The song is the second single from his Rise & Fall album
When NC State men’s and women’s basketball teams made their historic run to the NCAA Final Four last spring, Triple Tigers recording artist Scotty McCreery tweaked the lyrics to his current single “Fall of Summer” from his current album Rise & Fall with an update for his beloved Wolfpack singing, “I said come see me at NC State.” The change has remained popular at his live show and even taken on a life of its own on social media with fans inserting their school name in the lyrics. McCreery, who will perform at the 2025 Stagecoach Festival, has heard the call from fans and due to popular demand is releasing “Fall of Summer (NC State Version).”
Written by McCreery, Frank Rogers and Brent Anderson and produced by Rogers, Derek Wells, and Aaron Eshuis, “Fall of Summer,” is currently climbing the chart at country radio and was most added its first week. Filled with mature nostalgia, and built on one of the album’s most modern, cinematic sounds, the midtempo and reflective standout finds the country crooner’s vocal at a low simmer, as a guy looks back on a season of life that ultimately faded, but also made room for the here and now.
“You sent one “I miss you” when you got back home to Dallas / I said come see me at NC State / You were the one who taught me how heartbreak happens / Feeling the sting and then watching it fade / Like a sunburn on your shoulders / Girl that’s all it was to you / When I think about you and me / It’s a little more like a tattoo.”
Rise & Fall is McCreery’s most critically acclaimed album. The project was produced by McCreery’s longtime production team of Frank Rogers, Derek Wells and Aaron Eshuis.
McCreery also recently joined Callista Clark on the duet “Gettin’ Old” via Dreamcatcher Artists label. Clark wrote the song with Averie Bielski and Karen Kasowski, while Joey Hyde and Frank Rogers share production credits. The two recently shot a music video for the track, conceived, produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Roman White, which will be released soon.
Having spent almost half his life in the spotlight making country music, the North Carolina native is in the midst of his headlining Fall of Summer Tour. Named after his current single of the same name, the tour will take the North Carolina native across the US and Canada with stops in Santa Fe, NM; Bakersfield, CA; Stamford, CT; Windsor, Ontario; Kansas City, MO, Las Vegas, NV, and more.
