After All the Bars Are Closed

"After All the Bars Are Closed"
Single by Thomas Rhett
from the album About a Woman
Released	August 9, 2024
Genre	Country
Length	3:11
Label	Valory
Songwriter(s)	Thomas Rhett Julian Bunetta John Byron Jaxson Free Jacob Kasher Hindlin
Producer(s)	Julian Bunetta Dann Huff
Thomas Rhett singles chronology
"Beautiful as You" (2024) "After All the Bars Are Closed" (2024) "Nothing Else" (2025)
Music video
"After All the Bars Are Closed" on YouTube

"After All the Bars Are Closed" is a song by American country music singer Thomas Rhett. It was released on August 9, 2024 as the second single from his seventh studio album, About a Woman . The song was written by Rhett, Julian Bunetta, John Byron, Jaxson Free and Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and produced by Bunetta and Dann Huff.

Contents

"After All the Bars Are Closed" expresses about a night out with a new lover he met in a bar. ^{[1] [2]}

Critical reception

HollerCountry writer Maxim Mower compared it to the album's first single ("Beautiful as You"), and felt that it had "a comforting guitar riff gains prominence, with the easygoing composition cushioning Rhett's evocative delivery". ^[3]

Music video

The music video was released at the same time as the song's initial release as a promotional single on August 9, 2024. ^[4] It shows Rhett and his friends having a good old-fashioned good time at a bonfire once for the night. ^[5]

Live performances

Rhett performed "After All the Bars Are Closed" with his acoustic guitar on The Tonight Show in August 2024. ^[4]

Personnel

Credits adapted from YouTube. ^[6]

• Thomas Rhett – vocals
• Julian Bunetta – drums, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, producer, programming, recording
• Dann Huff – banjo, electric guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar, producer
• Buckley Miller – recording
• Zach Kuhlman – recording
• Jeff Gunnell – engineer
• Alex Ghenea – mixing
• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordination
• Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar
• Kris Donegan – electric guitar
• Derek Wellsc – electric guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Mark Hill – bass
• Charlie Judge – keyboards
• Jaxson Free – drums, programming
• Harrison Tate – mastering engineer
• Nathan Dantzler – mastering engineer

Charts

Chart performance for "After All the Bars Are Closed"

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [7]	37
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [8]	35
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9]	40

Release history

Release dates and formats for "After All the Bars Are Closed"

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	August 9, 2024	Digital download streaming	Valory	[10]
	February 18, 2025	Country radio

References

1. Chua, Jeremy (August 9, 2024). "Thomas Rhett has romantic plans "After All the Bars Are Closed" | ABC Audio Digital Syndication". digital.abcaudio.com. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
2. "Hear Thomas Rhett's New Song 'After All The Bars Are Closed'". www.antimusic.com. August 9, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
3. Mower, Maxim. "'After All The Bars Are Closed' by Thomas Rhett - Lyrics & Meaning". holler.country. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
4. Lorge, Melinda (August 22, 2024). "Thomas Rhett Closes Out 'Fallon' With 'After All The Bars Are Closed'". Countrypolitan Magazine. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
5. "Will Thomas Rhett Lead the Most Week's Popular Country Videos?". Taste of Country. August 10, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
6. After All The Bars Are Closed. August 8, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2025– via YouTube.
7. "Canada Country: Week of March 29, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
8. "Thomas Rhett Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
9. "Thomas Rhett Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
10. Spotify, August 9, 2024, retrieved February 9, 2025