November 14, 2025 • 9 mins
Aubrey is a small-town girl with big dreams, growing up on the Mason-Dixon line between Maryland and Pennsylvania. From an early age, her parents recognized her talent by nicknaming her "Songbird" and encouraged her at every turn. Determined to support Aubrey's passion, her mom even sold her home to help her attend Belmont University in Nashville. Music has always been the center of her life, from school talent shows and musical theater to local gigs, writer's rounds and televised performances, including a Christmas special on a major streamer. Now a junior at Belmont, Aubrey is developing her sound, which is a soulful blend of country, gospel and blues, influenced by artists such as Carrie Underwood and Chris Stapleton. Living on her uncle's farm, she draws inspiration from nature and the simplicity of small-town life. With years of performing, writing and growing as an artist, Aubrey is finally stepping onto the stage she admired as a child, ready to share her heart and talent with the world.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I've always believed in one mantra, share your story or
someone will write it for you. And as we continue
to grow inside this podcast world, there's a lot of
stories we haven't dug into yet. Aro dot Net, A R.
R Oe dot Net. Thank you so much for supporting
the vision as well as the path. How are you
doing today, Aubrey?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I'm great. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Absolutely fantastic looking forward to sharing a conversation with you
because you're working with Team Riba. And my connection with
Reba McIntyre was she was brand new to the music
industry as I was just entering radio, and so I've
always always had this connection with Riba because I always
give her credit for giving my career a jumpstart.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Oh that's amazing, that's so cool. Thank you for sharing that.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
And she hasn't changed a bit. I mean she's so
down to earth, calm, southern. I mean that accent. I'm going, yeah,
you're it, man, you are my angel, and you're just
and they see that you're working one on one with Aubrey,
I mean it's it's like, oh my god, this woman
is for real. Are you picking up on the same vibe?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Oh my goodness, gracious, I a lot of people, like,
you know, the term like don't meet your heroes, that
literally does not apply to her whatsoever. You know, I
grew up loving her and watching her show and you know,
listening to her music. She's been one of my biggest
inspirations as someone who both sings and acts, especially sings
country music. I mean, she's the queen of country music.
(01:27):
And you know, just from the moment that she turned around,
you just, I don't know, she's such a comforting person
to be around. Like, yeah, I just I felt like
I knew her from the moment that I had met her.
She's such a great human being and being able to
work with her is totally unreal. She's just like you said,
(01:48):
like she is the kindest, most genuine, down to earth
person ever as exactly as she she just presents herself
as herself through everything she does.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
That's so interesting that you say when she around, because
one of the things that I mentioned to my wife
the very first time that I saw you on the
opening rounds is that when you came out of that screen,
it went, Oh my god, this girl's got it. Whatever
it is. It's because what happened was is that I
was watching you. It was no longer about who was
going to turn around. It was sitting there going, okay,
(02:18):
how is she going to handle this when they do
start turning around, because I have no clue how you
keep your stuff together when it starts happening.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Thank you so much. It's definitely I before going out
on stage, you know, this was I'm at the time,
I was nineteen, I'm twy, just turned twenty now, right
before the premiere of the show, and so this is
the biggest thing I've ever done. You know. I was
standing backstage and I was just thinking to myself. I
(02:47):
was like, God, please, please, please. If no one turns around,
it's okay, but just let this be a good performance.
And I all of.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Those nerves were just like bottled up. And then I
heard them say my name and I had to walk
out stage. I was like, oh my gosh, I don't
know how this is going to go. And as soon
as that music started, something just totally clicked.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Yeah. And do you think, though, is because you earned
the name songbird as a child. And the reason why
I bring that up is because I believe that along
the way, during those early chapters, people will plant things
in us and we keep on to it. Like, for instance,
someone said to me, they go, you are a whisper
of wind, so my entire life that's I'll sit there,
I'll go, You're not being a whisper of wind. Be
the whisper of wind and you. And so when I
(03:29):
heard that your nickname is songbird, I'm going, of course
she is. She's living it, she knows what that means.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yes, I definitely that's such a great question. I love that,
or a great statement, I should say. I definitely definitely
believe in that. My parents have always been my biggest supporters,
and they've always just told me, you know, anything is
possible as long as I go out and do it.
You know, I've never had what I was really little
(04:00):
like before I started performing. I definitely had a little
bit of stage fright.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, but I.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Just I don't know, it just kind of went away.
Like every single nerve and worry that I have ever
had has been totally, you know, blown away by the
drive that I have and the support that I have.
You know, I've always just been told, like I said,
to just follow my dream. There's nothing stopping me from
doing that.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Please do not move. There's more with Aubrey Nicole coming
up next twenty years old, and she's featured on NBC's
The Voice. We're Back with Aubrey Nicole. Tell me about
your journey, tell me how you became what you have become.
And now you have gotten the attention of the entire nation,
and I'm gonna put in there the entire world as well.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Thank you. I I grew up, you know, in a
small town, and my mom's side of the family absolutely
loves music. I've always grown up, you know, listening to
traditional country and bluegrass. Those are kind of what I
grew up with. And of course as I grown up,
(05:08):
I've listened to current country and everything. But that was
truly where my love of music had started. And so
ever since then, I really just started singing and finding out,
what you know, specific subgenre of country I love. And
I also for a little bit I did some musical
theater and some acting and just so I could really
(05:28):
figure out how to put my emotions into songs and
how to connect with them. And so ever since then,
you know, I sang as much as I could while
I was in my town, and then I made the
move to Nashville to attend Belmont University. I for the
first two years I was a music major, and now
I'm a songwriting major, which means I'm learning the ins
(05:50):
and outs of, you know, owning my songwriting craft as
well as the music business, which is really really a
great opportunity. And also now I'm on the voice.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Wow, that's so cool. Let's talk about that farm, your
uncle's farm, because I used to go down to my
uncle's farm in Ranchester, Wyoming, and I would grab my
guitar and go out to the haystacks and sing to
the cattle. You doing anything like that or am I
still looked upon as being a freak.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Well, I wouldn't call you a freak, but I definitely,
you know, whenever I'm walking around, I love walking outside.
I think it's so beautiful, it's such a beautiful property.
I'm definitely singing to myself, but I cannot say that
I have gone into the barn and specifically sung to
my cows. I'm more or less just kind of annoy
them by ring at them. However, my cat Banjo he
(06:37):
gets concerts.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Yeah, I can relate with that because I'll sit there
and go, oh my god, everybody feeling good? All right?
I got this when I wrote it, when I was
at the Muzzleloader Cafe. All right, everybody here, come on,
tell me you don't do that too.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
That is so fun I love that. That is so funny. Yeah.
I can't say my cows, but definitely my cat. He
gets all my concerts.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
For I love it. So now, what is it like
to be a small town girl in big old Los Angeles?
Because my daughter graduated from UCLA, so I know Los
Angeles and there's so much to see and do. Do
you get off the beaten path?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I honestly it didn't. Maybe it was just because I
had a community of people there when I went, because
everyone's I mean, everyone's there to do the same thing.
They're all happy to be there, they're all excited to
be there, and it's just such a great environment. I
know it's a competition show, but it never once felt,
you know, necessarily competitive between all of us. The only
(07:36):
way it felt competitive for me was within myself to
do better each time. That but so being able to
have that community as soon as I got there was
really really nice. It was almost like I had a
cushion to have that familiarity, familiarity of small town life.
And I also I am used to traveling to different places.
(07:56):
You know, it almost felt to me like I was
going to college again. Ah. I hold my mom back
because you know, my parents were so nervous for me
to go out there. You know, it's so far, it's
such a big city.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
And I got there, I was like, Mom, like, you've
got to understand, Like, you know, I feel like I
just started college again. It's just meeting a group of
a lot of other people and they're all here to
do the same thing as me.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
So it was just nice.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Where can people go to find out more about everything
that you're doing? Because I want them to follow you,
support you, buy whatever you've got in merchandise you're going
to get in merchandise. I want them to feel your presence.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Thank you so much. So I don't have any music
out yet, but the best place to find me and
for when I, you know, start releasing music is my
social media, particularly my TikTok, my Instagram, and my Facebook.
You can find me on all three as aubrenicle official
or my Facebook is just aubrenicle. So if you just
(08:51):
look up aubrenicle, I am sure you will find me.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
I love it well. Please come back to this show
anytime in the future. The door is always going to
be open for you.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Will you be brilliant today?
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay, thank you you too.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Thank you
I've always believed in one mantra, share your story or
someone will write it for you. And as we continue
to grow inside this podcast world, there's a lot of
stories we haven't dug into yet. Aro dot Net, A R.
R Oe dot Net. Thank you so much for supporting
the vision as well as the path. How are you
doing today, Aubrey?
Speaker 2 (00:21):
I'm great. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Absolutely fantastic looking forward to sharing a conversation with you
because you're working with Team Riba. And my connection with
Reba McIntyre was she was brand new to the music
industry as I was just entering radio, and so I've
always always had this connection with Riba because I always
give her credit for giving my career a jumpstart.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Oh that's amazing, that's so cool. Thank you for sharing that.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
And she hasn't changed a bit. I mean she's so
down to earth, calm, southern. I mean that accent. I'm going, yeah,
you're it, man, you are my angel, and you're just
and they see that you're working one on one with Aubrey,
I mean it's it's like, oh my god, this woman
is for real. Are you picking up on the same vibe?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
Oh my goodness, gracious, I a lot of people, like,
you know, the term like don't meet your heroes, that
literally does not apply to her whatsoever. You know, I
grew up loving her and watching her show and you know,
listening to her music. She's been one of my biggest
inspirations as someone who both sings and acts, especially sings
country music. I mean, she's the queen of country music.
(01:27):
And you know, just from the moment that she turned around,
you just, I don't know, she's such a comforting person
to be around. Like, yeah, I just I felt like
I knew her from the moment that I had met her.
She's such a great human being and being able to
work with her is totally unreal. She's just like you said,
(01:48):
like she is the kindest, most genuine, down to earth
person ever as exactly as she she just presents herself
as herself through everything she does.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
That's so interesting that you say when she around, because
one of the things that I mentioned to my wife
the very first time that I saw you on the
opening rounds is that when you came out of that screen,
it went, Oh my god, this girl's got it. Whatever
it is. It's because what happened was is that I
was watching you. It was no longer about who was
going to turn around. It was sitting there going, okay,
(02:18):
how is she going to handle this when they do
start turning around, because I have no clue how you
keep your stuff together when it starts happening.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Thank you so much. It's definitely I before going out
on stage, you know, this was I'm at the time,
I was nineteen, I'm twy, just turned twenty now, right
before the premiere of the show, and so this is
the biggest thing I've ever done. You know. I was
standing backstage and I was just thinking to myself. I
(02:47):
was like, God, please, please, please. If no one turns around,
it's okay, but just let this be a good performance.
And I all of.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Those nerves were just like bottled up. And then I
heard them say my name and I had to walk
out stage. I was like, oh my gosh, I don't
know how this is going to go. And as soon
as that music started, something just totally clicked.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Yeah. And do you think, though, is because you earned
the name songbird as a child. And the reason why
I bring that up is because I believe that along
the way, during those early chapters, people will plant things
in us and we keep on to it. Like, for instance,
someone said to me, they go, you are a whisper
of wind, so my entire life that's I'll sit there,
I'll go, You're not being a whisper of wind. Be
the whisper of wind and you. And so when I
(03:29):
heard that your nickname is songbird, I'm going, of course
she is. She's living it, she knows what that means.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yes, I definitely that's such a great question. I love that,
or a great statement, I should say. I definitely definitely
believe in that. My parents have always been my biggest supporters,
and they've always just told me, you know, anything is
possible as long as I go out and do it.
You know, I've never had what I was really little
(04:00):
like before I started performing. I definitely had a little
bit of stage fright.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, but I.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Just I don't know, it just kind of went away.
Like every single nerve and worry that I have ever
had has been totally, you know, blown away by the
drive that I have and the support that I have.
You know, I've always just been told, like I said,
to just follow my dream. There's nothing stopping me from
doing that.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Please do not move. There's more with Aubrey Nicole coming
up next twenty years old, and she's featured on NBC's
The Voice. We're Back with Aubrey Nicole. Tell me about
your journey, tell me how you became what you have become.
And now you have gotten the attention of the entire nation,
and I'm gonna put in there the entire world as well.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Thank you. I I grew up, you know, in a
small town, and my mom's side of the family absolutely
loves music. I've always grown up, you know, listening to
traditional country and bluegrass. Those are kind of what I
grew up with. And of course as I grown up,
(05:08):
I've listened to current country and everything. But that was
truly where my love of music had started. And so
ever since then, I really just started singing and finding out,
what you know, specific subgenre of country I love. And
I also for a little bit I did some musical
theater and some acting and just so I could really
(05:28):
figure out how to put my emotions into songs and
how to connect with them. And so ever since then,
you know, I sang as much as I could while
I was in my town, and then I made the
move to Nashville to attend Belmont University. I for the
first two years I was a music major, and now
I'm a songwriting major, which means I'm learning the ins
(05:50):
and outs of, you know, owning my songwriting craft as
well as the music business, which is really really a
great opportunity. And also now I'm on the voice.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Wow, that's so cool. Let's talk about that farm, your
uncle's farm, because I used to go down to my
uncle's farm in Ranchester, Wyoming, and I would grab my
guitar and go out to the haystacks and sing to
the cattle. You doing anything like that or am I
still looked upon as being a freak.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
Well, I wouldn't call you a freak, but I definitely,
you know, whenever I'm walking around, I love walking outside.
I think it's so beautiful, it's such a beautiful property.
I'm definitely singing to myself, but I cannot say that
I have gone into the barn and specifically sung to
my cows. I'm more or less just kind of annoy
them by ring at them. However, my cat Banjo he
(06:37):
gets concerts.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Yeah, I can relate with that because I'll sit there
and go, oh my god, everybody feeling good? All right?
I got this when I wrote it, when I was
at the Muzzleloader Cafe. All right, everybody here, come on,
tell me you don't do that too.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
That is so fun I love that. That is so funny. Yeah.
I can't say my cows, but definitely my cat. He
gets all my concerts.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
For I love it. So now, what is it like
to be a small town girl in big old Los Angeles?
Because my daughter graduated from UCLA, so I know Los
Angeles and there's so much to see and do. Do
you get off the beaten path?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I honestly it didn't. Maybe it was just because I
had a community of people there when I went, because
everyone's I mean, everyone's there to do the same thing.
They're all happy to be there, they're all excited to
be there, and it's just such a great environment. I
know it's a competition show, but it never once felt,
you know, necessarily competitive between all of us. The only
(07:36):
way it felt competitive for me was within myself to
do better each time. That but so being able to
have that community as soon as I got there was
really really nice. It was almost like I had a
cushion to have that familiarity, familiarity of small town life.
And I also I am used to traveling to different places.
(07:56):
You know, it almost felt to me like I was
going to college again. Ah. I hold my mom back
because you know, my parents were so nervous for me
to go out there. You know, it's so far, it's
such a big city.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
And I got there, I was like, Mom, like, you've
got to understand, Like, you know, I feel like I
just started college again. It's just meeting a group of
a lot of other people and they're all here to
do the same thing as me.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
So it was just nice.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Where can people go to find out more about everything
that you're doing? Because I want them to follow you,
support you, buy whatever you've got in merchandise you're going
to get in merchandise. I want them to feel your presence.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Thank you so much. So I don't have any music
out yet, but the best place to find me and
for when I, you know, start releasing music is my
social media, particularly my TikTok, my Instagram, and my Facebook.
You can find me on all three as aubrenicle official
or my Facebook is just aubrenicle. So if you just
(08:51):
look up aubrenicle, I am sure you will find me.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
I love it well. Please come back to this show
anytime in the future. The door is always going to
be open for you.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
Will you be brilliant today?
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay, thank you you too.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Thank you
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