Wetmore gives first taste of the upcoming 19-track record with new single “3,2,1” out now
Breakout country star Tucker Wetmore will release his debut album, What Not To, on Friday, April 25th via Mercury Nashville/UMG Nashville. Just days after revealing his Ryman Auditorium headline debut for May 21st, Wetmore took to the Ryman stage during Universal Music Group Nashville’s Country Radio Seminar (CRS) showcase to unveil the plans for his highly-anticipated debut album. Capturing the highs, lows and lessons learned in Wetmore’s 25 years, What Not To channels these hard-won lessons over a 19 song collection that is poised to resonate.
Produced by Chris LaCorte, What Not To is rich in interconnected themes, “like red yarn connecting a bunch of pins on a wall,” Wetmore says. But all of the album is informed by the message of its title track, which Wetmore wrote with his best friend Jacob Hackworth, LaCorte and Nashville powerhouses Chase McGill and Jameson Rogers. A deeply personal song to Wetmore, which he gave a soul-stirring piano performance from the Ryman stage — “What Not To” is about struggle, compassion and salvation. “Momma said you don’t pray no more/breaks my heart, so I do it for you,” Wetmore sings in the title track.
Bringing fans deeper into the excitement of What Not To, Wetmore drops “3,2,1,” available everywhere now. The song will also serve as his lead single at country radio, going for adds on March 10th and follows Wetmore’s recent No. 1 debut “Wind Up Missin’ You.” Steeped in hook-driven melodies and clever turns of phrase, the infectious track written by Josh Miller, Summer Overstreet and Jordan Reynolds tells the story of regret and missed chances: “three words, two late, damn girl you’re the one that got away.”
Wetmore has spent the last year in overdrive, skyrocketing from a budding star to one of the genre’s most in-demand new acts. His RIAA platinum-certified No.1 hit single “Wind Up Missin’ You” dominated the charts and earned him an iHeartRadio Music Awards nomination for Best New Country Artist and was just tapped as an Opry NextStage Artist.
He will also join Thomas Rhett’s Better in Boots Tour 2025 as direct support across 33 dates this summer.
