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Keith Urban Announces New Album High for September 2024, Shares New Single “Wildside” –

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Country artist Keith Urban returns with new album announcement Highwhich is set for release on September 20. It will be Urban’s first release in nearly four years, following his 2020 album The Speed ​​of Now Part 1, which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, according to Billboard.

Urban released the first single from this new album cycle, “Wildside.” Billboard states that Urban’s recently released song is inspired by Joan Cusack’s character in School of Rock. Of “Wildside,” Urban told Billboard “She’s a school principal by day, all neat and proper,…And then a few tequilas at night and all bets are off.”

Listen to “Wildside”:

Regarding the title of the album, HighUrban tells Billboard that the album title means whatever you want it to mean; it can apply to whatever gets you high. “It could be physical, spiritual, herbal, meditative, chemical, or musical, but it’s definitely a place of utopia,” the artist says. Urban says his highs come from spending time with family and friends, as well as the thrill of performing his music live. “Playing guitar, writing songs, and the place where I always feel high: playing live. Every night I get to bring an energy and a release to people.”

Creating the album wasn’t an easy task for Urban, as he said his 2022 touring schedule made it difficult to create a cohesive sound for the album. He said the album lacked continuity and the songs didn’t work together the way he’d hoped. But Urban describes the creation of High as a learning experience, saying, “I learned that what I thought was a creative framework turned out to be musically limiting.” Each song on the album has its own unique sound.

High is available for Pre-order. Urban will also headline at GoldenSky Country Music Festival in October, in addition to making her return to the long-running show, American Idol.

List of top performing titles

  1. “Blue Sky (Prelude)”
  2. “Straight line”
  3. “Fucked up like me”
  4. “Wild side”
  5. “Go Home WU (With Lainey Wilson)”
  6. “Chuck Taylor”
  7. “Daytona”
  8. “Love is hard”
  9. “A heart like a hometown”
  10. “Laugh until you get drunk”
  11. “Dodging in a Silverado”
  12. “Break the chain”

Photo credits : Lynn Schulz of Boston