Scotty McCreery Talks Topping the Charts, Dropping His New Album, Getting Hitched & More

Scotty McCreery Talks Topping the Charts, Dropping His New Album, Getting Hitched & More

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey  |  March 8, 2018

Jim Casey talks with Scotty McCreery about:

  • getting up early and staying up late
  • scoring his first No. 1 single, “Five More Minutes”
  • keeping a positive outlook despite some career setbacks
  • releasing his new album, Seasons Change, on March 16
  • the apropos title of the new album
  • picking his new single, “This Is It, which he penned with Frank Rogers and David Lee Murphy about his fiancée, Gabi Dugal
  • planning his upcoming wedding
  • the personal aspect of co-writing all 11 songs on the new album
  • the most un-Scotty song on the new album, “Barefootin’”
  • growing up around “beach music”
  • hitting the road this spring and summer

Participants:

  • Scotty McCreery
  • Jim Casey, NCD editor in chief

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