Parker McCollum is flexing a different creative muscle as he works on designing his own Luchese Cowboy boots. The Texas native signed a multi-year deal with Luchese boots back in 2020 and is now getting the chance to try his hand at boot-building by creating boots for his own line at Luchese.

“I signed a pretty lengthy deal with [Luchese] designing more than boots, but boots is a part of it,” he told Rob + Holly while at Stagecoach Country Music Festival over the weekend. “They’re comin’ and they will have my signature on them.”

Parker continued on to explain a little bit of the lengthy process and confirmed even though it takes a while, designing boots is still easier than writing a song.

“They have every type of leather and material in the world at their factory in El Paso and I went out there and sat down for several hours a couple weeks ago and just kind of threw stuff together and I was talkin’ talkin’ talkin’ and they write it down,” he said. “In a couple of months they’ll have some samples and I’ll try ‘em on — comfort is a big thing for me. I kind of run around on stage in boots and not all boots are great for that so I try to kind of keep stuff like that in mind and be creative. I think it’ll be badass.”

While the boots are still early in the production process, Parker has another exciting project that fans only have to wait days for. McCollum is set to release his second studio album, Never Enough, May 12. The new album is the follow-up to his major label debut, Gold Chain Cowboy. 

“[The album title] is just something that had been on my mind for the better half of about a year — probably a couple years now,” Parker shared. “Always trying to climb a mountain and you get to the top and instead of enjoying it, you’re instantly looking at the next mountain to climb. It just seems like, ‘at what point is it enough?’”

Words by Monica Rivera Interview by Rob + Holly