Kane Brown announces ‘Mixtape Vol 1’

EP features four critically-acclaimed tracks released in 2020

This Friday, August 14th, Kane Brown will delight fans with the release of his seven-song collection entitled Mixtape Vol. 1 on RCA Nashville/Zone 4.

The new EP includes four critically-acclaimed tracks that Brown has released since the start of 2020, along with three previously unreleased songs. Kane Brown co-wrote each selection on Mixtape Vol. 1, his first multi-song project since his platinum-certified Billboard 200 chart-topping Experiment arrived in November 2018.

The 26-year-old singer-songwriterโ€™s EP leads with his two current singles, the Top 10-and-climbing country smash, โ€œCool Again,โ€ and Brownโ€™s recently-released Top 40 hit, โ€œBe Like That,โ€ a collaboration with Swae Lee and Khalid. โ€œCool Again,โ€ which Billboard named โ€œsong of the summer,โ€ was the most-added country song its initial week of release with a career-high 103 stations onboard, and has become Brownโ€™s fastest rising single to date. And further increasing his career benchmarks, the entertainer achieved his biggest first week launch at Top 40 Radio when โ€œBe Like Thatโ€ was No. 1 most added with 103 stations.

Also included on the seven-song set which exemplifies Brownโ€™s โ€œwillingness to stretch boundaries and highly personal storytellingโ€ (TIME) is his duet with John Legend, โ€œLast Time I Say Sorry.โ€ Of the song the two co-wrote, People commented, โ€œJohn Legend and Kane Brown are a musical force to be reckoned with.โ€ In April, shortly after the trackโ€™s release, Brown and Legend made their national television performance debut of โ€œLast Time I Say Sorryโ€ on the CBS primetime special, ACM Presents: Our Country.

The Mixtape Vol. 1 selection โ€œWorldwide Beautifulโ€ was originally released on June 4th, two days after the music industryโ€™s sector-wide Blackout Tuesday. The ballad echoed with a message of acceptance and global peace, and it benefits Boys and Girls Club of America to advocate for justice and equality. Brown made the national television debut of โ€œWorldwide Beautifulโ€ at the 2020 BET Awards alongside Grammy-nominated gospel singer, Jonathan McReynolds.

โ€œWorship You,โ€ โ€œBFEโ€ and โ€œDidnโ€™t Know What Love Wasโ€ round out Brownโ€™s new EP. The three new tracks offer another glimpse into the global entertainerโ€™s singularly progressive sound and style, which Rolling Stone recently praised as a balance of โ€œpop-leaning radio country, Randy Travis-inspired Nineties stylings, and pop-dominant R&B,โ€ as he continues to shape the next generation of country music.

1. โ€œCool Againโ€ – Songwriters: Kane Brown, Josh Hoge, Matt McGinn and Lindsay Rimes; Producer: Dann Huff and Lindsay Rimes

2. โ€œBe Like That (feat. Swae Lee and Khalid)โ€- Songwriters: Kane Brown, Khalif Brown, Alexander “Eskeerdo” Izquierdo, Khalid Robinson, Ryan Vojtesak and Mike Will; Producer: Charlie Handsome

3. โ€œWorship Youโ€- Songwriters: Kane Brown, Alexander Izquierdo, Ryan Vojtesak and Matt McGinn; Producer: Dann Huff

4. โ€œBFEโ€ – Songwriters: Kane Brown, Sam Ellis, Matt McGinn, Taylor Phillips and Will Weatherly; Producer: Dann Huff

5. โ€œDidnโ€™t Know What Love Wasโ€ โ€“ Songwriters: Kane Brown, Shy Carter, Matt McGinn and Lindsay Rimes; Producer: Dann Huff and Lindsay Rimes

6. โ€œLast Time I Say Sorry (with John Legend)โ€ โ€“ Songwriters: John Stephens, Kane Brown, Matt McGinn and Andrew Goldstein; Producer: Andrew Goldstein

7. โ€œWorldwide Beautifulโ€ โ€“ Songwriters: Kane Brown, Shy Carter, Ryan Hurd and Jordan Schmidt; Producer: Dann Huff

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn