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Parker McCollum on Making His Rawest Record Yet: ‘It Was the Album You Always Wondered If You Were Good Enough To Make’

Parker McCollum opens up about the creative chances he took on his new self-titled album, working with Cody Johnson and more.

The resulting project is permeated with Lone Star State soul and grit, an album with not only the potential to further scale McCollum’s career, but to peel back new layers of his personality and artistry. Like Johnson, McCollum embodies that stubborn Texas mindset of approaching one’s life and career on one’s own terms, so finding the gumption to do the unexpected is nothing new. Since signing, McCollum has earned a trio of Billboard Country Airplay chart-toppers with “To Be Loved by You,” “Pretty Heart” and “Burn It Down.” He also issued the major-label albums Gold Chain Cowboy and Never Enough.

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