neat—but they do insist it is still possible.” — LeNae Goolsby
Hard to Hold Onto Track List
My Green Eyes Won’t Turn Blue
Half A House
Can’t Shut Her Up
Who Told You That?
I Don’t Even Remember Our First Kiss
You Ain’t the Sun
She Gets the Words
I Bet You Wish
Still Got Time
They Couldn’t Take the Man
I Don’t Have to Make You Love Me
Hard to Hold Onto
You Were Never Strong Enough
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Media Contact
LeNae Goolsby New Orleans, Louisiana www.songsbylenae.com
Media Contact
LeNae Goolsby · lenae.goolsby@gmail.com · New Orleans, Louisiana
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