Sam Hunt shares how he created “Locked Up EP” and how his music is changing with his life. He highlights how “Outskirts” has blown up during his tour, new country artists and more!
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00:00 I don't know about that. Maybe if Keith and I both two-on-one the kangaroo, we might be able to take him.
00:05 I didn't learn any skills while I was locked up.
00:07 We caught up with Sam Hunt about his "Locked Up" EP and tour and the newer country artist that even
00:20 he's nervous to be in front of.
00:22 The four songs are, I put them together on an EP, but they really are a part of a project I've been
00:27 putting out for about two years now, one song at a time.
00:30 How is the "Locked Up" EP different from your past work? What makes this creative process special?
00:35 They reflect this season of my life that I've been in. Getting older and writing from different
00:40 perspectives now than I did early on. When you're finished with a project, you're always looking
00:43 forward to that next one, so I'm already on to the next one in my mind, but I'm happy that these songs are out.
00:47 You can't be there yet, you just put the EP out.
00:49 And with "Outskirts" being a top five hit on country radio, how has Sam been loving it on tour?
00:57 It's been great. It's been fun to watch. We've got our diehard fans who know about the songs
01:03 when they come out and they'll sing the songs back at the live show and then you hear the response
01:07 grow when the song at radio has success. So "Outskirts" had sort of a slow burn early on,
01:12 but here in the last eight weeks it has taken off. Like you said, now I think it's sitting at
01:17 number three at country radio and I've noticed that the shows, people are obviously hearing it more.
01:23 But yeah, so it's good to have, it's always good to have a hit song in your set, so it's nice to add another one.
01:29 But from the tour crowd with his fans to the audience at the CMT's with his peers,
01:34 how has that changed things for the country star?
01:37 Being in the business and then, you know, with the pandemic and I haven't toured as much or been to
01:42 as many award shows in the last few years, so there are a lot of new artists that I know from
01:46 the internet. I'm familiar with a lot of their music and I'm a fan of a lot of them, but I don't
01:51 have as close a relationship with all those folks.
01:53 Who's a new face you're excited to see? Like who's Sam Hunt excited to see?
01:56 It's like Megan Moroney. I met her a couple nights ago at the Ryman. We both played a show with Bobby
02:01 Bones. I've been, since she put out some of her original videos of her like in the stairwell
02:07 with a lot of reverb playing some of her songs on acoustic guitar. I just thought she had a
02:11 great voice and her songwriting was great. So I've been looking forward to meeting her and
02:16 met her briefly at the Ryman, but I'm a fan of her music.
02:19 Another question about your peers. I got to ask you this. So Keith Urban was talking to Bunny
02:23 backstage and she asked him if you could get in a fight with a kangaroo and invite somebody with
02:27 you, who would it be? And he goes, well, Sam's been locked up, so I'm going to say him.
02:30 Now, how close are you and Keith and would you fare up good in a fight with a kangaroo?
02:36 I don't know about that. Maybe if Keith and I both two on one the kangaroo, we might be able
02:42 to take him. There's that video that went around a few years ago of that guy boxing with that
02:46 kangaroo that they're pretty intimidating. But yeah, I didn't learn any skills while I was locked
02:50 up, but I did growing up in the South. You know how to handle yourself.
02:54 Well, thanks so much for taking the time to talk to us. I really appreciate it.
02:59 Yeah, absolutely. Good to talk to you.