Living the life he was writing about. Parker McCollum is gearing up to release his fifth studio album, PARKER MCCOLLUM, on June 27th. McCollum has spoken out numerous times that he feels this album is him getting back to the roots of his sound and is reminiscent of his debut record, The Limestone Kid. “It is the best thing I’ve ever done. This record is honest, this record is raw, this record is one thousand percent authentic, Parker, and it feels really good to get back to writing and recording songs like I always wanted to.” Based on the singles McCollum has released thus far, “Big Sky” and “I Hope That I’m Enough,” those statements ring true that The Limestone Kid is back. While “Big Sky” is the song of a nomadic character, who is going where the wind blows him, hoping to make it by, “I Hope that I’m Enough” is a tragically heartbreaking song about a man fearful that what he brings to the table is not enough to keep the woman he loves happy. Even with McCollum’s last single of 2024, “What Kind Of Man,” another single where McCollum wrestles with not being the right kind of man for the woman he loves, asking her to say what she needs from a partner so he can match that, it’s clear that McCollum knows how to write a good heartbreaker. And that has been consistent throughout his entire career. On a recent interview on the Big D and Bubba Show, the radio hosts asked McCollum how he taps into that emotion, given that he lives a life filled with so much love. He has a wife he adores, a baby boy, and is fulfilled in many other ways outside of his career. So, how can he write such gut-wrenching songs? “I’ve always loved sad, heartbreak, country love songs. I’ve always sat around trying to write ’em. You know, you just look out into the world, I think Jason Isbell said that one time, he’s like, ‘Man, my heart breaks a million times a day just looking into the world. So, you know, there’s always something to write about.” McCollum was then asked how he balances writing sad songs with living a happy and fulfilled life. His answer was very vulnerable. He shared that he used to try to live the pain he was writing about, so he is familiar with these feelings all too well. “You know, I was always really, really into Todd Snyder when I was younger, and he always talked about living the songs you write. And so for a long time, several, many years, I was doing that. I was trying to live the songs I was writing. It was a little bit self-destructive. So, my life’s not like that now, but I think I just went there so many times that I can, you know. I just always remember how that feels, and I’m always looking for moments in life, and just when that song’s hitting at the right time at the end of the day. So my mind kind of goes there to write songs.” McCollum is a top-notch storyteller, and it shows his creativity that even in the happiest moments of his life, he can dig deep to pen these heartbreaking lyrics. Big D and Bubba then raved about the record, citing their advanced listens and noting that the heartbreakers are alive and well on this tracklist. June 27th can’t come soon enough. Check out the whole interview while you’re here. If you want to hear the new music on the road this year, Parker is hitting the road on an extensive tour starting in Richmond, Virginia, this June and running through October, ending in Bismarck, North Dakota. You can check out all of the tour dates below or at Vivid Seats, which gives you free tickets just for going to concerts. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Parker McCollum (@parkermccollum) This post contains links from our Affiliate Partners program. If you use these links to make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.The post Parker McCollum Says He Used To Try & Live The Songs He Was Writing: “Was A Little Bit Self-Destructive” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Morgan Wallen’s long awaited new album is here… Other than the person who was mistakenly sent a CD copy of I’m The Problem two days before its release, fans were locked and loaded to stream Morgan Wallen’s new album as soon as it dropped at midnight. Admittedly, I haven’t given it a listen yet and while I’ll get around to it, I have to say it’s a pretty daunting task… There’s 37 songs. That’s a lot of songs. Way too many if you ask me, but hey, there’s a reason he’s the biggest name in the genre, right? The tracks I’ve heard the most about at this point are “I Got Better” (which Wallen called his most personal on the project), “The Dealer (feat Ernest)” (which our girl Casey says is the most country on the album), and “Kiss Her In Front Of You,” which has gotten the Future meme treatment online… How Morgan Wallen felt writing Kiss Her In Front of You pic.twitter.com/qcQ0BO4rbO — Hoop ✰ (@HoopWrld) May 16, 2025 We all knew there was going to be a lot of cowrites on this project but even I wasn’t prepared for the sheer volume of it all. Using Spotify as the source, I added it all up and phew buddy, it took awhile. A total of 52 people are credited with writing some of these songs (including the original writers of “Miami, My Amy” on his Keith Whitley cover thing). “The Dealer” is the only solo write (by Blake Pendergrass) and there’s a lot of overlap in the names who contributed. Ryan Vojtesak leads the pack with 23 credits, followed by Wallen with 22, Pendergrass with 15, John Byron with 12, and Ernest with 10. The song with the most co-writers is “Love Somebody” with a whopping 11. Yes, eleven… On average, each song has 4.89 cowriters and 12 have 6 or more. Why do I point this out? Well, on one hand just to annoy the Wallen fans who will fiercely defend every decision he makes and tell me that it was obviously the correct decision because look at how well the songs and album chart. This is clearly going to be another enormous commercial success and the fans will be quick to point out that Wallen has much more money than I have or ever will have and that I should shut my mouth and eat what he’s serving. Half the fun is getting those people fired up… But also it just has to be recognized what’s going on here. Wallen figured out how to game the streaming system to maximize his money and get the most streams. If that’s the goal of music these days than so be it but I believe music should be about more. Morgan also mentioned that his fans want  a lot of music from him so wants to do his best to try and meet that demand. Which is fair, but it’s just not for me. Albums should be a cohesive body of work that showcases where the artist is at that period of their life. No, that doesn’t mean everything has to be autobiographical, but there should be some tethering to reality and come together to form more than a sum of its parts. This album probably doesn’t do that just based on sheer size. And if it does come together in a cohesive manner, does it really count if you recruit a literally football team’s worth of writers to craft the message for you? It’s like when a celebrity hires someone to write their memoir; who are we really hearing from in that case other than a corporate pen for hire who will put anything down on paper for a payday? Finally, about the commercial success, do we agree that McDonald’s is the best burger place on Earth just because they sell the most burgers? It’s a worn out cliche but still does ring true. Quantity just does not equal quality and putting constraints on creative output only serve to increase the standard because it forces the artist to think more deeply and critically about what should be included and what should be left out. Bring on the Wallen fans who will say I’m an idiot. It’s fine, used to it at this point. I’m not even saying there aren’t good songs on this album because I’m sure there are. But recruiting an army of people to tell your story just shouldn’t be how music is made… and I’ll die on that hill. The post There’s More Than 50 Different Songwriters On Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m The Problem’ Album first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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