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Before finishing Hotel Paper, Branch took a break from her album to contribute vocals to another. She duets with Isaac Hanson on a song called "Deeper" for Hanson's next record.

"They write really great, hooky songs, and I'm hoping that people will be able to see they aren't brothers that sing 'MMMBop' anymore and they don't all have long, blonde hair anymore, and they actually look like guys instead of girls," Branch joked. "People need to give them more credit because they really make phenomenal records. I genuinely love the guys, and I wanna help 'em out in any way I can."

Hanson and Branch met when the trio heard her demo tape in 2000 and asker her to open a show on their tour.

"I went out in front of all these screaming girls with my acoustic guitar, thinking I was going to be pelted and like pulled offstage, because I was getting hate mail weeks before I opened up for them: 'I hate you. You're opening up for Hanson, I'm gonna kill you,' " Branch recalled. "But I went up onstage and everything went well, and that night I got my record deal offer. Someone in the audience was from Maverick Records."