Country Again

Born in Valdosta, Georgia, Rhett went to Nashville's Lipscomb University to study communications but dropped out to become a musician. As his music career took off, he found himself spending a lot of his time on the road rather than back home in Nashville or Georgia. This fiddle-soaked ballad finds him returning to his first love. Yeah, I love me some California, but it sure ain't Tennessee And my roots down there in Georgia, yeah, they started missin' me And I wouldn't change the things I've done or the places that I've been Man, it feels good to be country again During the last verse, Rhett expresses his joy at being united in body with his wife, Lauren. I traded sunsets with my wife, for hours on my phone And even when I was right beside her, I still wasn't really home But last night, we built a fire, watched the moonlight kiss her skin I thought, "Man, it feels good to be country again"

This is the title track of Country Again: Side A. Thomas Rhett had the idea for the album after seeing an old pair of cowboy boots he regularly wore in high school sitting in the back of his tour bus. When he slipped on the footwear, they brought back memories of his youth growing up in Georgia.

Rhett wrote most of the album while locked down at his Nashville home during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking inspiration from traditional country music. He said the record shows how after a decade on the road he returned back to his roots. "Country Again: Side A is everything that I wanted to say when I was 19 years old, but hadn't lived enough to know how to say any of those things yet," he explained. "It's about the crazy journey that took me out into the world over the last ten years and ultimately brought me back home, more centered and content than ever, with a deep understanding for what's important in life."