Music Review: Morgan Wallen's 'I'm The Problem' Will Be Everywhere. Buckle Up
- On May 17, 2025, Morgan Wallen released a sprawling new album consisting of 37 tracks, recorded in Nashville and other locations, featuring collaborations with several notable artists.
- The album follows Wallen's history of controversy, including a 2021 racial slur incident and a 2024 reckless endangerment arrest involving a chair thrown from a rooftop bar.
- I'm The Problem includes guest artists such as Post Malone, Tate McRae, Eric Church, and HARDY, and Wallen co-wrote 22 songs with 49 other songwriters involved.
- Wallen explained that the themes explored in this album were more challenging to express, focusing on deeply personal topics such as redemption and introspection.
- The album is already leading country music streaming numbers this year and is expected to soon reach the top of the Billboard album charts, despite receiving mixed reactions from some fans.
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Music Review: Morgan Wallen's 'I'm The Problem' will be everywhere. Buckle up
Country megastar Morgan Wallen's fourth studio album will be everywhere imminently if it isn't already, writes Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman in her review. Like his earlier records, the 37-track release is a long collection of earworm hooks and twangy big belts about whiskey and women. Those are the kind of songs that have made Wallen unignorable. Most of his songs deal with heartbreak and self-deprecation with lyrical specificity …
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