Morgan Wallen announces Dangerous: The Double Album out January 8FOLLOWS STELLAR CMA AWARDS SHOWING, PERFORMING FOURTH CONSECUTIVE CANADIAN #1 “MORE THAN MY HOMETOWN” AND WINNING NEW ARTIST OF THE YEARBRAND NEW “7 SUMMERS” SHORT FILM OUT NOWOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Universal Music Canada As announced last night via his social media, Big Loud/Republic Records/Universal Music Canada’s Morgan Wallen will release his highly-anticipated sophomore album, Dangerous: The Double Album, on January 8, 2021. The vast, 30-track double album is nearly three years in the making, written largely by Wallen throughout the chapter of his career that has established him as “the fastest rising young star in country” (Variety). With the project’s arsenal of writers ranging from storytelling titans Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally, Hillary Lindsey, Rhett Akins and Lee Thomas Miller, to two of Wallen’s biggest musical inspirations Eric Church and Jason Isbell, to his closest musical confidants HARDY, ERNEST and Ryan Vojtesak (aka Charlie Handsome), Dangerous: The Double Album further establishes the signature sound crafted by Wallen and producer Joey Moi on his #1 PLATINUM debut If I Know Me. The double shot holds both of Wallen’s current country singles — this week's country #1 “More Than My Hometown” and the viral smash “7 Summers” — as well as his critically acclaimed cover of Isbell’s “Cover Me Up,” New Year’s surprise release “This Bar,” and the countrified album version of 3X PLATINUM Diplo collaboration, “Heartless.” "As y’all may have heard, I announced a double album last night, and I couldn’t be more excited about it," shares Wallen. "The 'double album' idea started off as just a joke between me and my manager because we had accumulated so many songs over the past couple of years. Then quarantine hit and we realized it might actually be possible to have enough time to make it happen. I also ended up writing quite a few more songs during the quarantine with some of my good buddies. After a few months of production and fine tuning, I am so proud of what we came up with. I know 32 (eventual) songs sounds like a lot to digest, but I truly did my best to make sure there’s not a song that I would press “next” on. I also wanted the songs to speak to multiple phases of life, and have multiple different sounds based on my influences and based on what I enjoy. The three songs that we will put out next week will hopefully encapsulate a lot of the project for you and hold you off until January. Thank y’all!!" Dangerous: The Double Album - Track List: DISC 2 - TARGET EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS** All Songs Produced by Joey Moi Dangerous: The Double Album Album Players: Tom Bukovac (Electric Guitar), Dave Cohen(Keys & B3), Matt Dragstrem (Programming), Jacob Durrett (Programming), Paul Franklin(Steel Guitar), Charlie Handsome (Programming), Wes Hightower (Background Vocals), Mark Holman (Programming), Jake Mitchell (Programming), Joey Moi (Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals, Electric Guitar, Programming), Niko Moon (Programming), Jerry Roe (Drums & Percussion), Daniel Ross (Programming), Jimmie Lee Sloas (Bass), Ernest Keith Smith(Background Vocals), Bryan Sutton (Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Dobro, Mandolin, Resonator), Ilya Toshinskiy (Acoustic Guitar), Derek Wells (Electric Guitar) Pre-order for Dangerous: The Double Album goes live November 20, alongside three instant grat tracks: “Somebody’s Problem,” “Still Goin Down,” and “Livin’ The Dream.” Last night, Wallen returned to the stage at the 54th Annual CMA Awards with a “gently rockin’” (Billboard) performance of “More Than My Hometown.” Making the night even more memorable, Wallen also took home his first-ever CMA Award for New Artist of the Year. “Well, I did not expect this,” Wallen said from centre stage. “I’d like to thank the good Lord first of all. I’d like to thank my mama for always being the one to push me to sing, my dad for always making sacrifices for me and my family so I could sing, and for my team. And for Nashville for accepting me into your family. It’s been a great five years since I moved here and thank you guys so much. God bless you!” Earlier this week, the MULTI-PLATINUM hitmaker released the official music video for “7 Summers,” making his acting debut and already scoring nearly 1 MILLION views. Watch the eight-minute short film HERE. Wallen is currently nominated for two American Music Awards, Favorite Male Artist – Country and Favorite Album – Country (If I Know Me) – fans can vote BELOW.
Source Universal Music Canada
November 13, 2020 9:00am ET by Pressparty |