If you call yourself a Koe Wetzel fan, you are in luck. The country star has a ton of new music on the way. Koe Wetzel returned to the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast to talk about his most recent album 9 Lives, what it’s been like gaining mainstream notoriety and working more in Nashville, having such a passionate fan base, becoming a dad soon, going on tour with Hardy this summer, and much more. One of the things that we were quick to ask about is news on new music from Koe. He was happy to share that he’s currently sitting on quite a lot of songs, and was actually in Nashville writing before we got a chance to sit down with him: “We’ve been writing on it for a while now, and it’s kind of like the same old crew… we’ve added a few other writers on it. It’s a cool vibe. It’s really good. We had a write yesterday, got a couple of good ones.” As for the sound of the new project, Wetzel suggested that his upcoming album should have some comparisons to his most recent project, 9 Lives, which was released in July of last year. Koe didn’t give too much away, but did imply that his latest album and his forthcoming one will share a lot of similarities: “It’s pretty much the exact same vibe… it’s gonna be a good one.” The country music star went on to say that he and his team are currently dealing with a fantastic problem to have in the music industry: Too many songs. That’s right. Koe Wetzel has way too many songs to choose from, and in his mind, it seems like it makes sense to separate the collection he has into two albums. That being said, he predicts the album that will come out in the near future could be on the longer side, just because of the sheer amount of music Koe currently has on standby: “We have a s**t ton of music, and that’s a good thing, right? It’s gonna be a longer record. I’m kind of juggling two records right now. I’m working with Steve Rush as well… we’re doing more of an older Koe, rock-sounding record I guess. Then like I said, the stuff with Gabe Simon is a little more cut-to-the-bone and softer.” And I said near future, so you are probably wondering what exactly that means. Wetzel thinks that his next project (the cut-to-the-bone, softer one) could be ready as soon as the end of 2025. But if it’s not ready by then, an early 2026 release could be in the cards: “I don’t know if it’ll be this year. If it is this year, it’ll probably be closer to the end of the year. We plan on dropping a few singles. We’ll probably just sprinkle a little bit of that the whole time, and then like I said, either the end of the year or the start of next year.” Koe explained that part of the reason he was trying to get his next album put together so quickly is because… well, life is throwing a good amount of things his way. He’s set to tour with HARDY, and more importantly, Wetzel is about to become a father. Knowing that his hands will be full for much of the rest of 2o25, the country music star is doing his best to finish up an album so that he can release it for his fans. And speaking of a release for his fans, we had to ask Koe about that promise he made to make a traditional country music record when he turned 30. Like many of his faithful followers, we haven’t forgotten about that social media post that promised the traditional country project. Wetzel hasn’t either, but he thinks he might let the traditional country record come to him rather than force it just because he drunkenly posted about it one time: “I think I was really drunk when I posted that to Twitter. Not like me to be drunk posting on Twitter, but yeah, I don’t know. I really, truly want to make a traditional country record. But I feel like when I’m ready for that time, it’s gonna come. And I don’t want to force it. You’ve got so many badass traditional country artists right now. You’ve got Zach Top. Post Malone has made some great stuff. You’ve got all these people that are making great traditional country music. I’m gonna let them handle it right now and then maybe I’ll come in later on.” @whiskeyriff @Koe Wetzel’s still planning on releasing a traditional country record one day. // Listen to the latest episode of Whiskey Riff Raff on Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Podcasts. #whiskeyriff #whiskeyriffraff #koewetzel #traditionalcountrymusic ♬ original sound Whiskey Riff Regardless of when that traditional album from Koe might see the light of day, it’s an exciting time to be a fan of Koe Wetzel. I don’t know about you, but it still feels like 9 Lives just came out (even though it was a late summer 2024 release), and we could get a whole other album from the “High Road” singer as soon as the end of 2025. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. 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