![]() The people who know Wallen best, of course, believe that the 27-year-old singer/songwriter is well-suited to sit at the center of all these contradictions - that his preternatural gifts as a vocalist allow him to transcend them on what so far appears to be a fast track to a new kind of country stardom one that reaches beyond country radio without explicitly playing to its pop counterparts. He’ll take Green juice in a Music City office (likely fetched by an eager assistant) and whiskey on a back road. ![]() He’s also The Voice alum who deftly weaves rhythmic talk-singing patter more often found in hip-hop and R&B into his songs - even the ones that say "beer don’t buzz with that hip-hop cuz / but it damn sure does with a little Nitty Gritty." He’s a self-proclaimed “good ol’ boy,” and a “rockstar” with stadium-sized, international ambitions. He’s a viral TikTok sensation and country radio monolith, East Tennessee preacher’s son who sings with a hearty, inescapable twang. “Don't get me wrong,” Wallen says, flashing the boyish grin that's charmed so many of his fans. There are 30 songs on Dangerous, the double-album Wallen released on January 8 (32 if you include the Target-exclusive bonus edition) within them, there are 13 separate mentions of whiskey, 10 of beer, four of tequila, two each of moonshine and wine and one of gas station coffee. When his hand re-enters the frame, it’s holding what is unmistakably a green juice he takes a sip, and carefully replaces it out of sight. He looks as clean-cut as a guy who bears a signature mullet can, sporting an uncharacteristically long-sleeved green shirt as he amiably takes on a days-long remote press junket from a Nashville office. ![]() Morgan Wallen reaches briefly out of the frame of the Zoom meeting we’re on. ![]()
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