From the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge. We're so excited Thomas Rhett coming into the studio on a second. His new album, of Course, just came out last night. We're going to play you a couple of cuts because he wants to share the music with you. This is what this guy does. He loves to share his music with you. Of course, the album About a Woman is out right now, and after you hear this interview, if you haven't been a Thomas Rhet fan, you will be a t red fan, or as Froggy calls him, my boy t Ratt boy t Rat so funny. Oh, Danielle, you're a massive fan as well.

From the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge. We're so excited Thomas Rhett coming into the studio on a second. His new album, of Course, just came out last night. We're going to play you a couple of cuts because he wants to share the music with you. This is what this guy does. He loves to share his music with you. Of course, the album About a Woman is out right now, and after you hear this interview, if you haven't been a Thomas Rhet fan, you will be a t red fan, or as Froggy calls him, my boy t Ratt boy t Rat so funny. Oh, Danielle, you're a massive fan as well.

His music is amazing, right, it's so good.

His music is amazing, right, it's so good.

And Gandhi, I mean your boyfriend. One of the first great gestures he gave to you was the gift of music. A Thomas Rhett song.

And Gandhi, I mean your boyfriend. One of the first great gestures he gave to you was the gift of music. A Thomas Rhett song.

Yes, when we first started dating, he sent me a Thomas Rhight song Look what God gave her and he said, this song reminds me of you, and now I love Thomas Rhett just because of that.

Yes, when we first started dating, he sent me a Thomas Rhight song Look what God gave her and he said, this song reminds me of you, and now I love Thomas Rhett just because of that.

Well, we have lost to discuss, of course. He was on The Tonight Show the other night with Jimmy Fallon I'll just bring him in. I know you're a big fan. Can you let him come in? Please? Hello, Nate's out there hogging up my time with t Red. I don't like that. It's so good to see you have a seat here. You were sitting there and we're on. We're going the interview began without you here. I'm so glad you'll have a mini bottle of tam We always have to heen sitting around so Froggy is in Jacksonville. He's looking right at you. What's up, Thomas? How are you good man? Good to see you. Likewise, how's your volume in your headphone? It's perfect? Okay, it would be better if I had a gold microphone. You know. Well, some of us need an ego blast. This is this is all get mine. Welcome to New York City. Thanks d you look great on the Tonight show. There the night you Thank you. It was so fun. Jimmy Fallons is the nicest guy ever.

Well, we have lost to discuss, of course. He was on The Tonight Show the other night with Jimmy Fallon I'll just bring him in. I know you're a big fan. Can you let him come in? Please? Hello, Nate's out there hogging up my time with t Red. I don't like that. It's so good to see you have a seat here. You were sitting there and we're on. We're going the interview began without you here. I'm so glad you'll have a mini bottle of tam We always have to heen sitting around so Froggy is in Jacksonville. He's looking right at you. What's up, Thomas? How are you good man? Good to see you. Likewise, how's your volume in your headphone? It's perfect? Okay, it would be better if I had a gold microphone. You know. Well, some of us need an ego blast. This is this is all get mine. Welcome to New York City. Thanks d you look great on the Tonight show. There the night you Thank you. It was so fun. Jimmy Fallons is the nicest guy ever.

Right, he is the nicest and I've you know, I've hung out with him a couple of times, just like at the tonight show.

Right, he is the nicest and I've you know, I've hung out with him a couple of times, just like at the tonight show.

But I got to really get to know him last night. It was really cool.

But I got to really get to know him last night. It was really cool.

We talked golf, I'm gonna try to come up here. We're planning a golf trip together, which is really nice. So he's he's the best dude. He's just such a good energy and in the whole just watching the roots that's the most nerve wracking part of playing fas now. They are amazing because they're just kind of sitting there looking at you, like impress us, and you're sitting on me and the whole band guys are going, we are not.

We talked golf, I'm gonna try to come up here. We're planning a golf trip together, which is really nice. So he's he's the best dude. He's just such a good energy and in the whole just watching the roots that's the most nerve wracking part of playing fas now. They are amazing because they're just kind of sitting there looking at you, like impress us, and you're sitting on me and the whole band guys are going, we are not.

As good as you. Guys. Well, here's the thing. I know those guys, and they are impressed. They're so good. So about a woman came out last night, Yeah, and everyone's talking about everyone's buzzing about it. We're gonna play a couple of cuts, yeah, a couple of seconds. Amazing because you and I was saying this before you came in, you just have this desire to run around and just share your music with whoever's going to listen to it. Yeah, And if you've always been this way, I've always kind of been that way.

As good as you. Guys. Well, here's the thing. I know those guys, and they are impressed. They're so good. So about a woman came out last night, Yeah, and everyone's talking about everyone's buzzing about it. We're gonna play a couple of cuts, yeah, a couple of seconds. Amazing because you and I was saying this before you came in, you just have this desire to run around and just share your music with whoever's going to listen to it. Yeah, And if you've always been this way, I've always kind of been that way.

I love playing songs for people, especially, and I'm excited about it and I have never to be honest, I've never been this.

I love playing songs for people, especially, and I'm excited about it and I have never to be honest, I've never been this.

Excited about a project. And I don't know why.

Excited about a project. And I don't know why.

Maybe it's turning thirty and I care less about what people think. But like, this was the most freeing album to make. I didn't look left, didn't look right, and it was just like if it put a smile on my face, that that was good for me. And so spent the last year and a half making this project and I can't believe that it is finally out in the world.

Maybe it's turning thirty and I care less about what people think. But like, this was the most freeing album to make. I didn't look left, didn't look right, and it was just like if it put a smile on my face, that that was good for me. And so spent the last year and a half making this project and I can't believe that it is finally out in the world.

I'm so freaking pumped. Some great things have happened in the music world since last week spoke, which was years ago. There is this convention of thought now about how music is music. Songs are songs, yeah, and to put them in a corral and saying it, well, that's whatever top forties song. Yeah, yeah, that stuff is. Those walls are dissolving, they're yeah, they're dissolving fast. Yeah, because of you, your thing, It's because of me. Okay. This album, for instance, right now, right now, about a woman. There is a lot of different sounds on this music. Sonically, this this album is covering all sorts of territory. Foundational, yeah, for sure. That's how I grew up man. You know, I grew up with a dad that was a country singer, and so you know, country music was my very first love. I got to tour with him, I got to watch him write songs, got to watch and perform. But dude, I mean I remember vividly driving to school with my dad in like fourth and fifth grade, and every morning it was something different. One morning it would be DMX, like, which, yeah, I was listening to DMX and fourth grade a right. One morning it was DMX, one morning it was Aretha Franklin. One more it was bluegrass. One morning it was the Rolling Stones or the Beatles or whatever it was. And so my dad has always just been this walking jukebox. Like, honestly, no one knows more about eighties hair metal than my dad. There you go, wow yeah, Like, And so I think when I started making music, country was always the core, but I loved so many other things, and I always thought, man, what if I could take that from that and kind of use a little bit of this from this and kind of blended into my own little thing. And so ever since my second album, I've always kind of taken pride in just kind of pushing, you know, pushing sonically melodically, but also still just staying authentic to my my songwriting roots. And I was assumed that a lot of traditionalists in the country world are who grew up with country music or saying, well, I don't know, this is Thomas Schrett. He really that didn't sound like something I grew up with. What is that?

I'm so freaking pumped. Some great things have happened in the music world since last week spoke, which was years ago. There is this convention of thought now about how music is music. Songs are songs, yeah, and to put them in a corral and saying it, well, that's whatever top forties song. Yeah, yeah, that stuff is. Those walls are dissolving, they're yeah, they're dissolving fast. Yeah, because of you, your thing, It's because of me. Okay. This album, for instance, right now, right now, about a woman. There is a lot of different sounds on this music. Sonically, this this album is covering all sorts of territory. Foundational, yeah, for sure. That's how I grew up man. You know, I grew up with a dad that was a country singer, and so you know, country music was my very first love. I got to tour with him, I got to watch him write songs, got to watch and perform. But dude, I mean I remember vividly driving to school with my dad in like fourth and fifth grade, and every morning it was something different. One morning it would be DMX, like, which, yeah, I was listening to DMX and fourth grade a right. One morning it was DMX, one morning it was Aretha Franklin. One more it was bluegrass. One morning it was the Rolling Stones or the Beatles or whatever it was. And so my dad has always just been this walking jukebox. Like, honestly, no one knows more about eighties hair metal than my dad. There you go, wow yeah, Like, And so I think when I started making music, country was always the core, but I loved so many other things, and I always thought, man, what if I could take that from that and kind of use a little bit of this from this and kind of blended into my own little thing. And so ever since my second album, I've always kind of taken pride in just kind of pushing, you know, pushing sonically melodically, but also still just staying authentic to my my songwriting roots. And I was assumed that a lot of traditionalists in the country world are who grew up with country music or saying, well, I don't know, this is Thomas Schrett. He really that didn't sound like something I grew up with. What is that?

But I think that changes every decade, you know what I'm saying, Like, I think I'm sure that there were people that looked at you know, Riba and Shannai and Dalli, and they were like, well, that's not that's not real country, right, you know what I mean? Everybody, everybody pushes every decade, but it's like when the decade passes, you go, oh, that's that was real, you.

But I think that changes every decade, you know what I'm saying, Like, I think I'm sure that there were people that looked at you know, Riba and Shannai and Dalli, and they were like, well, that's not that's not real country, right, you know what I mean? Everybody, everybody pushes every decade, but it's like when the decade passes, you go, oh, that's that was real, you.

Know what I'm saying.

Know what I'm saying.

Like, I remember when I put this song out called make Me Want. It was my third single off my first record, and it almost felt like a disco country song. It was like the Beg's had a baby with like, you know, a country singer or whatever. And at the time, it was very weird for country radio. And it sat at forty for like forty weeks, and then all of a sudden it just kind of started climbing thirty eight, thirty four, twenty eight, and all of a sudden it became a hit, and to me that was like, okay, if I can do that that that just made a way for me. It opened up doors for me to be able to do things that I would have never been on to do had that song that worked. And so I always love pushing boundaries. Man, it's fun to not live in a box.

Like, I remember when I put this song out called make Me Want. It was my third single off my first record, and it almost felt like a disco country song. It was like the Beg's had a baby with like, you know, a country singer or whatever. And at the time, it was very weird for country radio. And it sat at forty for like forty weeks, and then all of a sudden it just kind of started climbing thirty eight, thirty four, twenty eight, and all of a sudden it became a hit, and to me that was like, okay, if I can do that that that just made a way for me. It opened up doors for me to be able to do things that I would have never been on to do had that song that worked. And so I always love pushing boundaries. Man, it's fun to not live in a box.

Am so well in a coral if you want to keep it on the corral. So here's a great story about looking at it the other direction. Danielle right here.

Am so well in a coral if you want to keep it on the corral. So here's a great story about looking at it the other direction. Danielle right here.

Yeah, grew up in the Bronx yep.

Yeah, grew up in the Bronx yep.

All right, see so you grew up your musical influences growing up were.

All right, see so you grew up your musical influences growing up were.

I listened to a lot of hip hop growing up. I listened to a lot of Top forty growing up country did you listen to I didn't listen to a country until college and why cam.

I listened to a lot of hip hop growing up. I listened to a lot of Top forty growing up country did you listen to I didn't listen to a country until college and why cam.

Tillis stuff like that.

Tillis stuff like that.

And I did a country show on radio station, fell in love with country and love Love That was one of the genres of music that I fell in love with. And then you you know, listen to yourself. I mean, Center Point Road is one of my favorite albums.

And I did a country show on radio station, fell in love with country and love Love That was one of the genres of music that I fell in love with. And then you you know, listen to yourself. I mean, Center Point Road is one of my favorite albums.

Serious.

Serious.

I actually wrote down when you when you say the lyric because he talked about his wife all the time. I love the relationship. It's cutest thing ever. Thank you for living this dream I know you never had.

I actually wrote down when you when you say the lyric because he talked about his wife all the time. I love the relationship. It's cutest thing ever. Thank you for living this dream I know you never had.

It's one of my favorite songs.

It's one of my favorite songs.

Yes, and it's one of I'm like, that is just I love it.

Yes, and it's one of I'm like, that is just I love it.

I love it. I had no idea we're going to talk about deep country. Yeah, okay, let's move over here to Gandhi. Gandhi grew up listening to solely music, for instance, much more hip hop. Yeah.

I love it. I had no idea we're going to talk about deep country. Yeah, okay, let's move over here to Gandhi. Gandhi grew up listening to solely music, for instance, much more hip hop. Yeah.

Absolutely. However, the first country I was really introduced to.

Absolutely. However, the first country I was really introduced to.

Was actually, you know this, y'all are are making all this. You'll got together last night. Y'all did not get together last night, and this is this is all truth.

Was actually, you know this, y'all are are making all this. You'll got together last night. Y'all did not get together last night, and this is this is all truth.

Yeah. So my boyfriend when we first started dating, the first song that he sent me was look what God gave her off that album was Yes, and that was his like, Hey, just so you know, I love you. This song makes me think about you. And now every time then I hear that one, I'm like, you.

Yeah. So my boyfriend when we first started dating, the first song that he sent me was look what God gave her off that album was Yes, and that was his like, Hey, just so you know, I love you. This song makes me think about you. And now every time then I hear that one, I'm like, you.

Know, country music not so bad, coming on.

Know, country music not so bad, coming on.

You were my first sort of like foot in the water.

You were my first sort of like foot in the water.

As far as country music goes. Dude, Wow, it's amazing as far as you starting starting playing music on your guitar.

As far as country music goes. Dude, Wow, it's amazing as far as you starting starting playing music on your guitar.

What's the first song you ever learned to. We were just talking about that two seconds ago. It was three Am by Matchbox twenty. It was the first song ever learned and two weeks ago I got to sing it with Matchbox twenty.

What's the first song you ever learned to. We were just talking about that two seconds ago. It was three Am by Matchbox twenty. It was the first song ever learned and two weeks ago I got to sing it with Matchbox twenty.

Okay, in the middle of that performance, was there a chance you could have just frozen up right there?

Okay, in the middle of that performance, was there a chance you could have just frozen up right there?

And We're like, what the hell is this? This is pretty amazing. I literally I told because me and I'd never met Rob before. I mean, like so they were actually one of my first concerts. I saw Matchbox twenty and their openers were third Eyeblind in American Hi Fi Wow. And I still have the T shirt to this day. So, like now, I've always been a huge Maxbox fan. So last year on the road, we did this like decades bit where we went from the fifties to now and we played like an elvistoon, a James Brownton, a Rolling Stones tune, and in our nineties era we played three AM, and I remember Rob commented on my Instagram page and I.

And We're like, what the hell is this? This is pretty amazing. I literally I told because me and I'd never met Rob before. I mean, like so they were actually one of my first concerts. I saw Matchbox twenty and their openers were third Eyeblind in American Hi Fi Wow. And I still have the T shirt to this day. So, like now, I've always been a huge Maxbox fan. So last year on the road, we did this like decades bit where we went from the fifties to now and we played like an elvistoon, a James Brownton, a Rolling Stones tune, and in our nineties era we played three AM, and I remember Rob commented on my Instagram page and I.

Was like, holy crap, you know, I'm a giant fan.

Was like, holy crap, you know, I'm a giant fan.

And so we got put on the same bill up in Canada at this festival called Boots and hearts and so it was like them opening for me, and I was like, this is wrong, this feels very strange. And Rob's management emailed and said, hey, would want to sing three AM with us? And I was like, yes, did they know the story behind the song?

And so we got put on the same bill up in Canada at this festival called Boots and hearts and so it was like them opening for me, and I was like, this is wrong, this feels very strange. And Rob's management emailed and said, hey, would want to sing three AM with us? And I was like, yes, did they know the story behind the song?

No, he didn't know.

No, he didn't know.

And I met him at catering and I straight up fangirl, you know, like right there, eat eating brisket, you know.

And I met him at catering and I straight up fangirl, you know, like right there, eat eating brisket, you know.

So okay. Now let's talk about Froggy for instance. Foggie, of course is the new face of country radio. What's up there? He's running awards? You now, Frog? Look at your Trouba door hat. I know, right? Do you want to do you want to admit? Do you want to admit to h Thomas Rhett what you did when you illegally did I? Did I do? Tell him? All right, Thomas?

So okay. Now let's talk about Froggy for instance. Foggie, of course is the new face of country radio. What's up there? He's running awards? You now, Frog? Look at your Trouba door hat. I know, right? Do you want to do you want to admit? Do you want to admit to h Thomas Rhett what you did when you illegally did I? Did I do? Tell him? All right, Thomas?

If you remember we did the iHeart Country Summit in Nashville back in February, and you played us five or six tracks.

If you remember we did the iHeart Country Summit in Nashville back in February, and you played us five or six tracks.

Off of this new album.

Off of this new album.

Yeah, I put my phone under my seat and recorded everything for you.

Yeah, I put my phone under my seat and recorded everything for you.

When you play good for you? There needs to be more of that happening.

When you play good for you? There needs to be more of that happening.

And I'll tell you that I have shared something about a woman with everybody because it is so different.

And I'll tell you that I have shared something about a woman with everybody because it is so different.

It's faintly man, thank you.

It's faintly man, thank you.

Anything else you've done. But I have a little insight into this. I know there's fourteen songs on the album. Yeah, how many songs did you write to get to these fourteen songs about your wife?

Anything else you've done. But I have a little insight into this. I know there's fourteen songs on the album. Yeah, how many songs did you write to get to these fourteen songs about your wife?

Lauren? Man?

Lauren? Man?

We started this, the process of picking this record from I think there was one hundred and fifty songs, and I'm I'm just a songwriter first and foremost, so there's never a time when I'm not writing. So like, I mean, I was literally having dinner with my producers last night and I was like, we were literally just talking about what are we doing next? Like the album hasn't even come out yet, and we're already on to like what's going to happen next? And so whittling down from one hundred and fifty songs down to fourteen is such a brutal, you know, just a brutal thing to do because you're you're basically geting rid of, you know, things the right that you still love. But ultimately, man, yeah it was it was a lot of tunes we wheeled down fourteen and yeah, I'm just pumped about it.

We started this, the process of picking this record from I think there was one hundred and fifty songs, and I'm I'm just a songwriter first and foremost, so there's never a time when I'm not writing. So like, I mean, I was literally having dinner with my producers last night and I was like, we were literally just talking about what are we doing next? Like the album hasn't even come out yet, and we're already on to like what's going to happen next? And so whittling down from one hundred and fifty songs down to fourteen is such a brutal, you know, just a brutal thing to do because you're you're basically geting rid of, you know, things the right that you still love. But ultimately, man, yeah it was it was a lot of tunes we wheeled down fourteen and yeah, I'm just pumped about it.

So how does that process work? And does Lauren have any say so whatsoever in these fourteen songs?

So how does that process work? And does Lauren have any say so whatsoever in these fourteen songs?

Did she?

Did she?

I mean her and my kids both had a huge part in this album because my wife, you know, I used to player everything that I would write, and now it's gotten to the point where she gets this thing called demo ititis. If you know what demoitis is, It's like it's playing you a song in its most like raw form, and then you actually go into the studio and cut it and you can't unhear the demo, and so you're just stuck with not liking the new project, if that makes any sense. And so I have now gotten to the point where I will finish albums and then I will play them for her so that she doesn't even have the chance to get demo ititis.

I mean her and my kids both had a huge part in this album because my wife, you know, I used to player everything that I would write, and now it's gotten to the point where she gets this thing called demo ititis. If you know what demoitis is, It's like it's playing you a song in its most like raw form, and then you actually go into the studio and cut it and you can't unhear the demo, and so you're just stuck with not liking the new project, if that makes any sense. And so I have now gotten to the point where I will finish albums and then I will play them for her so that she doesn't even have the chance to get demo ititis.

So let's kind of slippery, Yeah, slippery and slimy. Yeah, yeah for sure.

So let's kind of slippery, Yeah, slippery and slimy. Yeah, yeah for sure.

So many songs or all of them are about her? Does she ever hear one and say what the hell is that? Or I love this? Oh my god.

So many songs or all of them are about her? Does she ever hear one and say what the hell is that? Or I love this? Oh my god.

I think her biggest thing this record when I found out that I was gonna call it about a woman and kind of dedicate this album to her, and she was like, is this record gonna make me dance. That was like the one thing because when that's a fair question. When I write love songs, they normally come out in the form of a ballad. They come out slow, like that's just I don't know why that is. But thanks to the co writers and my producers, we really took even slow ideas and just made them up and made them fun and made them joyful. And so I think that this is my wife's favorite record because it is so just fun and about her. Let's play, let's play a song, Yeah, come home?

I think her biggest thing this record when I found out that I was gonna call it about a woman and kind of dedicate this album to her, and she was like, is this record gonna make me dance. That was like the one thing because when that's a fair question. When I write love songs, they normally come out in the form of a ballad. They come out slow, like that's just I don't know why that is. But thanks to the co writers and my producers, we really took even slow ideas and just made them up and made them fun and made them joyful. And so I think that this is my wife's favorite record because it is so just fun and about her. Let's play, let's play a song, Yeah, come home?

Okay. Of course the album out last night, it's out now about a woman. Of course, this is something about a woman. Let's go thought them on. Thomas Redd is here and we're celebrating, of course, about a woman. Let's talk about celebrating a new album. Yeah, that must be like Christmas morning. Here it is, it's out. Let's just party, Yeah, it is how you celebrated the release of this album so far.

Okay. Of course the album out last night, it's out now about a woman. Of course, this is something about a woman. Let's go thought them on. Thomas Redd is here and we're celebrating, of course, about a woman. Let's talk about celebrating a new album. Yeah, that must be like Christmas morning. Here it is, it's out. Let's just party, Yeah, it is how you celebrated the release of this album so far.

Man, we've been in New York, okay, and this is my This is what I thinkavorite places to celebrate.

Man, we've been in New York, okay, and this is my This is what I thinkavorite places to celebrate.

Like my wife and I like come here.

Like my wife and I like come here.

We try to come here once a year for sure during Christmas time because we just love being in New York during Christmas. But yeah, all my you know, all my band, all my crew is here. We got together and had dinner last night, and uh stayed out a little bit too late. Tequila involved. There's some tequila champagne. I think that was my problem. I mixed a few different things. It's like a champagne and an old fashioned then some wine.

We try to come here once a year for sure during Christmas time because we just love being in New York during Christmas. But yeah, all my you know, all my band, all my crew is here. We got together and had dinner last night, and uh stayed out a little bit too late. Tequila involved. There's some tequila champagne. I think that was my problem. I mixed a few different things. It's like a champagne and an old fashioned then some wine.

You know. It's like, I think, after you're thirty, you can't do that anymore. Oh no, well I just turned sixteen. I'm doing just fine, or I mean whatever, whatever you're doing. Gravity is not as good. I mean, my man, boobs are dragging my kneecaps and it will happened to you one day.

You know. It's like, I think, after you're thirty, you can't do that anymore. Oh no, well I just turned sixteen. I'm doing just fine, or I mean whatever, whatever you're doing. Gravity is not as good. I mean, my man, boobs are dragging my kneecaps and it will happened to you one day.

Can I ask about the competition you have with your wife on Instagram? Yeah, that you both designed, like the album cover. Yeah, and you're like, let's see whose album is gonna sell faster, her album cover or your album going?

Can I ask about the competition you have with your wife on Instagram? Yeah, that you both designed, like the album cover. Yeah, and you're like, let's see whose album is gonna sell faster, her album cover or your album going?

So how's that going?

So how's that going?

What do y'all think I think she's winning? She is by a long shot. Yeah. It honestly started. I wanted to do something.

What do y'all think I think she's winning? She is by a long shot. Yeah. It honestly started. I wanted to do something.

I wanted to see what kind of loyalty people had for me, and I was quickly I quickly realized that no one had any loyalty towards me. It was all towards my wife. But we're huge college football fans. I'm a diehard Georgia Bulldog fan Goodbye to Heen, And my wife is a diehard Tennessee Volunteers fan. So we made literally just like one thousand of each one's got like a Georgia red cover and one's got the Tennessee orange cover.

I wanted to see what kind of loyalty people had for me, and I was quickly I quickly realized that no one had any loyalty towards me. It was all towards my wife. But we're huge college football fans. I'm a diehard Georgia Bulldog fan Goodbye to Heen, And my wife is a diehard Tennessee Volunteers fan. So we made literally just like one thousand of each one's got like a Georgia red cover and one's got the Tennessee orange cover.

And she's beat me by like sixty percent. Oh wow, Yeah, something to put something to rest right now. I know there was an article out not too long ago saying that there was at one point in your in your relationship with your wife where it was they use the word imploding, right, And I know for a fact through friends of mine that you did not truly agree with that that that writing of that article, which is why I love the fact that this is live. Sure, So what you say now, we cannot edit it down there we feel like it should be. Yeah, No, I mean I get it.

And she's beat me by like sixty percent. Oh wow, Yeah, something to put something to rest right now. I know there was an article out not too long ago saying that there was at one point in your in your relationship with your wife where it was they use the word imploding, right, And I know for a fact through friends of mine that you did not truly agree with that that that writing of that article, which is why I love the fact that this is live. Sure, So what you say now, we cannot edit it down there we feel like it should be. Yeah, No, I mean I get it.

I get that you have to put things on covers to make people want to read them. Like I was actually joking with somewhat one of my friends last night and he was like, what did you want them to say?

I get that you have to put things on covers to make people want to read them. Like I was actually joking with somewhat one of my friends last night and he was like, what did you want them to say?

We've never been better. Like, who's going to buy that? You know what I mean?

We've never been better. Like, who's going to buy that? You know what I mean?

And so yeah, I mean marriage is tough, dude, Likely it's tough. And doing it with four children while being gone one hundred and eighty days a year, it's hard.

And so yeah, I mean marriage is tough, dude, Likely it's tough. And doing it with four children while being gone one hundred and eighty days a year, it's hard.

You know, let's talk about that. You know, you you write all these songs. You said you had what the possibility of one hundred and fifty different songs you could have shifted through to put on this album. Yeah, the process, the creative process. I know for a fact, all artists, be it painters or musicians or whatever. Yeah, they're going to come into a point in their their lives where they just can't find the words, they can't find the vibe. Sure, what do you do? What is your advice for all of us who are totally lost in the world? How do you find the vibe again and go, Okay, we're back on the road, roll and coastal, just make this work.

You know, let's talk about that. You know, you you write all these songs. You said you had what the possibility of one hundred and fifty different songs you could have shifted through to put on this album. Yeah, the process, the creative process. I know for a fact, all artists, be it painters or musicians or whatever. Yeah, they're going to come into a point in their their lives where they just can't find the words, they can't find the vibe. Sure, what do you do? What is your advice for all of us who are totally lost in the world? How do you find the vibe again and go, Okay, we're back on the road, roll and coastal, just make this work.

Yeah, it's it's it's different for every artist, right because when you're when you're brand new, you're brand new. Like one thing that I will never be again is brand new, you know what I'm saying. And so as you continue to put records out. This is my seventh album. I've covered so much territory sonically, melodically, lyrically, and so when you're sitting down and write a new project, it really for me, I just have to get inspired somehow, and usually for me that it's going out west and so like being in nature, being in the mountains sort of like refreshes my soul. And also every project, I always try to work with different people that I've never worked with before, right, because you're going to get different things from different people. But I remember me and Julian, my producer, sat on the bus a year and a half ago. He's like, what do you want to do on this record, and I said, I just want it to be full of bangers. I just want a record full of bangers. And so when you kind of discover like that's the mission. Not every album has to have this like crazy deep well, I saw this wildflower, you know, driving from Austin to New Mexico, and it sparked this whole Every record doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes sometimes something that's just fun can be enough of an inspiration to write a whole record. And so for me on this album, like it was really just trying to find new ways to say I love you, you know, and I've said that a million times. But I love writing love songs, and I love trying to find unique ways to kind of, you know, show that. And I think production helps a lot too.

Yeah, it's it's it's different for every artist, right because when you're when you're brand new, you're brand new. Like one thing that I will never be again is brand new, you know what I'm saying. And so as you continue to put records out. This is my seventh album. I've covered so much territory sonically, melodically, lyrically, and so when you're sitting down and write a new project, it really for me, I just have to get inspired somehow, and usually for me that it's going out west and so like being in nature, being in the mountains sort of like refreshes my soul. And also every project, I always try to work with different people that I've never worked with before, right, because you're going to get different things from different people. But I remember me and Julian, my producer, sat on the bus a year and a half ago. He's like, what do you want to do on this record, and I said, I just want it to be full of bangers. I just want a record full of bangers. And so when you kind of discover like that's the mission. Not every album has to have this like crazy deep well, I saw this wildflower, you know, driving from Austin to New Mexico, and it sparked this whole Every record doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes sometimes something that's just fun can be enough of an inspiration to write a whole record. And so for me on this album, like it was really just trying to find new ways to say I love you, you know, and I've said that a million times. But I love writing love songs, and I love trying to find unique ways to kind of, you know, show that. And I think production helps a lot too.

So how much do you love doing what you do? I mean, asking it today? The first freaking love it. It's the first full day of your album out. Yeah, so of course you're gonna say that, but you have love it. Is that also where you find your inspiration. You have to remind yourself everyone, oh my god, I'm doing something. God is something and a great family, great friends and this incredible gift.

So how much do you love doing what you do? I mean, asking it today? The first freaking love it. It's the first full day of your album out. Yeah, so of course you're gonna say that, but you have love it. Is that also where you find your inspiration. You have to remind yourself everyone, oh my god, I'm doing something. God is something and a great family, great friends and this incredible gift.

You gotta love it a million. I mean, it doesn't matter what job you do. There are parts of your job that are not your favorite part of your job. But dude, it's like the whole culmination of it, Like the sitting there and grinding for six hours just to find a second verse or to find a great bridge melody, and you kind of go, man, was it worth the six hours? And then it actually was worth it? And then it goes on the record, and then it goes on the radio, and then the full culmination as you walking on stage and watching someone light up when those first notes come out of your guitar. You know what I'm saying, There is no feeling like that, because when you are songwriting, there's so many days where no.

You gotta love it a million. I mean, it doesn't matter what job you do. There are parts of your job that are not your favorite part of your job. But dude, it's like the whole culmination of it, Like the sitting there and grinding for six hours just to find a second verse or to find a great bridge melody, and you kind of go, man, was it worth the six hours? And then it actually was worth it? And then it goes on the record, and then it goes on the radio, and then the full culmination as you walking on stage and watching someone light up when those first notes come out of your guitar. You know what I'm saying, There is no feeling like that, because when you are songwriting, there's so many days where no.

One has any ideas.

One has any ideas.

When I was talking about this with a couple of the writers last night, it's like, it's amazing how it genuinely just miraculously falls out of you and it didn't come from anywhere. It might have stemmed from a conversation or someone played a cool chord on a piano and all of a sudden a song happened, and all of a sudden it goes on a record, and all of a sudden, the world knows the words. You know what I'm saying, Like that is a miracle, And so I think that's my favorite part of this job, man, is just walking on stage.

When I was talking about this with a couple of the writers last night, it's like, it's amazing how it genuinely just miraculously falls out of you and it didn't come from anywhere. It might have stemmed from a conversation or someone played a cool chord on a piano and all of a sudden a song happened, and all of a sudden it goes on a record, and all of a sudden, the world knows the words. You know what I'm saying, Like that is a miracle, And so I think that's my favorite part of this job, man, is just walking on stage.

What I got to see you in Nashville on New Year's Eve this past New Year's Eve.

What I got to see you in Nashville on New Year's Eve this past New Year's Eve.

Oh yeah, their lady was there.

Oh yeah, their lady was there.

Yeah, And that was insane the amount of people out there just watching and like you said, faces lighting up.

Yeah, And that was insane the amount of people out there just watching and like you said, faces lighting up.

Everybody knows the words, screaming the words back at you. It's just the coolest thing to watch.

Everybody knows the words, screaming the words back at you. It's just the coolest thing to watch.

It is so cool and then getting to hear y'all's story like that's something that's been kind of crazy lately. Is like you will never like as an artist, whatever you do, you will never know the impact that your stuff has on people.

It is so cool and then getting to hear y'all's story like that's something that's been kind of crazy lately. Is like you will never like as an artist, whatever you do, you will never know the impact that your stuff has on people.

Do you know what I'm saying?

Do you know what I'm saying?

Like I would have never known that about either of y'all had you told me that. You know, you listen to look what God gave her in One of your favorite tracks was a song that no one's brought up to me in seven years?

Like I would have never known that about either of y'all had you told me that. You know, you listen to look what God gave her in One of your favorite tracks was a song that no one's brought up to me in seven years?

Do you know what I mean? I love it?

Do you know what I mean? I love it?

And that that's the beauty of art, is that you get to make it and then you get to put it out and then people get to decide how it's going to impact them, you know, And those stories are what make it worth it.

And that that's the beauty of art, is that you get to make it and then you get to put it out and then people get to decide how it's going to impact them, you know, And those stories are what make it worth it.

So Frog get your boy t wreck.

So Frog get your boy t wreck.

I know?

I know?

So Thomas, I want to know. So you wrote one hundred and fifty songs, you're using fourteen of them. There's one hundred and thirty six songs out there that are waiting. Yeah, are they been bad?

So Thomas, I want to know. So you wrote one hundred and fifty songs, you're using fourteen of them. There's one hundred and thirty six songs out there that are waiting. Yeah, are they been bad?

One? They didn't make up? They're really bad? So I don't know.

One? They didn't make up? They're really bad? So I don't know.

And there's a bartender at the Ritz Carlton that has the entirety of all those songs.

And there's a bartender at the Ritz Carlton that has the entirety of all those songs.

Oh my god, seriously last night, Tequila.

Oh my god, seriously last night, Tequila.

Last night, I wanted to hear the record over the speakers, and the bartender was in control of the uh of the bluetooth, So I just text them the dropbox link.

Last night, I wanted to hear the record over the speakers, and the bartender was in control of the uh of the bluetooth, So I just text them the dropbox link.

Go my god, did you call your attorneys this morning to la it might be the worst.

Go my god, did you call your attorneys this morning to la it might be the worst.

My management's over here to be like, it's the worst thing you've ever done in the twelve years of your own.

My management's over here to be like, it's the worst thing you've ever done in the twelve years of your own.

What could possibly go wrong? What could go right? You know?

What could possibly go wrong? What could go right? You know?

Is there any chance that any of those other songs make it on another album? Or do you write specifically for this project and the next project will be totally different?

Is there any chance that any of those other songs make it on another album? Or do you write specifically for this project and the next project will be totally different?

Still figuring that out, Like, I think it was kind of a mission of mine, this go around to like, because I really wanted there to be twenty four songs on this album. But gosh, dude, there's just every every Friday, there's a million songs that come out, and so I really wanted this record to be digestible. I wanted you to go to look at it, like I have time for that. It makes sense, Like I have time to sit down for thirty eight minutes and listen to this record. But I think it's gonna be fun. Over the next two years, manage to keep sort of just putting music out.

Still figuring that out, Like, I think it was kind of a mission of mine, this go around to like, because I really wanted there to be twenty four songs on this album. But gosh, dude, there's just every every Friday, there's a million songs that come out, and so I really wanted this record to be digestible. I wanted you to go to look at it, like I have time for that. It makes sense, Like I have time to sit down for thirty eight minutes and listen to this record. But I think it's gonna be fun. Over the next two years, manage to keep sort of just putting music out.

I think Bob the Bartender might be putting out.

I think Bob the Bartender might be putting out.

Yeah, you all go hit up the ritz. Can you get the record early? We need you need security to protect you the world from you.

Yeah, you all go hit up the ritz. Can you get the record early? We need you need security to protect you the world from you.

Yeah, say so, I know you travel a lot. You said one hundred and eighty days a year. Did you just get back from Kenya not too long ago. I was looking at Instagram.

Yeah, say so, I know you travel a lot. You said one hundred and eighty days a year. Did you just get back from Kenya not too long ago. I was looking at Instagram.

Maybe about yeah, a month ago.

Maybe about yeah, a month ago.

Okay, So when you travel to Kenya, do you have these same moments where shockingly, out of nowhere, somebody approaches you and it's like, oh my god, Thomas Ratt, I'm listening to your music in Kenya.

Okay, So when you travel to Kenya, do you have these same moments where shockingly, out of nowhere, somebody approaches you and it's like, oh my god, Thomas Ratt, I'm listening to your music in Kenya.

Yes, and it is so wild. It is so wild.

Yes, and it is so wild. It is so wild.

It actually happened a lot in the airports too, were we had a labor in Dubai and there was someone that came up to me while I was getting a coffee and they were like, you know, we I love your music. And I was like, where do you live? And they're like here. I was like, are you serious? Like that's the wildest compliment in the world. Not so much in Kenya, we have we haven't made our to the airwaves in Nairobi yet but maybe maybe at some point. But yeah, but no, that was uh, that was literally a trip of a lifetime.

It actually happened a lot in the airports too, were we had a labor in Dubai and there was someone that came up to me while I was getting a coffee and they were like, you know, we I love your music. And I was like, where do you live? And they're like here. I was like, are you serious? Like that's the wildest compliment in the world. Not so much in Kenya, we have we haven't made our to the airwaves in Nairobi yet but maybe maybe at some point. But yeah, but no, that was uh, that was literally a trip of a lifetime.

It was Yeahari Sofari, I've been on five five.

It was Yeahari Sofari, I've been on five five.

Yeah, it's amazing. Everything can kill you over there.

Yeah, it's amazing. Everything can kill you over there.

Oh yeah, absolutely, And it's good to know that you were so unimportant, Yes, as compared it's like going to see the Grand Canyon. So you see the Grand Canyon like we are nothing of that big hole. Yeah, But to be able to go and open your mind to a whole other universe and that must help in songwriting as well. Did you ever find yourself in the tent while the wildebeest were trying to eat you writing something down going? I don't know what this is. This could be a song next year. The very first night that we were there, this did not lead to a song. I just think this is a crazy story.

Oh yeah, absolutely, And it's good to know that you were so unimportant, Yes, as compared it's like going to see the Grand Canyon. So you see the Grand Canyon like we are nothing of that big hole. Yeah, But to be able to go and open your mind to a whole other universe and that must help in songwriting as well. Did you ever find yourself in the tent while the wildebeest were trying to eat you writing something down going? I don't know what this is. This could be a song next year. The very first night that we were there, this did not lead to a song. I just think this is a crazy story.

But the very first night we were there, we were staying in these it's not camping, it's glamping, you know what I'm saying. And so me and my whole family are in this tent and they encourage you that anytime you walk out of the tent to keep your They call it a torch which is a flashlight, and they're like, bring your torch with you wherever you go. And I walked out. It was like ten pm and I'm literally from me to you of two hyenas.

But the very first night we were there, we were staying in these it's not camping, it's glamping, you know what I'm saying. And so me and my whole family are in this tent and they encourage you that anytime you walk out of the tent to keep your They call it a torch which is a flashlight, and they're like, bring your torch with you wherever you go. And I walked out. It was like ten pm and I'm literally from me to you of two hyenas.

Oh, and they will crunch your head off.

Oh, and they will crunch your head off.

Yeah, And so I started flashing my light and I was like, this is how I'm gonna die. I'm gonna get killed by hyenas flashing a light. And I flashed a light and they took off. They ran off. Gosh, man, when you're up close to something like that, I've never in my life been that close to a hyena or a lion, or being that close even to an elephant.

Yeah, And so I started flashing my light and I was like, this is how I'm gonna die. I'm gonna get killed by hyenas flashing a light. And I flashed a light and they took off. They ran off. Gosh, man, when you're up close to something like that, I've never in my life been that close to a hyena or a lion, or being that close even to an elephant.

Like it's just gnarly.

Like it's just gnarly.

It's different seeing it at a zoo than it is like when they're.

It's different seeing it at a zoo than it is like when they're.

You're in their territory back and you will do it again, that's right. I love sitting at the mess ten at night and it is clamping and you see the eyeballs out, oh dude. And we had we had hyenas laughing in front of you. We had lions roaring behind us. And we stayed on the river.

You're in their territory back and you will do it again, that's right. I love sitting at the mess ten at night and it is clamping and you see the eyeballs out, oh dude. And we had we had hyenas laughing in front of you. We had lions roaring behind us. And we stayed on the river.

So the entire night it's just hippos going crazy and there's crocs everywhere, like like sixteen foot cross we're talking shoes.

So the entire night it's just hippos going crazy and there's crocs everywhere, like like sixteen foot cross we're talking shoes.

We're talking yeah, not shoes.

We're talking yeah, not shoes.

How do they protect you from that?

How do they protect you from that?

Like the getting Well, there's like a there's like the place and then there's like a huge drop off like a like almost like a concrete wall. So they can't maybe they could, And then I chose to tell myself that it was impossible.

Like the getting Well, there's like a there's like the place and then there's like a huge drop off like a like almost like a concrete wall. So they can't maybe they could, And then I chose to tell myself that it was impossible.

During the day. That's where the world debes ll roll down and some of them will not make it. But but it's just it's there's nothing like going nothing like that, you know. And people say, well, that's something I could never do, and no, it's not true. We have friends who are guides there and they make it very affordable.

During the day. That's where the world debes ll roll down and some of them will not make it. But but it's just it's there's nothing like going nothing like that, you know. And people say, well, that's something I could never do, and no, it's not true. We have friends who are guides there and they make it very affordable.

For you can actually do it pretty cheap actually, but I would encourage it for sure.

For you can actually do it pretty cheap actually, but I would encourage it for sure.

It's an awesome trip. I love the fact that Thomas Rhett is here with us today and it's a special day. The fact that you're here with us makes us feel sort of important. You guys are my favorite excited to come see us. I mean, it's like literally one of my favorite things to do when I'm in New York. So thank y'all for having me. Your spirit is just on the top of the of the flagpole. Well, it's waving a feeling is very mutual. I got to play another song from the album, and of course Thomas Rhet's album came out last night about a Woman, and I'm gonna giving you two cuts today because you got to pay for the rest.

It's an awesome trip. I love the fact that Thomas Rhett is here with us today and it's a special day. The fact that you're here with us makes us feel sort of important. You guys are my favorite excited to come see us. I mean, it's like literally one of my favorite things to do when I'm in New York. So thank y'all for having me. Your spirit is just on the top of the of the flagpole. Well, it's waving a feeling is very mutual. I got to play another song from the album, and of course Thomas Rhet's album came out last night about a Woman, and I'm gonna giving you two cuts today because you got to pay for the rest.

Yeah, download it, you'll get bonus tracks if you go there.

Yeah, download it, you'll get bonus tracks if you go there.

This is Thomas Rhett and of course Beautiful as You Way to go you out?

This is Thomas Rhett and of course Beautiful as You Way to go you out?

Can I ask the question about why artists do that thing with the dropping ahead of time, So you dropped four songs before the album came out. Now, Lady Wilson has an album out today. She did the same thing. A lot of the artists do that, now is there? What is the reason?

Can I ask the question about why artists do that thing with the dropping ahead of time, So you dropped four songs before the album came out. Now, Lady Wilson has an album out today. She did the same thing. A lot of the artists do that, now is there? What is the reason?

Is that?

Is that?

Just like to let us, you know, taste it a little bit?

Just like to let us, you know, taste it a little bit?

You know?

You know?

I still ask myself that question, to be honest, because I think the goal probably is to build hype, right like, because if you really love the first three that come out, then you hope that someone's going to be like I bet the rest of the record is just amazing, you know. But there's also this part of me that wonders, like, when are we going to get back to the mystique you know what I'm saying, Like, there's so much teasing, and there's so much like check this version out, and check this version out, and watch me sing this in a bathroom and you know what I mean, and like all these things, and it's kind of sort of in my opinion, what culture sort of says we have to do. But man, like in the seventies and stuff, it was just like, wonder what Tom Petty's been doing for the last year and a half, and all of a sudden, bam.

I still ask myself that question, to be honest, because I think the goal probably is to build hype, right like, because if you really love the first three that come out, then you hope that someone's going to be like I bet the rest of the record is just amazing, you know. But there's also this part of me that wonders, like, when are we going to get back to the mystique you know what I'm saying, Like, there's so much teasing, and there's so much like check this version out, and check this version out, and watch me sing this in a bathroom and you know what I mean, and like all these things, and it's kind of sort of in my opinion, what culture sort of says we have to do. But man, like in the seventies and stuff, it was just like, wonder what Tom Petty's been doing for the last year and a half, and all of a sudden, bam.

It was the whole album. Whole album. There was no ya, maybe we'll get back to that one day, who knows. And now we have an artist that just produced song by song they don't even think about album, right, Yeah, for sure. There's so many different ways to get there.

It was the whole album. Whole album. There was no ya, maybe we'll get back to that one day, who knows. And now we have an artist that just produced song by song they don't even think about album, right, Yeah, for sure. There's so many different ways to get there.

So yeah, there's so many It's like music business is the Wild West today. Like when I when I first started, it was it was so I'm not going to say it was easier, but it was like you had kind of one or two outlets to put your music out. And now there's so many ways to get your music heard, you know. So, I mean, you could be an artist that lives in Nebraska and you're seventeen years old and one day your mom just thinks you're great, and next day you're opening for Zach Bryan.

So yeah, there's so many It's like music business is the Wild West today. Like when I when I first started, it was it was so I'm not going to say it was easier, but it was like you had kind of one or two outlets to put your music out. And now there's so many ways to get your music heard, you know. So, I mean, you could be an artist that lives in Nebraska and you're seventeen years old and one day your mom just thinks you're great, and next day you're opening for Zach Bryan.

You know what I'm saying, Like, it's like weird, it's wild. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying, Like, it's like weird, it's wild. Yeah.

And now if you do disappear for a year, people are going to say, oh, his marriage is imploding.

And now if you do disappear for a year, people are going to say, oh, his marriage is imploding.

Yeah, yeah, this is the implosion period. And uh, look at this list. The iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Du A Lipa, Halsey, Big Sean, Comita, Cabeo Doja Cat, Gwen Stefani, Hoosier, Keith Urban, New Kids on the Block, Paramore, Shaboozie, The Black Crows, Victoria Monet, Thomas Rhantt. What a what a lineup? He's got a funny and a Friday of music on our show. In thirty minutes, we're going to talk to Chris Martin. Holy wonder what that tie in about? Yeah? Why wonder why he's on with us?

Yeah, yeah, this is the implosion period. And uh, look at this list. The iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Du A Lipa, Halsey, Big Sean, Comita, Cabeo Doja Cat, Gwen Stefani, Hoosier, Keith Urban, New Kids on the Block, Paramore, Shaboozie, The Black Crows, Victoria Monet, Thomas Rhantt. What a what a lineup? He's got a funny and a Friday of music on our show. In thirty minutes, we're going to talk to Chris Martin. Holy wonder what that tie in about? Yeah? Why wonder why he's on with us?

Anyway, I'm such a super fan of Coldplayer.

Anyway, I'm such a super fan of Coldplayer.

Young Me too. Gosh, can you imagine they could show up at the iHeart Music Festival.

Young Me too. Gosh, can you imagine they could show up at the iHeart Music Festival.

That would would be amazing.

That would would be amazing.

Thank you so much for coming in, Thank you man and sharing the music measure And it's the gift it's the gift you gave us, and we do appreciate it. And we've made it very clear to you that every single person on this show loves what you do so much, loves the fact that you do love what you do. That's what makes it so great. Well, y'all are a blast to talk to you. Thank you for your time this morning. About a woman out right now, Thomas Red It's Froggy's boy, t Red Lizzos in here, the Mercedes Benze.

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