On March 3, country singer Morgan Wallen returns with his third studio album, “One Thing At A Time,” following the most heralded or infamous album release cycle in a generation, depending on your point of view.
If you’re wondering how Wallen plans to top the impressive success (counting 104 weeks on the Billboard Top 10) of his quadruple platinum equivalent selling “Dangerous: The Double Album,” released in 2021, consider that on At 36 songs in length, it’s two songs longer than Zach Bryan’s 2022 breakout favorite “American Heartbreak.”
“This record represents the last years of my life, the highs and lows,” Wallen shared via a press release. “It also brings together the musical influences that have shaped me as an artist – country, alternative and hip-hop. There are 36 songs on this album because we just kept exploring with new lyrics, music and production ideas and these are the songs that felt right to me. It was a blast to create and I was so grateful to be back in the studio explaining this to my fans.”
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A video of Wallen using racial slurs went viral in February 2021, and the response he received was significant. Wallen expressed regret for his behavior, calling it “unacceptable and inappropriate” and vowing to do better in the future. The country star’s agency cut ties with him and he was no longer “involved and fit” to perform at the ACM Awards.
Wallen’s popularity and CD sales have increased despite the backlash. He returned to the ACM Awards race in 2022 and won album of the year.
Wallen also hopes to tour in 2023. Wallen’s “One Night At A Time” world tour, which kicks off March 15-24 in Australia and New Zealand with HARDY as the opener, will bring him to an estimated audience of more than 3 million and will include performances of several of the 36 songs from the album. .
After returning to the United States on April 15 at Milwaukee’s American Family Field, he’ll be on the road for the next six months with HARDY and a rotating cast of opening performers including ERNEST, Parker McCollum and Bailey Zimmerman.
Following was Morgan Wallen’s Instagram announcement:
Along with his usual team of songwriters such as ERNEST and 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year HARDY (and names like Nicolle Galyon and Miranda Lambert, who co-wrote the May 2022 No. 1 single “Thought You Should Know”, featured on the album) , Wallen goes back to his roots by teaming up with his sister Ashlyne Wallen for ‘Outlook’.
“I grew up in church singing three-part harmonies with my two sisters. That’s how I learned to sing, so this was a full circle moment for Ashlyne and me.” he says in the press release. The album cover also features familiar faces of the family. Pictured in his grandmother’s house before she died, Wallen is quoted as saying: “My Mamaw Boots helped me raise. I had such a special bond with her, so I wanted to honor her with this new record.”
The album also includes a sample of Young Thug’s “Lifestyle” on “180 (Lifestyle)” and an interpolation of The Allman Brothers’ “Midnight Rider” on “Everything I Love”, all references to his love of hip-hop. Collaborations with Eric Church on “Man Made A Bar”, HARDY on “In The Bible” and ERNEST on “Cowgirls” are also included for more conventional country fans.
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