Dustin Lynch is back with Katie Neal inside our Nashville studios, here to talk about his new album, Clean Slate, now available everywhere.
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“I heard that song when I needed to hear it. That's what I love about music,” Lynch says of the title track from his latest project. “I didn't write that song, it's one of the songs I didn't write on the album, some buddies of mine sent my way and it stopped me in my tracks in my kitchen, gave me chills, made me tear up.”
“I was at a crossroads where it was like, ‘the balance of how busy do I want to be,’ because as I say yes to opportunities in the music world, I'm saying no to my personal life, which already is pretty taxed as far as like getting to be home to have any sort of relationship. It's scary, but I was like, ‘you know what, what a fun opportunity to get to try to make new music that's not been made.’”
Some of those yeses for Lynch have been his foray into EDM and DJing, teaming up for new collaborations and having residencies in Las Vegas and Miami. “All those days of making that music and traveling to do those shows, used to be days I had here to hang with friends, go see my niece and nephew, my friends' kids, play ball, go on dates, gone. So, yeah, it's just like, we all have an opportunity to have a blank page and write our own story and sometimes that's me taking a moment and going, ‘yo, chill out, we gotta come down here because it's easy to stay in the clouds in this business.’”
“I'm glad it kind of brought me down. My wish is that it gets out there and affects somebody in a positive way like it did me.”
Dustin also details the origins and creative processes behind standout tracks such as "Made In A Bottle," and the duet, "How You Been," featuring Ashley Cooke, and well as past career-defining hits including "Cowboys and Angels," "Where It's At," and "Small Town Boy."
One of those moments where Lynch said yes was a recent appearance on Bravo’s In The City, along with his friend, Lindsay Hubbard, and we’re so thankful he did.
“I don't watch reality TV, so I wasn't like, ‘oh, I don't know what's going on,’” he says of his spot on the show. “Lindsay's like, ‘hey, you're in town, we're gonna be filming. There's some drama going down. Come have a drink.’”
“We're on this rooftop and storylines are going and there's some drama happening and you're trying to catch up,” he reveals. “I'm catching up, but also, at this point we've been at the bar for a couple, 3 hours, and I've kind of figured out what's happening and I find myself taking sides and having opinions and you gotta be careful with whose sides you take on those things, right? Then also it can be like, not knowing everybody's history, I was trying to play it smart, but I could see how it's addicting.”
“I just was kind of plopped into the social setting, and I started kind of pushing buttons, having a little fun with it like a little puppeteer, it was cool.”
For more from Dustin Lynch, check out the full conversation above. The new album, Clean Slate, is now available everywhere.
The new album, ‘Clean Slate’ is now available everywhere
The new album, ‘Clean Slate’ is now available everywhere
