Dasha Reveals Keith Urban Discovered Her At CMA Fest Showcase

Pop-country newcomer Dasha has revealed that Keith Urban gave her career a big boost after watching her perform at CMA Fest in April.

In a recent interview with Taste Of Country, the Didn’t I singer shared that Urban texted her before she performed for him as part of CMA Fest’s Spotify House show.

“Keith Urban did, yeah. I performed for him at Spotify House during CMA Fest,” Dasha said. “Getting that text from him that day, he was like, ‘Hey Dash’ – he called me D, actually – ‘Hey D, it’s Keith, in parenthesis, Urban.’”

She laughed, “And I was like, ‘I know who you are, we’re good on the last name, humble king.’”

Telling Taste Of Country’s Evan Paul that Urban “knows what’s up” and has been supportive of her career so far, the singer said, “Keith has been super great, and so supportive, and he was just really excited to play [her hit single] Austin.

“Seeing him up there ripping on guitar on it, it was like, ‘That’s why you wanted to play the song because you wanted to rip the guitar on it.’

“Keith knows what’s up. He’s very musical, and his taste is so refined,” Dasha continued. She added that Urban is “such a good guy” and understands the music business. More importantly, Urban “has so much joy for it still, which is hard when you [have] been doing this for so long.”

Dasha recently discussed the real-life inspiration behind her hit song, Austin, saying: “I wish him the best... great guy, I just, like, don't need him in my life.”

Last month, Keith Urban announced the release of his highly anticipated new album, High, which is arriving in September.

High was born out of a “prior record,” with Urban scrapping a previous project he found “musically limiting” in 2022 and going somewhere different.

“At the time, I was on tour. I’d do a concert, go back to Nashville to record, do a concert and come back to record, and over again,” he explained. So, I thought I’d call the album 615. That’d keep me on track – focused and disciplined.”

However, “There was no continuity. The songs didn’t work well together. I learned that what I thought was a framework to create within turned out to be musically limiting.”

On Instagram, he added, “This album is the result of a prior record I started in 2022. It’s 40 minutes top to bottom, and is completely expressive, true, honest and is so much more of what I actually wanted to say when making that scrapped record. I hope these songs bring you joy, levity, some new understanding, energy, and escape!”