When Pamela Hopkins sings a song, you don't simply hear it but feel it deep in your soul. Her newest single, "Me Being Me," is a foot-stomping and truth-telling anthem about owning who you are and not apologizing for shit. "Me Being Me" announces, pretty darn loudly, that Pamela Hopkins is not here to adhere to someone else's mold. She's here to smash it. And with this song, she's accomplished just that.
In a heartbreaking yet heartwarming memory, Hopkins remembers hearing the song for the first time on Jim Femino's laptop from a hospital bed. "We were scheduled to meet in Nashville," she says, "but Jim was in the hospital that day. I asked if he wanted something to eat, and we just sat and talked about music. He played me that song, and I instantly knew it was me." Penned by country powerhouses Vickie McGehee, D. Vincent Williams, and the late Jim Femino, the song punches hard with cutting-edge lyrics and high-energy instrumentation. Beyond the boots-and-bourbon bravado, "Me Being Me" has a lot of personal weight for Hopkins. It isn't just another country banger but a tribute, pivot, and promise fulfilled.
Taken from her critically acclaimed and award-nominated album "Lord Knows I Ain't No Saint," the song smashes through the door as a message of intent. Hopkins doesn't mince words about who she is; honestly, she doesn't care if you're okay with it. Upon a chorus that struts like a barn door in a thunderstorm, "If you don't like what you see / I don't know what you want me to tell you, darlin' / That's just me / Me being me," she dishes some Southern sass with a side of emotional gravel. Hawkins recorded it early in her career but held out until now to release it, feeling she'd recently become a singer with the kind of authority the song demanded. It also shows that her delivery is raw, honest, and based on the lived-in truth that can't be faked.
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