Morgan Wallen Asks Followers To not Stream ‘Horrible’ Decade-Outdated Songs Launched Towards His Needs

The “Extra Than My Hometown” singer took a break from a duck-hunting journey to share that he’d simply discovered concerning the launch himself and he was positively not in help of it.

Sadly, he stated that he signed some offers with out authorized illustration a decade in the past, which implies he can also’t cease it.

What he can do, although, is urge his followers to not help this “tenth Anniversary” expanded launch of his 2015 EP, Stand Alone. “I cringe after I hear to those songs & I am involved my followers could mistakenly consider it is a new launch by me,” Wallen wrote to his Instagram on Thursday.

“I would like you to know that is NOT my new music & I do not need to see this occur to anybody else,” the “Final Night time” singer stated of the five-song album’s expanded launch with eight extra tracks he considers “horrible.”

He stated that former colleagues “I parted methods with 10 years in the past” are releasing the brand new/previous music “towards my needs,” with the help of his former managers.

Selection reached out to the top of Panacea Data, William Ray, who stated he stands by the discharge. “We love the songs and consider a few of his followers will like it too,” he advised the outlet. “We’re excited to lastly get these songs out to the world.”

In keeping with Wallen, he is spent the final a number of months making an attempt to select up the rights to the music so he might cease the discharge to “preserve the standard of my catalog according to songs I select to launch & consider in.”

He defined that of the 13 songs recorded again in 2014, there have been solely 5 deemed worthy for the EP launch. Now the label has determined to money in on his subsequent success by releasing all the tracks, with Wallen unable to cease them resulting from these contracts.

“It is gross, grasping & an instance of how the darkish aspect of the music enterprise can suck the soul out of artists,” Wallen continued.

He did promise that he could be heading again into the studio to file his precise new album subsequent month. “I am feeling impressed creatively & tremendous excited to make extra music I am pleased with.”

Wallen concluded by saying that in response to the discharge of previous tracks he by no means wished to see the sunshine of day towards his needs, he re-recorded one of many tracks from that session, “Spin You Round,” this week and might be dropping it tonight, as effectively.

He additionally stated that he is donating $100k from the Morgan Wallen Basis to the Volunteer Attorneys & Professionals for the Arts (VLPA) program to assist different younger artists keep away from giving up artistic freedom for a possibility in music.