Overview
- Bryan’s sixth studio album arrived Jan. 9, written, recorded and produced in Oklahoma, and spans 25 songs following 2024’s The Great American Bar Scene.
- Listeners point to “Skin,” “Plastic Cigarette” and “Slicked Back” as addressing his ex Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia, with lyrics about removing matching tattoos and a Queens meet-up interpreted as references to their past.
- Several tracks praise his new wife, artist Samantha Leonard, including imagery tied to their Spain wedding and a Pamplona trip referenced in “Runny Eggs.”
- LaPaglia responded on Instagram by reposting Taylor Swift lyrics seen as mocking the apparent diss tracks, and Bryan has not publicly addressed her prior emotional-abuse allegations.
- The album also reflects on his sobriety, questions about future fatherhood, and flashes back to his 2023 arrest, with an acoustic edition due in three days and a world tour starting in March in St. Louis.