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Charlie Puth Gets Radically Honest on Fourth Studio Album ‘Whatever’s Clever!’ Out Now

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Charlie Puth Gets Radically Honest on Fourth Studio Album ‘Whatever’s Clever!’ Out Now

Charlie Puth has made the album he has been circling for years. ‘Whatever’s Clever!’ is out now via Atlantic Records, a 13-track fourth studio album co-produced with BloodPop that finds Puth setting aside the hitmaker armor and getting genuinely personal. “Audiences knew my music more than they knew me because I never really gave them a chance to know me,” he says. “This is the chance.” The record covers his brother, his father, his wife, and people who are no longer in his life, steeped in the warmth of Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, and Philip Bailey, built around analog textures and a deliberate commitment to human imperfection over digital precision.

The collaborators assembled here are extraordinary and each one earns their place. “Love In Exile” pairs Puth with Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins in a yacht rock gem that sounds like it was pulled from the best possible version of 1982. “Until It Happens To You” features a non-memorized spoken word monologue from Jeff Goldblum, delivered from the heart to his own sons. “Sideways,” the album’s lead single featuring Coco Jones, is a blissed-out 90s R&B love song that the two debuted live at Blue Note LA last winter and performed together last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Hikaru Utada appears on “Home,” Ravyn Lenae on “New Jersey,” and Kenny G on “Cry.”

“Hey Brother” stands as one of the album’s most quietly powerful moments, Puth directly addressing his younger brother Stephen for the first time in song. “I wish you could see in you what you see in me,” he sings, and the discomfort behind writing it only adds to its weight. BloodPop pushed Puth toward sounds and subjects he had previously avoided, and the results justify every uncomfortable moment in the studio.

Puth also opened Super Bowl LX last month with a nationally praised rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” backed by an orchestra and Kenny G. The Whatever’s Clever! World Tour launches April 22 at San Diego’s Viejas Arena, runs through North America until mid-June, then moves to Europe and the UK through late July.

‘Whatever’s Clever!’ Track List:

  1. Changes
  2. Beat Yourself Up
  3. Cry (feat. Kenny G)
  4. Washed Up
  5. New Jersey (feat. Ravyn Lenae)
  6. Don’t Meet Your Heroes
  7. Home (feat. Hikaru Utada)
  8. Hey Brother
  9. Sideways (feat. Coco Jones)
  10. Love in Exile (feat. Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins)
  11. Until It Happens to You (feat. Jeff Goldblum)
  12. I Used to Be Cringe

2026 North American Tour Dates:

Apr 22 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena

Apr 24 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre

Apr 25 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl

Apr 28 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center

Apr 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum

May 1 – San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

May 3 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater @ Lumen Field

May 5 – Vancouver, BC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre

May 7 – Portland, OR – Veterans Memorial Coliseum

May 9 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center

May 10 – Denver, CO – Bellco Theatre

May 13 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre

May 15 – Rosemont, IL – Rosemont Theatre

May 16 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory

May 19 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre

May 20 – Hamilton, ON – TD Coliseum

May 22 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway

May 23 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

May 26 – Fairfax, VA – EagleBank Arena

May 29 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

May 30 – Atlantic City, NJ – Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena

Jun 1 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

Jun 3 – Atlanta, GA – Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park

Jun 5 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live

Jun 6 – Orlando, FL – Addition Financial Arena

Jun 9 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

Jun 11 – Austin, TX – Moody Center

Jun 12 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

Jun 13 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall

2026 European & UK Tour Dates:

Jun 27 – Odense, Denmark – Tinderbox *

Jun 30 – Stockholm, Sweden – Gröna Lund

Jul 1 – Helsinki, Finland – Allas Live

Jul 3 – Larvik, Norway – Stavern Festival *

Jul 5 – Hamburg, Germany – Stadtpark Open Air

Jul 6 – Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrhunderthalle

Jul 8 – Barcelona, Spain – Barts Festival *

Jul 9 – Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool Festival *

Jul 13 – Paris, France – Olympia

Jul 15 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo

Jul 18 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy

Jul 19 – Dublin, Ireland – Iveagh Gardens

Jul 21 – Edinburgh, UK – Usher Hall

Jul 22 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy

Jul 24 – Pompei, Italy – Anfiteatro di Pompei

Jul 25 – Cernobbio, Italy – Villa Erba

Jul 27 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Park

Jul 28 – Prague, Czechia – Forum Karlín

Jul 30 – Warsaw, Poland – Progresja Summer Stage

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Glasgow Singer-Songwriter Ant Thomaz Pours Family, Resilience and Hard-Won Belief Into New Album ‘Gaia’

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Glasgow Singer-Songwriter Ant Thomaz Pours Family, Resilience and Hard-Won Belief Into New Album ‘Gaia’

Ant Thomaz has made his most personal album, and the story behind it is impossible to separate from the music itself. ‘Gaia’ is named after his daughter, a child doctors once warned might face significant learning and physical limitations. Rather than accept that ceiling, Thomaz and his wife built a home around creativity, language, and imagination. Gaia grew up learning Makaton, British Sign Language, English, and Gaelic. Music and storytelling became daily practice. The album that emerged from that experience carries every bit of that weight and warmth.

The Glasgow-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist blends indie folk, soul, and Celtic rock with a storytelling instinct rooted in lived experience. ‘Gaia’ moves between soulful, cinematic arrangements and moments of genuine playfulness, with Thomaz’s reflective lyricism threading the whole record together. The focus track “The Night Is Young” was written after a conversation with a close family mentor facing difficult news, grounded in themes of acceptance and the value of staying present. “Believe” became a direct collaboration with his daughter, who helped shape its melodies as it took form.

Running through the album is a lesson Thomaz received as a teenager from a mentor, the story of the eagle and the crow: rather than fighting negativity, the eagle simply flies higher until the crow can no longer follow. That philosophy, “soar higher, son,” sits at the centre of everything on ‘Gaia.’ Thomaz puts it plainly: “It’s about seeing the full humanity in people that society often overlooks. We didn’t just want Gaia to survive. We wanted her to soar.”

Thomaz began his musical life busking on Glasgow streets and has since shared stages with Starsailor, Eddi Reader, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Kool and The Gang, and Big Country, among others. He has received spins on BBC 6 Music and performed at Celtic Connections, Belladrum, and Edinburgh Fringe. ‘Gaia’ is his most fully realized work yet.

Flea Returns to His First Musical Love With Long-Awaited Debut Solo Album ‘Honora’ Out Now

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Flea Returns to His First Musical Love With Long-Awaited Debut Solo Album ‘Honora’ Out Now

Thirty-five years in the making. Flea releases ‘Honora’ today on Nonesuch Records, a ten-track debut solo album that sets aside the bass and returns him to trumpet, the instrument he loved before he became one of the defining rock bassists of his generation. The New York Times says his trumpet lines “embody a deep pathos.” The Los Angeles Times calls it “intuitive and inspiring.” DownBeat gave it the April cover story. The album earns every word. Listen here.

The band assembled around Flea is extraordinary. Producer and saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss, and drummer Deantoni Parks form the core of the Honora Band, with Mauro Refosco and Nate Walcott among the additional contributors. Thom Yorke appears on original track “Traffic Lights.” Nick Cave delivers a vocal performance on “Wichita Lineman” that has already generated a dedicated visualizer. Six of the ten tracks are Flea originals, with the remaining four drawing from Frank Ocean and Shea Taylor, George Clinton and Eddie Hazel, Jimmy Webb, and Ann Ronell.

Flea describes the recording sessions with characteristic directness: “Sitting in a room and playing the music with them made me feel like I was on drugs. I was buzzing, tripping and floating around the studio.” The vulnerability behind that statement matters. He admits he was scared before making this record, worried the jazz musicians around him would dismiss him as a rock poseur. What he found instead was generosity, and ‘Honora’ carries that energy throughout.

Flea and the Honora Band made their live debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this week. The sold-out Honora Tour launches May 7 in Chicago and runs through North America and Europe, closing with a slot at Rotterdam’s North Sea Jazz Festival on July 11.

‘Honora’ Track List:

Golden Wingship

A Plea

Traffic Lights (feat. Thom Yorke)

Frailed

Morning Cry

Maggot Brain

Wichita Lineman (feat. Nick Cave)

Thinkin Bout You

Willow Weep for Me

Free As I Want to Be

The Honora Tour Dates:

May 7 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall

May 9 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House

May 10 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Beanfield

May 12 – New York, NY – Webster Hall

May 13 – Washington, DC – Black Cat

May 16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre

May 21 – Berlin, DE – Heimathafen

May 22 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso

May 23 – Antwerp, BE – Jazz Middelheim

May 26 – London, UK – Koko

May 28 – Paris, FR – Alhambra

May 29 – Paris, FR – Alhambra

Jul 11 – Rotterdam, NL – North Sea Jazz Festival 2026

Multi-Platinum Artist Mia Martina Hits 100 Million Streams on Two Catalog Tracks as TikTok Fuels a Massive Revival

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Multi-Platinum Artist Mia Martina Hits 100 Million Streams on Two Catalog Tracks as TikTok Fuels a Massive Revival

Mia Martina did not plan a comeback. TikTok planned it for her. Two of her early releases, “Beast” and “You Weren’t Here, I Really Miss You,” have each surpassed 100 million streams, driven by a wave of virality that has seen over 100 million TikTok videos created using the tracks. For a multi-platinum artist who built her name on worldwide hits like “Stereo Love,” “Latin Moon,” and “Burning,” the resurgence is both validation and a genuinely fascinating case study in how catalog music moves in 2026.

What makes this moment notable is the audience driving it. Two distinct groups have converged around these songs simultaneously: listeners returning to them through nostalgia, and a younger generation encountering them for the first time through short-form video. The result is a cross-generational hit being actively reshaped by user behavior, which is something the original release cycle could never have anticipated. The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted exactly this kind of phenomenon, noting how older tracks are seeing dramatic stream spikes and cultural relevance almost overnight through TikTok-driven trends.

Martina is channeling this renewed momentum into a significant new direction. Her project ‘Undeniable Frequencies’ blurs the lines between music, neuroscience, and emotional healing, mixed in Dolby Atmos and designed to move through the body as much as the ears. The work was shaped in part by her diagnosis with endometriosis, which forced her to step back from a career built on world tours and major awards, and led her toward frequency-based sound as a genuine therapeutic tool. She recently delivered a TEDx talk titled “Music as Medicine” at TEDxDilmun’s EDGE event, exploring how sonic vibration and emotional intelligence can create lasting transformation.

The streaming numbers are the headline, but the story behind them is richer than an algorithm spike. This is an artist finding new purpose while a new generation finds her music.

Nomadic Indie Rock Act The Moss Charts Its Own Course on New Single “Your Way” Off Upcoming Album ‘Big Blue Moon’

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Nomadic Indie Rock Act The Moss Charts Its Own Course on New Single “Your Way” Off Upcoming Album ‘Big Blue Moon’

The Moss have a new single out and a full-length album on the way, and both feel like the work of a band operating exactly on their own terms. “Your Way” is out now, the lead single from ‘Big Blue Moon,’ due April 24, and it arrives with the kind of melodic confidence that has already driven The Moss past 75 million streams. Frontman Tyke James keeps the message direct: the song is about rejecting other people’s blueprints for how life should be lived.

That philosophy runs through everything about The Moss. James has lived in a van in Santa Cruz, surfed in France, worked a horse ranch in Montana, and paraglided in Utah, and the band’s sound reflects all of it. Equal parts 60s surf-rock, Beatles melodicism, reggae rhythm, and 90s emo edge, with nods to the Replacements, U2, and Vampire Weekend, The Moss pull from the outdoors as much as from music history. James performed alongside Jack Johnson at a local fundraiser in O’ahu as a teenager and has been building something distinctive ever since.

The Insomnia EP broke The Moss into wider consciousness, with the title track landing on Spotify’s U.S. Viral 50 chart and earning major support from SiriusXM’s Alt Nation. Alt Press named them a Rising Artist To Watch. Festival sets at Bottlerock, Levitate, and Life Is Beautiful followed, alongside dates with Briston Maroney. A spring 2026 headline tour now runs from Seattle through Salt Lake City, closing with a slot at Kilby Block Party alongside Lorde, The XX, and Modest Mouse.

“Your Way” captures the restless, self-directed energy that has defined The Moss from the start. ‘Big Blue Moon’ arrives April 24.

The Moss 2026 Tour Dates:

Apr 2 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile

Apr 3 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater

Apr 4 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall

Apr 6 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent

Apr 9 – Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour

Apr 10 – San Diego, CA – The Quartyard

Apr 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom

Apr 14 – Austin, TX – Mohawk

Apr 15 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada Outdoors

Apr 17 – Atlanta, GA – Sweetwater 420 Fest

Apr 18 – Nashville, TN – Basement East

Apr 20 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle

Apr 22 – Washington, DC – Union Stage

Apr 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia

Apr 24 – New York, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg

Apr 25 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club

Apr 27 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Cafe

Apr 29 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig

Apr 30 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s

May 1 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi

May 2 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall

May 6 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line

May 7 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theater

May 8 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway

May 9 – Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theater

May 11 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown

May 13 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theater

May 14 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theater

May 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party

Irreversible Entanglements Push Free Jazz to Its Incendiary Edge on New Album ‘Future Present Past’ Out Now

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Irreversible Entanglements Push Free Jazz to Its Incendiary Edge on New Album ‘Future Present Past’ Out Now

Irreversible Entanglements have never made music that sits still, and ‘Future Present Past’ is no exception. The free-jazz quintet’s sixth studio album is out today via Impulse!, a bristling, contained, and deeply purposeful record that channels skittering percussion, heated vocal delivery from Camae Ayewa, and scattershot horn runs into something that feels less like an album and more like an act of collective resistance.

The record features contributions from MOTHERBOARD across five tracks, whose voice soars as an airy counterpoint to Ayewa’s lower, more grounded timbre. Helado Negro appears on the opening track “Juntos Vencemos” and closing track “We Overcome,” bookending the album with collaborative solidarity. The advance singles “Don’t Lose Your Head” and “Vibrate Higher” set the tone, with Paste calling the former “both rallying cry and earworm, the kind of fight song that sneaks into your bloodstream and stays there, like a mantra, like a prayer.” FLOOD praised the collective for continuing “to push spiritual jazz to its incendiary limits.” Both assessments are accurate.

At its core, ‘Future Present Past’ is about agency, morality, and where music can head in the 21st century. The collective describes the album as “five standing on the shoulders of legions,” a record that asks listeners to be observant, inspired, and brave in equal measure. Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, it follows their 2023 Impulse! debut ‘Protect Your Light,’ which landed on year-end best-of lists from the New York Times, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Paste, and Vulture.

IE plays Solar Myth in Philadelphia tonight and tomorrow night, with last night’s Knockdown Center show in New York alongside Shabaka and Tom Skinner already behind them.

‘Future Present Past’ Track List:

  1. Juntos Vencemos (feat. Helado Negro)
  2. Don’t Lose Your Head (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
  3. Vibrate Higher (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
  4. Panamanian Fight Song
  5. We Know (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
  6. Hold On (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
  7. Keep Going (feat. MOTHERBOARD)
  8. The Messenger
  9. The Spirit Moves
  10. We Overcome (feat. Helado Negro)

Live Dates:

Mar 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Solar Myth

Mar 28 – Philadelphia, PA – Solar Myth

Jon Batiste and Josh Harmon Turn the Legend of Zelda’s “Song of Storms” Into a Spontaneous Jazz Moment

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Jon Batiste and Josh Harmon Turn the Legend of Zelda’s “Song of Storms” Into a Spontaneous Jazz Moment

Jon Batiste and Josh Harmon walked into a room, picked up their instruments, and recorded something with zero rehearsal and zero discussion. The result is a jazz-inspired reinterpretation of “Song of Storms” from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, out today, and it has already connected with millions of listeners precisely because of how unplanned it is. Batiste on piano, Harmon on percussion, ninety seconds of spontaneous musical joy that captures everything great about two musicians playing together in real time. Listen here.

The collaboration grew out of Batiste’s BIG MONEY campaign, where Harmon, a drummer and content creator with over 23 million followers and a 2025 TIME100 Top Creator designation, invited Batiste onto his channel for a series of unrehearsed musical moments. Harmon puts the appeal of this particular track plainly: “There was no rehearsal and no discussion of the arrangement beforehand. You can hear on the recording how much fun Jon and I are having.” That joy is not incidental. It is the entire point.

For Batiste, the project is deeply personal. A child of the 90s raised in New Orleans in a musical family, he regularly rearranged video game themes on instruments with his cousins growing up, and even recorded “Green Hill Zone” for his album ‘Hollywood Africans.’ He describes Harmon as “a kindred spirit” who shares his love of classic video game themes, jazz, and New Orleans traditional music, and has already floated the idea of a full album of video game theme reinterpretations.

Batiste arrives at this release on an extraordinary run. BIG MONEY, released in August 2025 via Verve Records and Interscope, won the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album at the 2026 Grammy Awards, his eighth Grammy win overall. He also performed at Super Bowl LIX in 2025, and his album ‘Beethoven Blues’ spent nine consecutive weeks at Number 1 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart. Upcoming symphonic performances include Atlanta’s Chastain Park Amphitheatre on April 25, Denver’s Boettcher Concert Hall on May 9, a three-night run at Boston’s Symphony Hall on May 12, 13, and 14, the Filene Center in Vienna, VA on August 21, and the Washington State Fair on September 18.

Indie Favorites Giant Rooks Deliver Forward-Facing New Single “Want It Back” Out Now

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Indie Favorites Giant Rooks Deliver Forward-Facing New Single “Want It Back” Out Now

Giant Rooks have a new single out today, and it lands exactly where the band intended. “Want It Back” is a coming-of-age breakup anthem that sits between longing and release, the kind of track that captures the quiet moment you realize you have already moved on without trying. Indie-pop momentum drives the whole thing forward, infectious and melodically immediate, built for the kind of live crowds Giant Rooks have been commanding across three continents.

The band describes it as both a fresh chapter and a reconnection with their roots, and that tension gives the song genuine energy. It is not a melancholic farewell. The lyric at its centre says everything: “You can have my heart, it’s yours for free, but you don’t see the fact, I never want it back.” Quietly confident, forward-facing, and full of motion, “Want It Back” is the second single from their upcoming 2026 studio album.

The numbers behind Giant Rooks make their ambition entirely credible. Four billion combined streams, an RIAA Gold certification in the US, and their latest album ‘How Have You Been’ debuting at Number 1 on the German album charts. In 2024 they completed their third sold-out North American headline tour, appeared as special guest for Louis Tomlinson, and played Lollapalooza Chicago, Reading and Leeds, and Corona Capital in Mexico City. In 2025 they sold out two hometown shows in Hamm, Germany, a moment the band called both an emotional homecoming and a marker of how far they have come.

A massive European festival run begins in May, followed by a full headline tour through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the fall.

Giant Rooks Festival Dates 2026:

May 29 – Konstanz, GER – Campusfestival Konstanz

May 30 – Dudelange, LUX – USINA Open Air

Jun 20 – Landgraaf, NLD – Pinkpop Festival

Jun 25-27 – Rottershausen, GER – Ab geht die Lutzi Festival

Jun 26 – Lörrach, GER – Stimmenfestival

Jul 16-18 – Straubenhardt, GER – Happiness Festival

Jul 16-19 – Cuxhaven, GER – Deichbrand Festival

Aug 5 – Schwetzingen, GER – Schlossgarten Schwetzingen

Aug 5-9 – Eschwege, GER – Open Flair Festival

Aug 6-9 – Ribnitz-Damgarten, GER – About You Pangea Festival

Aug 6 – Rothenburg ob der Tauber, GER – Taubertal Festival

Aug 11-15 – Budapest, HUN – Sziget Festival

Aug 14 – Leipzig, GER – Highfield Festival

Aug 22 – Bochum, GER – Zeltfestival Ruhr

Giant Rooks Tour 2026:

Sep 29 – Bielefeld, GER – Lokschuppen

Sep 30 – Oberhausen, GER – Turbinenhalle

Oct 2 – Frankfurt, GER – Jahrhunderthalle

Oct 3 – Vienna, AUT – Gasometer

Oct 5 – Cologne, GER – Palladium

Oct 6 – Stuttgart, GER – Porsche Arena

Oct 7 – Hannover, GER – Swiss Life Hall

Oct 9 – Munich, GER – Zenith

Oct 10 – Düsseldorf, GER – Mitsubishi Electric Halle

Oct 11 – Zurich, CHE – Halle 622

Oct 14 – Nuremberg, GER – KIA Metropol Arena

Oct 15 – Münster, GER – Halle Münsterland

Oct 16 – Hamburg, GER – Sporthalle

Oct 17 – Berlin, GER – Max-Schmeling-Halle

23-Year-Old Rising Star Brandon Wisham Delivers Heartfelt New Single “Tears In Her Tequila” Out Now

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23-Year-Old Rising Star Brandon Wisham Delivers Heartfelt New Single “Tears In Her Tequila” Out Now

23-Year-Old Rising Star Brandon Wisham Delivers Heartfelt New Single “Tears In Her Tequila” Out Now

TAGS: Brandon Wisham, Nate Smith, Micah Carpenter, Bart Butler, Matt Geroux, Kate Bowling, Bailey Zimmerman, Josh Ross, Cole Swindell, Megan Moroney, George Strait, Tyler Hubbard, Chase Matthew, Austin Snell, Billy Bob’s Texas, Ryman Auditorium, Riverwind Casino, Stagecoach, Warner Chappell Music, The Core Entertainment,

Brandon Wisham has range, and “Tears In Her Tequila” proves it. The South Carolina-bred 23-year-old releases his new single today, a bittersweet country lament that sits comfortably between last-call empathy and dance-floor momentum. Written by Wisham alongside Micah Carpenter and Bart Butler, and produced by Matt Geroux, the track fuses classic country instrumentation with driving rhythms that build to a genuinely soaring chorus.

The songwriting is precise and cinematic. Wisham opens with a scene, a woman in her going-out dress carrying heartbreak nobody else can see, and builds toward warmhearted reassurance without ever tipping into sentimentality. His vocal performance is restrained and simmering throughout, the kind of controlled delivery that makes the emotional payoff land harder. A lyric video directed by Kate Bowling accompanies the release, each line splashed across the patch of Wisham’s camo trucker hat.

“Tears In Her Tequila” follows January’s “Good Grief,” a soul-baring reflection on losing his father to Covid, and sits alongside a growing catalog that includes SiriusXM Highway Find “Better Than The Day” and the country-rock banger “She’s Good.” Wisham earned his first publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and The Core Entertainment at 19, opened for Bailey Zimmerman on a major 2024 tour, and has been building serious momentum on the road ever since.

He is currently on tour supporting multi-platinum hitmaker Nate Smith across North America, with stops including Billy Bob’s Texas tomorrow night and a two-night stand at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on June 17 and 18. Wisham also makes his Stagecoach debut on Sunday April 26.

Five-Time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan Brings the Fun With New Single “Country and She Knows It”

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Five-Time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan Brings the Fun With New Single “Country and She Knows It”

Luke Bryan kicks off touring season with exactly the kind of track he intended. “Country and She Knows It” is out today, written by Josh Miller, Parker Welling, and Matt Dragstrem, and produced by Jeff Stevens alongside co-producers Jody Stevens and Matt Dragstrem. The single hits country radio Monday March 30 with multi-chain world premieres. Bryan previewed the track to all 70,000 fans at his Houston Rodeo show earlier this month via an exclusive QR code first listen, and the response made the release feel inevitable. Listen here.

Bryan describes the intention behind the song with characteristic directness: “As I gear up for touring season and summer I really wanted to focus on releasing a song that felt fun and energetic and the moment the writers sent this one I knew it was it.” That instinct has served him well across a career that now counts 32 Number 1 singles, 27 billion global streams, and five Entertainer of the Year awards. “Country and She Knows It” is built for crowds on their feet, and Bryan will have plenty of those this summer.

The single follows “Word On The Street,” which lends its name to his 2026 headline tour launching May 29 and 30 with back-to-back shows in Gilford, New Hampshire. The run spans arenas and amphitheatres across North America through September, with openers including Drew Baldridge, Karley Scott Collins, Lanie Gardner, Randall King, Shane Profitt, Raelynn, Lauren Watkins, Jake Worthington, and DJ Rock. Tickets are available at lukebryan.com.

Bryan also returns for a second consecutive year of California Farm Tour dates on May 14, 15, and 16, a tradition he launched in 2009 that has since awarded 90 college scholarships to students from farming families near each tour stop.

Farm Tour 2026:

May 14 – Shafter, CA – Sillect Farms

May 15 – Clovis, CA – Owens Mountain Parkway

May 16 – Elk Grove, CA – Mahon Ranch

“Word On The Street” Tour Dates:

Apr 25 – Athens, GA – University of Georgia +

May 29 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion

May 30 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion

Jun 5 – Myrtle Beach, SC – Carolina Country Music Fest +

Jun 11 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena

Jun 12 – Lubbock, TX – United Supermarkets Arena

Jun 13 – Albuquerque, NM – First Financial Credit Union Amphitheater

Jun 18 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena

Jun 19 – Des Moines, IA – Casey’s Center

Jun 20 – Winsted, MN – Winstock Country Music Festival +

Jun 25 – Allentown, PA – PPL Center

Jun 26 – Buffalo, NY – Taste of Country +

Jun 27 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium +

Jul 9 – Kansas City, MO – Morton Amphitheater

Jul 10 – Moline, IL – Vibrant Arena

Jul 11 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre

Jul 23 – Southaven, MS – Bank Plus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove

Jul 24 – Brandon, MS – Brandon Amphitheater

Jul 25 – Orange Beach, AL – The Wharf Amphitheater

Jul 30 – Rapid City, SD – Summit Arena at The Monument

Jul 31 – Billings, MT – First Interstate Arena at MetraPark

Aug 6 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater

Aug 7 – Airway Heights, WA – BECU Live at Northern Quest

Aug 8 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre

Aug 14 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre

Aug 15 – Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Amphitheater

Aug 22 – Charlotte, NC – Truliant Amphitheater

Aug 26 – Canandaigua, NY – Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center

Aug 27 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre

Aug 29 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Albany Med Health System at SPAC

Sep 10 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

Sep 12 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

Sep 26 – East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre

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