Tickets on sale now for 2021 tour
Hitmaker Michael Ray announces more new music from his upcoming project due later this summer, “Just The Way I Am,” a song that recognizes that people aren’t all good or all bad, balancing grinning self-deprecation with honesty and pride. “Just The Way I Am” is set for release Friday, July 30th and is available to pre-save.
“This song really feels autobiographical for me,” shares Ray. “It touches on the good parts of people while still acknowledging that they have faults and flaws, myself included. I relate to it so fully, that it feels like I could have written it. I hope that when fans hear it, they understand more about me and maybe even relate to it themselves.”
Written by Michael Hardy, Ben West and Josh Miller, “Just The Way I Am” finds Ray’s smooth vocals painting a character that feels like a portrait of someone we all know in the first verse:
Might slow it on down / And wave at a passerby / Hug your neck say I love ya / ‘Stead of sayin’ goodbye // Ain’t lookin’ for one / But won’t run from a fight / I got too much pride // Hey I’m the kinda guy / That likes a simple life / The only suit and tie I own / Is for when Heaven calls somebody home
The first of many new tracks from the hitmaker, Ray’s current single “Whiskey And Rain” is currently climbing the charts at country radio as it reaches 38 million on-demand streams.
“Just The Way I Am” follows the release of “Picture,” written shortly after the unexpected passing of his Uncle Terry and penned with Michael Hardy and David Garcia. “Picture” is about memories made and memories still to make.
Catch Ray out on the road with his Just The Way I Am 2021 Tour, as it continues tonight in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ and wraps in the fall at the Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
