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‘Backup Plan’ Producer Austin Shawn On Creating the Hit: ‘From the Beginning, It Felt Like An Overcoming Adversity Song’

'Backup Plan' producer Austin Shawn on making the Bailey Zimmerman and Luke Combs hit — and what fans can expect from Zimmerman's forthcoming album.

Then, Zimmerman followed that with “Backup Plan,” his inspirational new single featuring Luke Combs, which became his ninth career Hot 100 entry and has reached a No. According to the track’s producer, Austin Shawn, it was initially created because people compiling the soundtrack to 2024 film Twisters asked Zimmerman to send along songs for consideration. “Backup Plan” is just the latest extension in the winning partnership between Zimmerman and Shawn, which started with the former’s first EP, Leave the Light On, and includes the hit songs “Rock and a Hard Place” and “Fall In Love.”

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