What a Song Can Do (Chapter One)

What a Song Can Do (Chapter One) is the third extended play by American country music trio Lady Antebellum, and their first since shortening their group name to Lady A from Lady Antebellum. It was released through Big Machine on June 25, 2021.

Release and promotion
"Like a Lady", the album's first single, was performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 19, 2021. Lady A announced What a Song Can Do on June 9.

Tour
Lady A will embark on the What a Song Can Do Tour in support of the album. It began on July 29, 2021, in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Personnel
Adapted from What a Song Can Do album liner notes.


 * Lady A
 * Dave Haywood – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (all tracks), mandolin (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6), strings (track 1), synthesizer (track 1), bar noise (track 1)
 * Charles Kelley – vocals (all tracks)
 * Hillary Scott – vocals (all tracks)


 * Musicians
 * David Angell – violin (track 7)
 * Monisa Angell – viola (track 7)
 * Kevin Bate – cello (track 7)
 * Jenny Bifano – violin (track 7)
 * Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (all tracks)
 * Dave Cohen – B-3 organ (tracks 1, 2, 6), keyboards (track 3), piano (tracks 2, 4–7), synthesizer (tracks 4, 5, 7)
 * David Davidson – violin (track 7)
 * Stuart Duncan – fiddle (track 3)
 * Justin Ebach – electric guitar (track 5), programming (track 5), synthesizer (track 5), synth bass (track 5)
 * Sam Ellis – programming (track 2)
 * Alicia Enstrom – violin (track 7)
 * Paul Franklin – steel guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5)
 * Jesse Frasure – programming (track 4)
 * Austin Hoke – cello (track 7)
 * Dann Huff – bouzouki (track 5), dobro (tracks 3, 5), dobro solo (track 5), electric guitar (all tracks except 4 & 7), electric guitar solo (tracks 1–3, 6), high string acoustic guitar (track 5), programming (tracks 2–4), synth bass (track 3)
 * David Huff – programming (all tracks)
 * Jun Iwasaki – violin (track 7)
 * Martin Johnson – electric guitar (track 3)
 * Charlie Judge – piano (track 2), synthesizer (tracks 2, 5, 7)
 * Betsy Lamb – viola (track 7)
 * Justin Niebank – programming (all tracks except 3)
 * Brandon Paddock – dobro (track 3), programming (track 3)
 * Jordan Reynolds – programming (track 1)
 * Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (all tracks)
 * Aaron Sterling – drums (all tracks), percussion (tracks 3, 6, 7)
 * Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar (all tracks except 3 & 7), banjo (tracks 3, 5), dobro (track 7) mandolin (track 3)
 * Kris Wilkinson – string arrangements (track 7)
 * Karen Winkelmann – violin (track 7)


 * Production
 * Sean R. Badum – assistant engineer
 * Jesse Brock – mixing assistant
 * Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordination
 * Dann Huff – producer
 * David Huff - editing
 * Martin Johnson – producer
 * Joe LaPorta — mastering
 * Steve Marcantonio – recording
 * Buckley Miller – recording
 * Steve Moffitt – mixing
 * Justin Nieback – mixing
 * Brian Paddock – producing
 * Chris Small – editing
 * Michael Walter – assistant engineer