Sam Hunt Says ‘Southside’ Feels Like His Rural And Urban Roots

Sam Hunt shared with us how he came up with the title for his Southside album which will be released on April 3.

He told us, “The album title came after all the songs were finished. I sat down and made a list of potential titles and just off the top of my head, I just sort of started writing down words or phrases that felt like the songs or felt like the record. 'Southside' was the one that just kept standing out. I didn’t put a whole lot of thought into why that was the case. 'Southside' just for me is a phrase that just feels like my rural and urban roots, you know, where I’m from, I kind of feel like I’m from the Southside of that place, and obviously, the word south is in the title so there’s association with being from the South."

He added, "More than having a really good backstory for the title, it just felt – when I looked at it on the page – it felt like the record.”

Southside Track List:

“2016” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Josh Thompson)
“Hard To Forget” (Sam Hunt, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Ashley Gorley, Audrey Grisham, Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz)
“Kinfolks” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne, Jerry Flowers)
“Young Once” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins, Josh Osborne)
“Body Like a Back Road” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally)
“That Ain’t Beautiful” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally)
“Let It Down” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Chris LaCorte, Josh Osborne, Ernest K Smith)
“Downtown’s Dead” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally, Charlie Handsome)
“Nothing Lasts Forever” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally)
“Sinning With You” (Sam Hunt, Josh Osborne, Paul DiGiovanni, Emily Weisband)
“Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Chris LaCorte, Josh Osborne, Ernest K Smith)
“Drinkin’ Too Much” (Sam Hunt, Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally, Stuart Hine)