Hunt will premiere the song at the CMT Music Awards
Diamond-selling hitmaker Sam Hunt releases his new track and video, “Locked Up,” via MCA Nashville. Written by Hunt with Zach Crowell, Jerry Flowers, Shane McAnally, and Josh Osborne, “‘Locked Up’ is a warm, catchy midtempo lope, with Hunt singing sweetly over those ever-present trap 808s. In the song, he describes the dumb decisions that landed him that very short jail sentence and thanks his wife Hannah Lee Fowler for supporting and staying with him despite initially filing for divorce.
Hunt is set for his performance debut of “Locked Up” at the 2024 CMT Music Awards on April 7th airing Live on CBS from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
Directed by Tim Mattia and shot at the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee, the official music video for “Locked Up” reimagines the infamous 1968 Johnny Cash performance at Folsom State Prison. Taking on the feel of newly discovered footage from the archives, the video features Hunt with his longtime band and with the centerpiece of the song, his wife, Hannah.
Hunt is currently on the road with his arena-headlining Outskirts Tour 2024 produced by Live Nation with special guests Brett Young and Lily Rose.
