Country! Country!

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Country! Country!
Country! Country! album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Hardy
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2025
Genre
Length69:00
Label Big Loud
Producer Joey Moi
Hardy chronology
Hardy (Live from Red Rocks)
(2025)		Country! Country!
(2025)
Singles from Country! Country!
  1. "Favorite Country Song"
    Released: April 11, 2025
  2. "Bottomland"
    Released: August 1, 2025

Country! Country! is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Hardy. Released on September 26, 2025, the album marks a return to country music for Hardy, after exploring rock on his second album, The Mockingbird & the Crow , and more fully exploring the sound on his most recent album, Quit!! . [1] Artists featured on the album include Ernest and Stephen Wilson Jr.

Contents

Background

In April 2025, following two non-traditional album releases, Hardy (Live from Red Rocks) and Hardy (Amazon Music Songline), Hardy announced his upcoming Country! EP, alongside an announcement of two songs releasing on April 11, "Favorite Country Song" and "Buck on the Wall". [2] The full Country! EP was released on May 2, 2025, containing five songs. Following the release, "Favorite Country Song" was sent to country radio as the only single from the EP. [3]

In July 2025, Hardy teased a new song on his social media, eventually revealed to be titled "Bottomland". [4] On July 30, 2025, Hardy announced his fourth studio album, Country! Country!, to release on September 26, 2025. [5] In turn, "Bottomland", was released on August 1. On August 15, Hardy revealed the full tracklist via social media, simultaneously revealing two features, Ernest and Stephen Wilson Jr. [6] On August 20, 2025, Hardy teased the third track off the album, "Bro Country" featuring singer-songwriter Ernest. [7] A few days later it was announced that "Bro Country" would be released August 29, 2025, as the next single from the album. [8]

Track listing

Country! Country! track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Country Country"
3:58
2."Favorite Country Song"
  • Hardy
  • Zach Abend
  • Beau Bailey
  • Gorley
  • Taylor Phillips
  • Nate Smith
3:13
3."Bro Country" (featuring Ernest)
4:45
4."Luckiest Man Alive"
2:59
5."Car That Drove You Away"
3:04
6."Girl with a Gun"
3:04
7."Buck on the Wall"
3:04
8."I'd Go Crazy Too"
  • Hardy
  • Phelps
3:30
9."Take the Country and Run"
  • Hardy
  • Garcia
  • Gorley
3:37
10."Goodbye"
3:21
11."Bedrooms in the Sky" (featuring Stephen Wilson Jr.)
  • Hardy
  • Abend
  • Phelps
3:38
12."Bottomland"
  • Hardy
  • Abend
  • Smith Ahnquist
  • Dillon
  • Phelps
3:04
13."Who Don't"
  • Hardy
  • Abend
  • Dillon
  • James
3:01
14."Country in Me"
  • Hardy
  • Gorley
  • Johnson
  • Parker
3:24
15."Gun to My Head"
  • Hardy
  • Ahnquist
  • Kyle Clark
  • Holman
3:48
16."Keep It Country"
  • Hardy
  • Ahnquist
  • Garcia
  • Phelps
3:36
17."Y'all Need Jesus"
  • Hardy
  • Abend
  • Dillon
  • Parker
2:52
18."Dog Years"Hardy4:16
19."We're All Gonna Die"
  • Hardy
  • Dillon
  • Dragstrem
  • Phelps
3:00
20."Everybody Does"Hardy3:55
Total length:69:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

Musicians

  • Michael Hardy – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 4, 13); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
  • Derek Wells – electric guitar (1–11, 13–20); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (1–11, 13–19); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
  • Wes Hightower – background vocals (1–11, 13–19)
  • Jerry Roe – drums (1–11, 13–17, 19), tambourine (4, 8, 10, 19); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
  • Alex Wright – Hammond B3 (1–3, 13, 17), keyboards (1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16–19), Wurlitzer electronic piano (2), bass synthesizer (11); foot stomps, hand claps (14)
  • Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4–7, 9–11, 13–18), banjo (1, 13, 17), mandolin (2, 4, 5, 17, 18), guitar (4, 7, 11, 13), electric guitar (13); Dobro guitar, foot stomps, hand claps (14)
  • Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar (3, 8, 19)
  • Joey Moi – drum programming (3)
  • Ernest – vocals (3)
  • Dave Cohen – Hammond B3, Wurlitzer electronic piano (4); keyboards (5, 7, 10, 15); harpsichord, upright piano (10)
  • David Garcia – programming (9)
  • Jacob Durrett – programming (9)
  • Stephen Wilson Jr. – vocals (11)
  • Zach Abend – programming (12)
  • Mark Holman – programming (15)
  • Matt Dragstrem – programming (19)

Technical

References

  1. ↑ "HARDY Announces New Album Country! Country! — But Will It Actually Be Country? | Holler". holler.country. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  2. ↑ Iahn, Buddy (2025-04-10). "Hardy announces 'Country!' EP". The Music Universe. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  3. ↑ "LISTEN: Hardy Favorite Country Song Lyrics Aren't What You Expect". Taste of Country. 2025-04-18. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  4. ↑ ""Bury Me In Bottomland": HARDY Teases New Music To Release This Friday | Holler". holler.country. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  5. ↑ Buondonno, Max (2025-07-30). "HARDY Reveals New Album "COUNTRY! COUNTRY!"". Country Central. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  6. ↑ "COUNTRY! COUNTRY! by HARDY". Genius. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  7. ↑ Ryan, Aaron (2025-08-20). "HARDY Teases New Song About The Death Of "Bro Country"". Whiskey Riff. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
  8. ↑ Eggleston, Jennifer (2025-08-25). "HARDY Drops New Song Showing Move Away from 'Bro Country' Days". Backstage Country. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
  9. ↑ "Country! Country! / Hardy / Credits". Tidal . Retrieved September 26, 2025.
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