New song drops August 11th
COJO Music/Warner Music Nashville Platinum recording artist Cody Johnson is set to release the first single, “The Painter,” off a forthcoming album due out later this year. The song will be available at all digital platforms on August 11th. “The Painter,” written by Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins and Ryan Larkins and produced by Trent Willmon, will impact country radio on August 14th.
“My favorite lyric in ‘The Painter’ is ‘for every wall I built, she saw a canvas.’ If there’s anything that describes my marriage with my wife, Brandi, it’s that line,” Johnson shares. “And that’s why we’ve been together for 15 years.”
“I hope my fans are encouraged to take the time to appreciate the people they have around them. The ones who make their life beautiful and bring all the beautiful colors to their world when it could just be black and white and dark. Remember them and tell them you love them.”
The song is the first from another double album with part one dropping this fall, according to the country star.
“August 14th, we have a new single going to radio. It’s called ‘The Painter.’ This fall, I’m not sure if it will be November or December, the first part of my deluxe album will come out, and I’ve been secretly behind everybody’s back recording a 24-track deluxe album…The album is called Leather,” he tells iHeartRadio’s Spencer Graves.
“The Painter” is the follow up to Johnson’s career-making, double Platinum-selling and Grammy winning (“Country Song of The Year”) multi-week No. 1 hit “’Til You Can’t.” and the Top 5 smash “Human” both included on his Human The Double Album, released in October 2021.
Since that album debuted, Johnson’s career has skyrocketed bringing in 17 career RIAA certifications, a Pandora Billionaire Award and nearly five billion global streams. He released two additional projects, A Cody Johnson Christmas album and Cody Johnson & The Rockin’ CJB Live and an award-winning feature-length documentary Dear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story.
Last month on the CMA Fest 2023 special, Cody and Reba McEntire delivered a knock-out rendition of “Whoever’s in New England.”
Johnson’s reputation as an electrifying performer continues to reign and has resulted in a long list of sold out shows on his headline tours and he’s been selected as a special supporting guest on multiple stadium concerts with Zac Brown Band and Luke Combs. Johnson heads to Australia this month on Luke Combs World Tour.
