Month: May 2022

Mitchell Tenpenny debuted a new song and music video for his song “Elephant In The Room” featuring Teddy Swims. Tenpenny says of the song: “‘Elephant in the Room’ is about that innate thing in us as humans when we can feel it when someone is watching us. This song is a love story about two people who have this kind of chemistry and energy happening from across the room. And everyone else can feel it too because it’s so powerful.”

The music video, directed by Stephen Kinigopoulos and Alexa Stone, stars both artists and features them vying for the love of the same woman, and concludes with a “crime of passion” where the female love interest kills Tenpenny’s character and then pins the murder on Swims’ character, leading to his arrest.

Tenpenny’s current single at country radio is “Truth About You” which he debuted on TikTok before it became the highest steaming debut of his career.  Tenpenny will join Luke Bryan on the Raised Up Right Tour beginning on June 9, and will join Luke Combs this fall on the Middle Of Somewhere Tour in Bangor, Maine on September 2 and 3 at the Maine Savings Amphitheater.   Meanwhile, Swims is currently on the road with his Tough Love World Tour, which concludes on June 9 in Glasgow.

Check out the music video for “Elephant in the Room” – here.

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Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde have the No. 1 single on country radio with their duet “Never Wanted To Be That Girl” duet. The song, co-written by Pearce and McBryde with Shane McAnally, was released as a single in September from Pearce’s third studio album 29: Written in Stone.  It also marks only the second female duet to top the chart in 30 years, following Elle King and Miranda Lambert’s “Drunk.”

Pearce celebrated the achievement while on the road with Kenny Chesney’s Here and Now Tour, posting about the accomplishment on social media: “When [Ashley McBryde] and I were writing ‘Never Wanted To Be That Girl’ with [Shane McAnally], we were just in the moment, thinking about the women we want to be and the way that’s not always how life and love turn out. But nobody ever paused long enough to think about having a #1 record or winning an Academy of Country Music Award. We wanted to shake off an honest mistake, and now here we are with the No. 1 song at Country radio and the ACM trophy for Music Event of the Year. Sometimes out of something bad comes something good. Thank you to everyone who plays Country music, our fans, our record labels, management teams, agents, our bands and everyone in between. Ashley, I am so proud to call you my friend, my sister and I will forever be grateful for this song bringing us together. Gonna go cry for the 100th time!”

“Never Wanted To Be That Girl” is Pearce’s third No. 1 hit, and McBryde’s first No. 1.  Said McBryde on Instagram:  “First times only happen once. I’ll always remember I was in Leeds, England when I got the news. I’ll always love that Carly and I got to ride this rocket of a song together. I’ll always love that she, Shane and I trusted each other and ourselves to be brutally honest when we wrote it. It doesn’t get a whole lot better than that.”

Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde score No 1 hit

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Jon Pardi and Midland join forces in the music video for their collaboration “Longneck Way To Go.”  The breakup anthem is included on Midland’s new album ‘The Last Resort: Greetings From’ which was just released.

Midland previously teased the collaboration with Pardi on their social media channels before releasing the song late last month. Pardi also teased the song on his own Instagram account, saying, “Everything about this song and collab is f***ing awesome.”

Watch the music video for “Longneck Way To Go” – here.

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Chris Janson teamed with Travis Tritt for the song “Things You Can’t Live Without” on his new album “All In,” and now the duo are hitting the road for their co-headlining Can’t Miss Tour.  The War Hippies, featuring Scooter Brown and Donnie Reis, will appear as special guests on the tour.

Tritt said in a statement: “I’m really looking forward to the ‘Can’t Miss Tour’ with Chris this fall. Our high-energy performances complement each other so well. Audiences are going to be thoroughly entertained.”  Janson added: “Excited to be out touring with one of my favorites. It’s gonna be a rowdy fall, and I’m looking forward to it!”

More tour dates to be will be announced in the coming weeks. For tickets and more information, visit www.TravisTritt.com or www.ChrisJanson.com.

Chris Janson & Travis Tritt Release “Things You Can’t Live Without” Music Video, Announce Co-Headlining Tour

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