Deeply personal album drops this March
Morgan Wallen took to social media earlier today (Mon, Jan 30th) to share official details about his third studio project, One Thing At A Time, set for release on Big Loud/Mercury/Republic worldwide on Friday, March 3rd.
Opening with confessional “Born With A Beer In My Hand” and closing with poignant “Dying Man,” Wallen takes the listener on a very personal journey throughout the expansive project.
“This record represents the last few years of my life, the highs and the lows,” Wallen shares. “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 fresh 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 to lay this out for my fans.”
Showcasing his wide-ranging influences and creativity – he interpolated The Allman Brothers’ “Midnight Rider” – showcased on “Everything I Love,” a sample of Young Thug’s “Lifestyle” interpolated on “180 (Lifestyle),” collaborations with Eric Church on “Man Made A Bar,” Hardy on “In The Bible,” and “Cowgirls” with Ernest, finishing with “Dying Man” (Codeine it got Elvis / Whiskey it got Hank / I always thought somethin’ like that / Might send me on my way), the prolific album runs the gambit.
“I just try to tell it how it is – the good, the bad, the love, the heartbreak. That’s all I know how to do,” says Wallen. “My hope is that this album makes my fans proud; makes ’em laugh, smirk, cry, and think – just like it did for me.”
Furthering the connection to his roots, Wallen’s sister, Ashlyne Wallen, sings harmony on “Outlook.” He recalls, “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.” The cover art also holds family significance for Wallen – photographed at the home of his Mamaw (Grandmother) Boots, who is no longer with us. “My Mamaw Boots helped raise me. I had such a special bond with her, so I wanted to honor her with this new record.”
Three new songs off the album arrive tonight to start the countdown to One Thing At A Time; “Last Night,” “Everything I Love” and “I Wrote The Book.”
Wallen has continually released music since 2021’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which remains Billboard’s longest running Top 10 album in history for a solo artist with 104-and-counting total weeks spent in the Top 10 (eclipsing Adele’s 21 and Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The USA).
With so much new music, the stage is set for his One Night At A Time World Tour. Produced by Live Nation in North America and Frontier Touring in Australia/New Zealand, his 63-date/30 stadium show tour kicks off overseas March 15-24 in New Zealand and Australia with Hardy before returning stateside on April 15 at Milwaukee’s American Family Field, then hitting New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, Chicago’s Wrigley Field, and Boston’s Fenway Park with Parker McCollum, and wrapping on October 7th at Tacoma Dome in Washington. Ernest and Bailey Zimmerman support across U.S. and international dates.
1. Born With A Beer In My Hand
2. Last Night
3. Everything I Love — Contains interpolation from “Midnight Rider”
4. Man Made A Bar (Feat. Eric Church)
5. Devil Don’t Know
6. One Thing At A Time
7. ’98 Braves
8. Ain’t That Some
9. I Wrote The Book
10. Tennessee Numbers
11. Hope That’s True
12. Whiskey Friends
13. Sunrise
14. Keith Whitley
15. In The Bible (Feat. Hardy)
16. You Proof
17. Thought You Should Know
18. F150-50
19. Neon Star (Country Boy Lullaby)
20. I Deserve A Drink
21. Wine Into Water
22. Me + All Your Reasons
23. Tennessee Fan
24. Money On Me
25. Thinkin’ Bout Me
26. Single Than She Was
27. Days That End In Why
28. Last Drive Down Main
29. Me To Me
30. Don’t Think Jesus
31. 180 (Lifestyle) — Contains interpolation from “Lifestyle”
32. Had It
33. Cowgirls (feat. Ernest)
34. Good Girl Gone Missin’
35. Outlook
36. Dying Man