The multi-platinum country star Billy Currington has announced his newest studio album. King of the World is out October 24 via MCA.
The announcement comes with a new track, “One Thing I Ain’t Been.” And what is that one thing? “Making me finally see/Why everything I tried to be/Left me wanting more,” currington sings. “’Cause the one thing I ain’t been/Is yours.”
Currington co-wrote multiple tracks on King of the World alongside legendary songwriters like Dean Dillon and Scotty Emerick with additional contributions from Corey Crowder, Johnny Clawson, Ben Hayslip, and others. Songs like “Run For My Whiskey,” “Burnin’ The Midnight Gasoline,” and “Bourbon Sunset” promise a good time. Produced by Carson Chamberlain, this 10-track project will be Currington’s seventh studio album after 2021’s Intuition, which explored ’80s synth-pop, dance music, and R&B.
Currington previously shared the title track, which was written by Currington’s late longtime collaborator Troy Jones. “King of the World” celebrates a laid-back summer feeling: “I got the radio playing and my boat while I float/Take a toke while I listen to Merle,” he sings over a mellow guitar. “A hot sun, cold one, I’ll be son of a gun/I’m king of the world.”
Over two decades, Currington has tallied 12 country No. 1 singles including multi-platinum hits like “People Are Crazy,” “Good Directions,” “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right,” “Do I Make You Wanna,” and “We Are Tonight.”
Currington is currently on the road alongside fellow country hitmaker Kip Moore, who released the album Solitary Tracks earlier this year. The United States tour includes 16 stops in major cities like Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway on September 19. The tour features support from Marlon Funaki, an emerging guitar player whose work channels soul and psychedelic rock. Funaki released an EP titled Overdue in March.
Order the Billy Currington album King of the World now.
