On October 9, the CMA New Artist of the Year nominee will return to the stage for Georgia’s Rome River Jam alongside Riley Green, labelmate HARDY and Jon Langston for an innovative, outdoor live show implementing all-new COVID-19 safety measures. Morgan Wallen takes a nostalgic look back at a lost love in the dreamy new song “7 Summers.” It is the East Tennessee native’s latest release from his upcoming second album… Morgan Wallen shared a new track, “7 Summers,” on Aug. 13. © 2020 Morgan Wallen / Big Loud Records. Morgan Wallen’s new song, “7 Summers,” which was released on Aug. 13, debuted at No. Written by Wallen with Nashville songwriting titans Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne and produced by Joey Moi, “7 Summers” is a breezy, sun-kissed reminiscer, loaded with twilight sonics, captivating listeners with its irresistible sway. On the cover of HITS’ September 14 print issue, the iHeartRadio Music Award winner for Best New Country Artist was highlighted for viral hit “7 Summers” – in their words a “supernova” of a single – that’s “perched somewhere in the zone between yacht rock and Restless Heart…draped over a descending hook that is both yearning and inviting.” Read the full feature here. All Rights Reserved. The official music video for 7 Summers premiered on YouTube on Friday the 14th of August 2020. © 2020 Morgan Wallen / Big Loud Records. Morgan initially teases the song via Instagram, before it began making the rounds on TikTok, which ultimately convinced Morgan to release the breezy tune. Morgan Wallen is gearing up to release fan favorite “7 Summers” next week, but in the meantime, he’s sharing even more unreleased music. Personal life. Seeing the response played the biggest part in this release. Further cementing his place as a “certified new Country sensation” (Forbes), Wallen’s PLATINUM debut album IF I KNOW ME moves mountains this week as it rises to #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart 114 weeks after release, proving the collection’s staying power as “an album full of singles” (CMT). Seeing the response played the biggest part in this release. "It's a cool thing -- me being on the fence about it, then being able to put it out and get people's feedback. The new tune thinks back on a relationship that feels like only yesterday, even though it ended several years ago. Morgan Wallen: 7 Summers Demo Released. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart (streaming, sales and airplay-based) . Ever since Morgan first teased his “7 Summers” demo back in April, fans have been begging for him to release it. His recently released songs including "7 Summers," "More Than My Hometown" and "This Bar" will likely appear on the record. Stay tuned for more details to come. The singer says he decided to officially prelease "7 Summers" after testing the song out on social media and noticing what a strong resonance it had with fans. Now, the “album full of singles” (CMT) is officially certified PLATINUM by the RIAA, alongside four PLATINUM and multi-PLATINUM singles from the collection. Morgan Wallen's 7 Summers lyrics were written by Morgan Wallen, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne.. Morgan Wallen Songs Male Country Singers Country Songs 2020 Top Country Songs Copyright (C) 2020, ABC Audio. I’m glad to have new people on board buying and streaming my music. “I think this speaks to the depth of the project – when me and my producer and the songwriters were making this album, I wanted to make sure it was good from top to bottom, and this feat that we just accomplished is really showing us that that’s what we did. ... On August 14 2020, Wallen released the song "7 Summers" and it broke the record for the most first day streams for a country song on Apple Music, giving him his first top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts at #6. Morgan said that it’s not just him anymore, and he’s glad about that. The wait is over. The "Chasin' You" hitmaker is currently at work on his sophomore album. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Explainer: What we know - and don't know - about Trump's COVID-19 illness, You'll Probably See Smaller Turkeys In Stores Ahead Of Thanksgiving This Year. Watch Wallen’s acoustic performance of “7 Summers,” alongside debut album deep cut “Talkin’ Tennessee” and acclaimed Jason Isbell cover “Cover Me Up,” here. "7 Summers" is a "dreamy", nostalgic track, with Wallen singing of a long lost love of his and reminiscing about their romance that took place, as the title suggests, seven summers ago. “7 Summers”: Morgan Wallen waxes nostalgic in his fan-selected new tune, tells the sentimental story of a long-lost love in ". Entertainment Tonight exclusively previewed the new track on Friday night’s broadcast (8/7), and caught up with Wallen via Zoom here. "7 Summers" debuted at #1 on the Country chart, becoming Wallen's second song to reach the summit, after "Whiskey Glasses." After Shane McAnally came up with the title, the three wrote the song inspired by a real-life experience of Wallen's back in 2013. NASHVILLE, TENN. (September 23, 2020) — Big Loud Records/Republic Records’ Morgan Wallen “is pulling country music into the 21st century” (Los Angeles Times), skyrocketing to cross-genre acclaim and adding record-breaking numbers to his 3.4 BILLION+ global streams with latest release “7 Summers,” further solidifying himself as a “certified new country sensation” (Forbes) with every twist and turn. "7 Summers" is a song by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. The country music singer doesn’t want to remember that but he only wants to remember the birth of his son. ", "Social media played a huge part in me releasing this song, especially so early," he adds. “7 Summers” is only the fifth song in the 62-year history of the chart to debut at No. He first performed a portion of the track on his Instagram, whereafter it was released on August 14, 2020 following its popularity on TikTok. August 8, 2020. "I heard a lot of good feedback from it on Instagram and it started making the rounds on TikTok -- I saw how much the song was getting played and how much people were enjoying it. Instantly a viral hit on TikTok, Wallen announced the release last week on the uber-popular social media platform with a note directly to fans – watch here – and created an all-new t-shirt to celebrate. Morgan Wallen's new 2020 album. “But when quarantine first started, I was challenged to do a demo on Instagram so I put out the first verse and chorus of ‘7 Summers.’ I heard a lot of good feedback from it on Instagram, and then it started making the rounds on TikTok – I saw how much the song was getting played and how much people were enjoying it, even just the first verse and chorus. Morgan Wallen is officially back in the studio working on his sophomore album. All Rights Reserved. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours.