The polarizing country singer wastes no time acknowledging his flaws on the follow-up to his 2021 blockbuster, “Dangerous: The Double Album.”
Wallen also finds himself face-to-face with his demons on the ’80s-inflected title track, admitting that while he has “a lot of habits” to kick, the first — and perhaps most unexpected — on his list is heartbreak., describes falling off the wagon during lonesome periods. He finds himself in front of a bartender “all night” long on “Whiskey Friends” and candidly cops to “mixing liquors” to forget an ex on “You Proof.
The “Voice” alum’s evolving maturity shines through the most on the penultimate acoustic number “Outlook,” on which he sings, “Funny all the things you realize / When that 20/20 hindsight vision opens up your eyes.”“One Thing at a Time” is a roller coaster of an album — much like the last three years of Wallen’s life have been. He spotlights as many personal highs as he does lows and dabbles in just about every genre that has shaped his career thus far, from rock to hip-hop .
However, at his core, the Tennessee native remains a country boy. He lets his honky-tonk flag fly high on “Last Night,” a finger-snapper chronicling a relationship that “ain’t over yet,” as well as “Everything I Love,” a standout earworm with a killer melody interpolating The Allman Brothers Band’s “Midnight Rider.”
So, yeah, Wallen may not be Prince Charming, but he never claimed to be. And, man, does his story make for one hell of an album — like it or not.
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