ERNEST Releases Sophomore LP 'Nashville, Tennessee'

Big Loud’s esteemed visionary ERNEST today releases his highly-anticipated sophomore album, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. On the heels of his 2024 ACM Award nominations for New Male Artist of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year, he pays homage across the 26-track project to his hometown and the creatives that make up the fabric of Music City.

“I was born and raised in Nashville,” shares ERNEST. “I love this city, it’s the country music capital of the world, and this album is a positive affirmation in the name of country music. That country at its core, the songwriting and storytelling, is popular again.”

Joining Jan Crawford of CBS Mornings in Nashville for an in-depth profile on the project, the 2X VarietyHitmaker and CMA Triple Play Award winner spoke about his background as a songwriter of nine No. 1 singles for artists including Jelly Roll, Sam Hunt, Kane Brown, Morgan Wallen, and Chris Lane, as well as the process of creating NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. Watch the interview HERE.

In support of NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, he will also be making his national TV performance debut onLive With Kelly and Mark (4/16) as well as performances on The Kelly Clarkson Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live! this month before heading to perform at California’s biggest country festival, Stagecoach.

Produced by Joey Moi, the project brings to life the musical vision of one the modern era’s most impactful country hitmakers, earning early praise with a Tennessean cover story which notes “more than any performer, ERNEST best represents how, in the next decade, the communal spirit driving country music in Nashville will likely redefine popular culture worldwide.”

With over a billion global on-demand streams, the Pollstar cover star proves to be more than just a game changing behind-the-scenes force who helped define a generation, but also a maverick that “creates a sound all his own” (Pollstar). NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE is the follow up to ERNEST’s 2021 debut album,FLOWER SHOPS (THE ALBUM), which featured the 2X Platinum title-track “Flower Shops (feat. Morgan Wallen)” and gave fans a glimpse of ERNEST’s edgy artistic styling.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Tracklist:

“I Went To College / I Went To Jail (feat. Jelly Roll)” (Ernest Keith Smith, Chandler Paul Walters, Rivers Rutherford, Luke Bryan)
“Ain’t As Easy” (Ernest Keith Smith, Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon, Chandler Paul Walters)
“Why Dallas (feat. Lukas Nelson)” (Ernest Keith Smith, Chandler Paul Walters, Grady Block, Jordan Merrigan, Lukas Nelson)
“One More Heartache” (Ernest Keith Smith, Chandler Paul Walters, Jessie Jo Dillon, Dean Dillon)
“Hangin’ On (feat. Morgan Wallen)” (Ernest Keith Smith, Grady Block, Rhys Rutherford, Jacob Durrett, Rafe Tenpenny)
“Did It For The Story” (Ernest Keith Smith, John Byron, Ryan Vojtesak, Blake Pendergrass)
“How’d We Get Here” (Ernest Keith Smith)
“Never Said I Love You” (Ernest Keith Smith, Chandler Paul Walters)
“Would If I Could (feat. Lainey Wilson)” (Dean Dillon, Skip Ewing)
“Honkytonk Fairytale” (Ernest Keith Smith, Rafe Tenpenny, Dallas Wilson, Brad Clawson)
“Smokin’ Gun” (Ernest Keith Smith, Rhys Rutherford, Grady Block, Ryan Vojtesak, Blake Pendergrass)
“Twinkle Twinkle (Live At Fenway Park) [feat. Ryman Saint]” (Jane Taylor)
“Life Goes On” (Ernest Keith Smith, Ashley Gorley, Ryan Vojtesak)
“If You Don’t Know By Now” (Clint Daniels, Dale Dodson)
“You Don’t Have To Die” (Clint Ingersoll, Chris Stapleton)
“Redneck Sh*ttt” (Ernest Keith Smith, Mark Holman, Nicolle Galyon)
“Small Town Goes” (Ernest Keith Smith, Grady Block, Cody Lohden, Ryan Vojtesak, Chandler Paul Walters)
“Kiss Of Death” (Ernest Keith Smith, Andy Albert, Ryan Vojtesak)
“Slow Dancing In A Burning Room” (John Clayton Mayer)
“Ain’t Too Late” (Ernest Keith Smith, Grady Block, Chandler Paul Walters, Jordan Merrigan, Cody Lohden)
“Sayin’ You Love Me” (Ernest Keith Smith, Mark Holman, James McNair)
“Summertime Flies” (Ernest Keith Smith, Rafe Tenpenny, Grady Block, Jacob Durrett, Ross Portaro)
“Ain’t Right Ain’t Wrong” (Ernest Keith Smith, Rhys Rutherford, Ryan Vojtesak)
“Creep (feat. HARDY)” (Colin Greenwood, Jonathan Greenwood, Albert Hammond, Michael Hazlewood, Edward O’Brien, Philip Selway, Thomas Yorke)
“Bars On My Heart” (Ernest Keith Smith, Mark Holman, Nicolle Galyon)
“Dollar To Cash” (Ernest Keith Smith, Grady Block, Rafe Tenpenny, Brett Tyler)