NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
Underscoring the year's biggest stories (11/19a)
NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: Riding the wave of his mega-viral tracks, newcomer Tucker Wetmore proves he’s more than a one-hit wonder. Following the success of “Wine Into Whiskey,” Wetmore’s latest release, “Wind Up Missin’ You,” has skyrocketed on Apple Music—in parallel with Beyoncé, of all things. His modern country twang has captured millions of fans as he’s transitioned from scraping by in tiny Kalama, Washington, to rubbing shoulders with music’s heavy hitters.
SINGLE: “Wine into Whiskey” & “Wind Up Missin’ You”
TV: RFD-TV
LIVE: Support on Kameron Marlowe’s STRANGERS Tour 2024; performing at Hard Rock Stage at CMA Fest 2024, Luke Combs’ Bootleggers Tailgate Party, Country Boom, Tailgate N’ Tallboys, more
INTERNET: 3.5m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 36m+ streams on “Wine into Whiskey” at presstime, 1.4m+ first-day streams, hit #4 Spotify Global/U.S. Viral; peaked #9 Apple Music’s Top Tracks U.S. Country, #52 all genre; reached #3 iTunes all genre, #2 Country; YouTube Trending Artist on the Rise; 6m+ streams on “Wind Up Missin’ You,” #95 Shazam, #29 Apple’s Top Tracks U.S. Country, #65 all genre
RADIO: SiriusXM The Highway, KBAY, KBEQ, KUPL, KYGO, WAMZ, more
PRESS: Forbes, Holler, PopCulture, more
BOOKING: Braeden Rountree & Carrie Murphy/WME
PUBLISHING: Back Blocks Publishing
MANAGEMENT: Rakiyah Marshall & Autumn Ledgin/Back Blocks Music