Overview
- Listeners widely interpret the new songs as addressing Bryan’s split with Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia, with pointed lines on tracks like Skin and Plastic Cigarette.
- Bryan has not publicly responded to LaPaglia’s accusations of emotional abuse or her claim that he offered $12 million and a house to keep their relationship private.
- Multiple tracks celebrate his new wife, Samantha Leonard, whom he married in Spain on New Year’s Eve, with references that contrast her with a past partner.
- The album reflects a turn to sobriety and questions about fatherhood, following Bryan’s November disclosure that he was two months sober with help from a therapist.
- The title track nods to his 2023 arrest, and the project was written, recorded and produced in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with an acoustic release due in three days and a tour to follow.