Song is third release from Southside album
Country star Sam Hunt unveils his new song “Hard To Forget.” Written by Sam Hunt, Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Ashley Gorley, Audrey Grisham, Russ Hull, and Mary Jean Shurtz, “Hard To Forget” joins “Sinning With You” and Top 5-and-climbing radio hit “Kinfolks” as another taste of what is to come on Hunt’s upcoming April 3rd album, Southside from MCA Nashville.
“Hard To Forget” comes on the heels of Hunt’s album release news and the announcement of The Southside Summer Tour 2020 with special guests Kip Moore, Travis Denning, and Ernest. Kicking off May 28tjh, the tour runs through over 40 markets from Charlotte, Tampa and Toronto to Dallas, Sacramento and Phoenix before wrapping September 26th in Albuquerque. Tickets go on sale this February 11th exclusively to Citi members citientertainment.com with public on-sale opening Friday, February 14th on ticketmaster.com.
“Kinfolks” leans on the sentiment of “you can’t make old friends.” Hunt exemplifies the importance of bringing a new relationship into the mix and comfortability of home. “Kinfolks” follows Hunt’s GRAMMY-nominated, triple platinum-selling debut album, Montevallo (MCA Nashville), which topped the Billboard Country Albums Chart in its first week and it remains the best-selling debut album for a country artist since 2011; and his three-week No. 1, 6x Platinum-selling, GRAMMY-nominated smash, “Body Like A Back Road.”
Montevallo produced four No. 1 singles and five platinum and multi-platinum-selling hits including “Leave the Night On,” “House Party,” “Take Your Time,” “Break Up In A Small Town” and “Make You Miss Me.” Then, Hunt’s “Body Like A Back Road” release shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart where it remained for an unprecedented 34 consecutive weeks, shattering the record for most weeks atop the nearly 59-year-old chart. “Body Like A Back Road” was also the No. 3 most-downloaded all genre song of 2017.
Called “stylistically provocative” by The New York Times and “deceptively phenomenal” by The Washington Post, Hunt has received accolades from Associated Press, Billboard, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, SPIN Magazine, Village Voice, The New York Times, The Washington Post and more. Since the Montevallo’s 2014 release, Hunt has accumulated over 6.85 billion global streams and has earned 22 million RIAA certified units.