Shaboozey has announced his fourth album, ‘The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales,’ and it’s the most ambitious project of his career by a significant margin. A full cinematic concept record built around an original outlaw revenge narrative, the album arrives July 31 via his own American Dogwood imprint in partnership with Empire. The first single, “Born To Die,” drops April 24, the same day Shaboozey celebrates with a special performance at the Today Plaza in New York City.
The story at the center of the album is fully realized and uncompromising. After watching her sheriff father murdered by the Bootcut Boys, Cherie Lee abandons the badge and hunts the gang down one by one. In the middle of her vengeance, she unexpectedly falls for one of the outlaws. He believes loving her can redeem him. She hopes loving him can quiet her darkness. They’re both wrong. In the final act, Cherie chooses blood over love, killing the man who loves her most and fully becoming what she set out to destroy. It’s a proper western narrative, complete with revenge, redemption, and romance, told continuously across every song on the album.
Shaboozey has been direct about what this project means to him and how it differs from what came before. “‘Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going’ was a journal entry and an opportunity for the world to get to know more about me as a person,” he explains. “That album changed my life. But now I want to show the world who I am as an artist and storyteller. The Outlaw Cherie Lee is a project that’s been several years in the making. It’s a western about revenge told continuously through every song. I poured all of myself into this.” The scale of that ambition is reflected in the collaborators he’s assembled, continuing his pattern of pulling from across the musical spectrum. Previous partners have included Jelly Roll, Noah Cyrus, BigXthaPlug, and Sierra Ferrell, and the new album brings another slate of high-profile features that push country’s genre boundaries further than ever.
To launch the album’s world properly, Shaboozey is bringing Cherie Lee to life at Stagecoach 2026 with an immersive pop-up saloon experience running April 24 through 26 on the festival grounds. The fully realized Western saloon environment is built directly from the album’s narrative, offering fans exclusive album previews and appearances from Shaboozey himself. It’s a bold way to introduce a concept record, turning the festival into the album’s first act.
‘The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales’ arrives July 31. “Born To Die” is out April 24. Tour details are forthcoming.