As an artist who never fails to wear his heart on his sleeve, singer-songwriter, David Cook is looking to take his music to a whole new level with his latest single "Reds Turn Blue." The detailed story-driven track describes the manic highs and lows of anxiety — something the American Idol winner has struggled with since winning Season 7 in 2008. In an exclusive interview with PopCulture.com for our series PopCulture @ Home, Cook opens up about the cathartic experience in writing the intimate song, which he admits was a way for him to deal with his anxiety.

"It's just a therapeutic exercise," he told PopCulture of the single, written last fall. "I had been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder about a decade ago, and I guess back in October, I just felt like — as another step in the process of figuring all this out — I would love to just write a song that probably nobody else will hear. So, I just attacked it."

Cook goes on to share how the song is a "letter" of sorts from his anxiety to himself as a way to help him process it "a little differently." With the song's title alluding to a visual representation of the emotions embodied in the unabashed and sentimental lyrics, Cook adds it's all about perspective, even if it took a lot of thought for him to want to share it with fans.

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