Latest Release
- 31 DEC 2024
- 1 Song
- I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen) - Single · 2024
- Love Somebody - Single · 2024
- Smile - Single · 2024
- Lies Lies Lies - Single · 2024
- One Thing At A Time · 2023
- One Thing At A Time · 2023
- Broadway Girls (feat. Morgan Wallen) - Single · 2021
- If I Know Me · 2018
- Reboot II · 2024
- SPEAK NOW · 2024
Essential Albums
- “I ain’t no Superman, I’m just the way I am,” Morgan Wallen drawls on the title track of his third album. That everyday-guy status—as well as a voice smooth as bourbon—had helped propel him to the top of the charts in the late 2010s. After a short stint on the U.S. version of The Voice gave him his first visibility in 2014, his 2018 debut, If I Know Me, went to No. 1 on the country charts, and its 2021 follow-up, Dangerous: The Double Album, firmly established him as a crossover star. Apple Music’s top album of 2023 continues the path of Dangerous, packing in three dozen tracks about whiskey, women and world-weariness that add high-concept metaphors and surprising cross-genre pollination (downcast nu-metal balladry, twitchy trap snares) to sturdy Nashville songwriting. Wallen’s voice ties the whole package together, his conversational delivery helping tracks like the swaying recollection “Last Night” sound as natural as morning-after phone calls; his fluid twang is a big part of his appeal, giving the way he digs into his imperfections and asserts that he’s a regular dude a shot of realism believable enough to attract stadium-size crowds. One Thing At A Time’s 36 tracks offer country fans of all generations, whether raised on honky-tonk jukeboxes or genre-melding streaming services, something to grab onto. The rollicking “Everything I Love” interpolates The Allman Brothers Band’s “Midnight Rider”, while the besotted “180 (Lifestyle)” borrows its boastful chorus from Rich Gang’s “Lifestyle”. There are also ingenious metaphors; the rueful “’98 Braves” uses as its central conceit the legendarily thwarted run of the Atlanta baseball team that at one time represented the sporting hopes of the entire South, and “You Proof” charts a lover’s allure alongside alcoholic beverages’ potency scale. It’s not the most surprising analogy, but it rings true—and it illustrates Wallen’s ability to turn life’s details into modern country anthems.
- When Morgan Wallen burst onto the scene in 2018 with his debut album If I Know Me, fans were instantly charmed by the young country artist's clever songwriting, star-worthy vocal chops and knack for crafting an infectious melody. His outsized public persona—including a couple minor run-ins with the law and a penchant for sleeveless shirts—only upped his star status, setting him apart from the scores of other male country artists vying for the genre's attention. Buoyed by a 2014 stint on The Voice, Wallen quickly struck country gold, scoring three No. 1 hits off If I Know Me and announcing himself as an artist to watch. It's no surprise, then, that Wallen's sophomore effort would be an ambitious one. Weighing in at a hefty 30 tracks, the double LP is a wide-ranging showcase of what country fans initially loved about Wallen and a document of how he has grown as an artist. His songwriting, which veers between tender and tongue-in-cheek, has grown more confident. The album length alone shows his willingness to buck conventional genre trends, with influences from artists as wildly different as Jason Isbell and Diplo proving Wallen to be as adventurous in his listening as he is in his bar escapades. And he clearly honed his vocal chops out on the road, with his performances on Dangerous spanning gritty twang, brassy rock and soulful crooning, often within a single track. Among its 30 songs, Dangerous includes massive singles like "More Than My Hometown" and "7 Summers", as well as Wallen's popular cover of Isbell's Southeastern track "Cover Me Up" and an album version of the Diplo collaboration "Heartless". Chris Stapleton guests on standout cut "Only Thing That's Gone", with Stapleton's barrel-aged vocal pairing well with Wallen's younger vintage. Closing track "Quittin' Time" is an Eric Church co-write, linking Wallen to another country act known for eschewing conventions in favour of artistry. Opener "Sand in My Boots" shows that Wallen can put his own spin on a hometown song without veering into lyrical cliché. Producer Joey Moi's fingerprints are all over Dangerous, but Moi—known for work with acts like Florida Georgia Line and Jake Owen—treads more lightly on these tracks than is typical of his work behind the boards, making for an album focused more on letting each song shine than producing radio hits.
Artist Playlists
- A country boy who can join forces with R&B, metal and more.
- Lean back and relax with some of the mellowest cuts.
- Their lyrical and musical genius fuels some of the world’s biggest songs.
- Grab the mic and sing along with some of their biggest hits.
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About Morgan Wallen
Morgan Wallen’s band members have a name for his hairdo: the Tennessee Waterslide. You have to have a certain boot-and-blue-jeans swagger, good humour and lack of self-importance to pull off a mullet in the 21st century, but Wallen has all that in spades, not to mention a taste for sounds that belie the look. Of course, with a voice steeped in Appalachian smoke, country is practically Wallen’s birthright. He was born in 1993 in a tiny town in Tennessee, and grew up singing harmonies with his sisters in the church where their father preached. By 2014, he’d managed to get onto and eliminated from the U.S. version of The Voice, but not before showing an innate versatility and relaxed style. His breakthrough came with 2017’s “Up Down”, a Southern-rock party anthem that radiated frosty-can cool with help from Florida Georgia Line. But his 2018 debut, If I Know Me, proved Wallen could ride solo on cleverly penned everyman hits like “Whiskey Glasses”, a honky-tonk heartbreak sing-along about getting over your blues with something a little stronger than beer goggles. As easy as his country goes down, Wallen stays committed to exploring interesting new directions. In 2019, he converted “Cover Me Up”, the signature song of anti-bro Jason Isbell, into a hymn of support for returning veterans. And in 2020, he not only held down “Heartless”, Diplo’s EDM foray into the Wild West, but dropped “7 Summers”, a soft-focus Eagles-style ballad about a boy who lost a girl because he wouldn’t leave his East Tennessee home. His third album, the sprawling, 36-track One Thing at a Time, arrived in 2023.
- FROM
- Sneedville, TN, United States
- BORN
- 13 May 1993
- GENRE
- Country