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Will Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m the Problem’ Have the Endurance of His Last Two Blockbusters?

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at Morgan Wallen's 'I'm the Problem' and its success on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100.

Morgan Wallen’s sky-high popularity with country fans has remained more or less consistent over the past few years, and while none of the singles from I’m the Problem have been as chart-dominant as “Last Night” from One Thing at a Time(yet), he’s still been able to rattle off No. 1s on his resume, has stadium singalong ambitions and a strikingly memorable chorus, all staccato state abbreviations and slippery assonance, while “Kick Myself” takes the self-recrimination that courses throughout the album and dresses it up as sunny pop-rock. This savvy blending defines some of his biggest hits, including “Last Night” and “You Proof”; strip the guitar off “Just in Case” and it could be a song for Drake or SZA, while “Miami” would barely need any adjustments to fit onto RapCaviar.

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