Growin' Up

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While Luke Combs burst onto the scene as a fully fledged artist, fans have still had the privilege of watching him transcend his status as a regional cult favorite in North Carolina to become one of country music’s biggest superstar, all in the matter of a few year. It’s appropriate, then, that Combs would title his third studio album <i>Growin’ Up</i>, as the LP is a portrait of an artist reaching new heights in his career. “It's time to get it together at this point,” Combs tells Apple Music. “It's like you're growing up into thi. You're going from one thing to the next. I think, sonically, this album is a lot of that for me.” The album is peppered with hit, like the long-running country No. 1 “Doin’ This” and the contemplative “Tomorrow Me.” There are also tracks that dig a little deeper into Combs’ personal life, like standout “Middle of Somewhere,” a loving tribute to the small town outside of Nashville where Combs lives with his family. Below, Combs shares insight into several key tracks on <i>Growin’ Up</i>. <b>“The Kind of Love We Make”</b> “My guitar tech, Jamie Davi, he's a super talented singer and super great guitar player. That was a song that Jamie had started with Dan and Reid Isbell and I guess they really loved the melody. Dan and Reid came out to Montana. I was out there. I had rented a house out there for a couple weeks to write, and they brought that thing in there and I was like, ‘Man, I love thi.’ We finished that thing and it was awesome. I love that song. It's just different, melody-wise, than anything I have.” <b>“Outrunnin’ Your Memory” (feat. Miranda Lambert)</b> “Miranda and I had never met more than really in passing at that time. And so I said, ‘You know, eventually, we got to get down to like what are we going to write?’ And there was no plan of, like, ‘Let's write a duet.’ There was no that. It was almost like we were both just staff writers and going, ‘Let's write a good song that somebody will like.’ That was the idea. It was never like, ‘Let's write a song for me or let's write a song for you.’ It was none of that. It was just like, ‘Let's write the best song in the room and that'll be a win.’” <b>“Middle of Somewhere”</b> .

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