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Morgan Wallen Reveals His Current Romantic Status

Morgan Wallen is on his way to New Zealand to kick off his world tour, “One Night At A Time,” next week (3/15), and he is not leaving a girlfriend…

Morgan Wallen Reveals His Current Love Life Status
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Morgan Wallen is on his way to New Zealand to kick off his world tour, "One Night At A Time," next week (3/15), and he is not leaving a girlfriend at home. He is single. Morgan said in a recent interview, "I had a girlfriend for a while. Not recently. That was the last one I had. I don't have anybody right now. It's kind of hard. Just how busy I've been. I got a son; an album; a tour; I've got all these things I do."

He added, "It's really hard for me to make time for that. I want to, though. I think I'm coming up on my 'settle down phase.' We'll see. I'm not in a hurry."

Wallen recently announced that due to popular demand, he is adding a one-night-only show at London's The O2 on December 3, 2023. After ten days in Australia and New Zealand, he will return on April 14 at Milwaukee's American Family Field with HARDY, hitting New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, Chicago's Wrigley Field, and Boston's Fenway Park with Parker McCollum. He will play in the U.S. and Canada till he flies to London in December.

Miranda Lambert recently congratulated Morgan on the number-one success of a song called "Thought You Should Know" that she co-wrote with Morgan.

Miranda posted to Instagram a black and white photo of herself, Wallen, and the song's third co-writer, Nicolle Galyon. She captioned the post, "Congrats @morganwallen on your number 1 song "Thought You Should Know." Proud to be a writer on a song about your mama! This is the first number 1 song I've ever had as a writer. We did good that day y'all. Cheers friends. @nicatnitemusic."

The chorus goes, "I thought you should know / That all those prayers you thought you wasted on me / Must've finally made their way on through / I thought you should know / I got me a new girl down there in Jefferson City, and / She lets me fish whenever I want to / Yeah, I'm still proud of where I came from / Still your only damn son / Can you believe I'm on the radio? / Just thought you should know, thought you should know, thought you should know."

As Morgan Wallen celebrates his 30th birthday today (5/13), he just shared with his fans that he has re-scheduled 10 out of the 16 tour dates that he postponed early this week. Morgan posted the news on his Instagram to the delight of his bid fan base.

While he wasn't in attendance at the ACM Awards earlier this week (5/11), Wallen did win the Male Artist of the Year honor given out by ACM co-host Garth Brooks.

Earlier this year, in March, Morgan revealed he is single. He said in a recent interview, "I had a girlfriend for a while. Not recently. That was the last one I had. I don't have anybody right now. It's kind of hard. Just how busy I've been. I got a son; an album, a tour; I've got all these things I do."

He added, "It's really hard for me to make time for that. I want to, though. I think I'm coming up on my 'settle down phase.' We'll see. I'm not in a hurry."

As Walen celebrates his big day working on improving his voice during his doctor-mandated vocal rest, we pause to look at 13 of his best songs.

13. "The Way I Talk" (2016)

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His very first single. A memorable lyric to the song, "Man, it ain't my fault, I just live the way I talk."


12. "Chasin' You" (2019)

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"Chasin' You" became Wallen's third consecutive Number One hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. The "Chasin' You (Dream Video)" was filmed in black and white and showed Wallen driving around Nashville, Tennessee, in a convertible.


11. "Wasted on You" (2022)

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This song made history as it debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week ending January 23, 2021, along with the album tracks "Somebody's Problem," "Warning," and "Sand in My Boots" and the singles "7 Summers" and "More Than My Hometown." In doing so, Wallen became the first artist ever to chart six songs within the top 10 of Hot Country Songs at the same time.


10. "This Bar" (2019)

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Morgan said, "Wrote this song with my buddies about some moments and times in my life that have made me who I am today. Some good, some bad, but all of them I can look back on and grin a little."


9. "Somebody's Problem" (2020)

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This song's narrative is all about a budding new relationship; one ends and another begins. In the lyrics, Wallen thinks how a woman who is too good to be true could have slipped through an ex's fingers and guessed she is somebody else’s problem.


8. "Don't Think Jesus" (2022)

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Morgan said that even though he didn't write this song, it brought him to tears upon first hearing it, and he said it is of his most personal songs.


7. "Still Goin' Down" (2020)

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Wallen described the song as all about growing up in the country; it truly is a love song to the town that raised him. The song is an anthem that pays tribute to all the small-town Friday nights and beer drinking around the bonfire.


6. "Up Down" (featuring Florida Georgia Line) (2017)

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A fun party song with Florida Georgia Line. The video features Wallen and both members of Florida Georgia Line partying on a beach and in concert.


5. "More Than My Hometown" (2020)

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An ode to his hometown, the photograph used as the cover image for the single, was taken looking southbound on Tennessee Highway 70 just north of Kyles Ford, Tennessee. One of the towns listed on the highway sign in the photo, Sneedville, is Morgan’s actual hometown.


4. "Whiskey Glasses" (2018)

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A big hit for Wallen, this song reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated June 8, 2019, after topping the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA in May of 2020.


3. "Flower Shops" (Ernest featuring Morgan Wallen) (2021)

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This touching ballad's chorus sings, "Mister, I'll take your roses / If you cut off the thorns, she can't take no more / I'll buy violets and daisies to hide all the crazy, it's gonna take all you've got / Aw, it's a bad day for love, but a good day for flower shops."


2. "7 Summers" (2020)

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This story song was the perfect vibe for the time. When this smash was released, the song broke the single-day Apple Music streaming record for a country song and debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.


1. "Sand in My Boots" (2021)

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This touching song is a nostalgic ballad about lost love, describes a worn-out cowboy, weathering lost love and fading memories of drinking with that girl who could've been the one. It became Wallen's fifth number one song in February of 2022.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.