It’s another huge day (October 25) in country music and our New Music Friday playlist is loaded.
Kelsea Ballerini is wearing her heart on her sleeve. Coming off the heels of the wildly successful body of work, Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, the genre-bending songbird is unveiling an exclusive look into her new present-day era of self-vulnerability and growth with new record, Patterns.
Produced with Alysa Vanderheym, Patterns is of a different vein than Ballerini’s earlier works, embodying a similar musical landscape to RUTWM and unapologetically open about her relationship with Outer Banks star Chase Stokes, sex, and religion. It doesn’t get more honest than that.
Brett Young recalls to a missed flame in his newest single, “Kiss To Forget.” The singer wrote the song alongside acclaimed writers Ashley Gorley, Jon Nite and Jimmy Robbins, and adds to Young’s continuous catalogue of country music ballads.
Young shares the meaning of the song, “‘Kiss To Forget’ is a song written to the one who got away. Telling her that anybody else he tries to be with, no matter how perfect, just won’t work. He lost the only person for him and the best he can do moving forward is to hope to find some kind of distraction from the one he really wants.”
Jordan Davis is also nostalgic in his brand new single, “Know You Like That” which follows his current top 30 single, “I Ain’t Sayin,;” both come in anticipation of his forthcoming album.
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A few of our favorite ladies released full-length projects that we have on our playlist, Anne Wilson’s REBEL (Live From Lexington), Lindsay Ell’s Love Myself, Lanie Gardner’s A Songwriter’s Diary, and Chapel Hart’s Hartfelt Family Christmas.
‘REBEL (Live From Lexington)’ is out now!! These songs were recorded during my REBEL album release show in my hometown of Lexington, KY at the Lexington Opera House. It was a dream come true to perform these songs on the same stage I grew up doing ballet on. God has been so… pic.twitter.com/hF42kReoMQ
— Anne Wilson (@Annewilsonmusic) October 25, 2024
Elsewhere, we have brand new music from Lainey Wilson, Maren Morris, Brian Kelley, Ryan Hurd, Justin Moore, and a ballad about a life left behind from country music’s blossoming Southern belle, Willow Avalon with “Country Never Leaves,” off of her debut work out January 17.
https://www.tiktok.com/@willowavalon/video/7429855649992887582
Other honorable mentions of artists who have dropped music today are Gabby Barrett, BRELAND, Austin Snell, Priscilla Block, Fancy Hagood, Neil Perry, Angie K, Hannah McFarland, Sacha, Kasey Tyndall, Kayley Green, Faith Hopkins, Ryan Waters, Sheyna Gee, Cody Cozz, Lori Rayne, and Danny Kensey.
Keep scrolling to see which artists dropped new tunes and let us know what you think of them by either leaving a reaction at the bottom of the post or by sending us a tweet at @celebsecretscountry.
Kelsea Ballerini – “Baggage”
Brett Young – “Kiss To Forget”
Jordan Davis – “Know You Like That”
Anne Wilson – “REBEL (Live)”
Gabby Barrett – “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”
Maren Morris – “People Still Show Up”
Lindsay Ell – “love myself”
Lanie Gardner – “Cry”
Chapel Hart – “Hartfelt Family Christmas”
Brian Kelley – “Heaven In A Holler”
Ryan Hurd – “This Party Sucks”
Justin Moore – “Time’s Ticking”
Willow Avalon – “Country Never Leaves”
BRELAND – “Busch For That”
Austin Snell – “Come Over Thinking”
Priscilla Block – “He’s My Man”
Fancy Hagood feat: Michelle Branch – “Isn’t That Life”
Neil Perry – “If You Can’t, Don’t”
Angie K – “Golden”
Hannah McFarland – “Hey Highway”
SACHA – “Hey Mom I Made It”
Kasey Tyndall – “Pulling Weeds”
Kayley Green – “Catching Up”
Faith Hopkins – “Making Me”
Ryan Waters – “Whiskey Talking”
Ryan Waters – “Whiskey On A Weekday”
Sheyna Gee – “Looking… For A Little Love”
Cody Cozz – “Lonely Tonight”
Lori Rayne – “To Be Country”
Danny Kensy – “I Wonder”
