New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The rising Country star Hailey Whitters releases "Glad To Be Here" (feat. Brent Cobb) from LIVING THE DREAM, a deluxe edition of her critically-acclaimed breakthrough album THE DREAM that will be released on February 26 via Pigasus Records / Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters. The deluxe album finds Whitters moving from fantasizing about "the dream" to actually living it, calling upon her close friends and collaborators Brent Cobb, Jordan Davis, Hillary Lindsey,
Little Big Town, Lori McKenna and
Trisha Yearwood to contribute vocals to the fresh tracks.
"Glad To Be Here" (feat. Brent Cobb) follows the release of Whitters' current single "Fillin' My Cup" (feat.
Little Big Town), which has racked up more than 3 million streams globally since its debut, and "
The Ride" (feat. Jordan Davis)."
"Throughout the whirlwind release of THE DREAM, I kept catching myself sayin', 'I'm just glad to be here,'" explains Whitters. "I truly felt at peace with my process and was enjoying getting to see dreams come true that I had nearly given up on, believing they would ever happen. I went to go write a song about it, and realized Brent Cobb, Neil Medley, and Brent Rupard had already done it - and done it really well. I knew I couldn't top it, so I recorded this one and asked my pal Brent to sing on it with me. He went out on a limb by asking me to open for his SUCKER FOR A GOOD TIME TOUR in the fall of 2019, and he's also my favorite country singer-songwriter of this generation, so it was a high honor to have him singin' on this one with me."
"All of the artists featured on this project are responsible for me being able to hang up the apron strings and make music full-time," says Whitters about LIVING THE DREAM. "The royalties from
Little Big Town's cut on 'Happy People' helped pay for part of THE DREAM, Brent Cobb and
Jordan Davis were two of the first artists to take me on tour, Lori McKenna and Hillary Lindsey are my two songwriting idols and favorite co-creators, and
Trisha Yearwood is one of the first artists that got me excited about moving to Nashville and pursuing Country music. I wanted to show fans full circle what 'living the dream' looks like for me - from where I started with 'Ten Year Town' to the bucket list moments that have resulted since I released my record, THE DREAM. I felt it was important to show them what can happen when you don't give up on yourself."
Whitters' THE DREAM firmly established the Iowa-born artist as "Nashville's Next Big Star." By the end of 2020, it was hailed as one of the top albums of the year, landing at #1 on both Stereogum's "10 Best Country Albums of 2020" and Garden & Gun's "Best Southern Albums of 2020" lists. THE DREAM was named among the best albums of the year by The Washington Post, Paste Magazine, The Tennessean, and landed at #6 on Rolling Stone's "30 Best Country & Americana Albums of 2020" list, who proclaimed, "The
Dream is the type of record that could propel an artist as talented as Whitters in a million different directions." Rolling Stone and American Songwriter also named her single "Janice at the Hotel Bar" one of the best songs of 2020.
THE DREAM Track List:
1. Ten Year Town
2. The Days
3. Red Wine & Blue
4. Dream, Girl
5. Loose Strings
6. Heartland
7. Janice at the Hotel Bar
8. Happy People
9. The Devil Always Made Me Think Twice
10. All the Cool Girls
11. The Faker
12. Living the Dream
LIVING THE DREAM
Deluxe Track List:
13. Fillin' My Cup (feat.
Little Big Town)
14. Glad To Be Here (feat. Brent Cobb)
15. How To Break A
Heart (feat. Lori McKenna & Hillary Lindsey)
16. How Far Can It Go? (feat. Trisha Yearwood)
17. The Ride (feat. Jordan Davis)
Rising singer-songwriter Hailey Whitters scored her breakthrough moment in 2019, with the release of "Ten Year Town," the first single from her critically-acclaimed, self-funded debut album, THE DREAM - praised as "the year's deepest country album" (The Washington Post). Now with 12+ years in Nashville, TN, under her belt, the Shueyville, IA-native is LIVING THE DREAM, with the release of her deluxe album on February 26 that features five new collaborations with Brent Cobb, Jordan Davis, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna,
Little Big Town, and Trisha Yearwood. Since being dubbed "Nashville's Newest Unsigned Star" (Rolling Stone) for her breakout hit, she's toured with Brent Cobb, Jordan Davis,
Maren Morris and
Little Big Town, plus notched cuts as a songwriter by Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, and
Little Big Town. Named an Artist to Watch 2020 on coveted lists by Paste Magazine, Pandora, and more, as well as being inducted into CMT's Next Women of Country Class of 2020, Whitters signed her first record deal in partnership with her own label Pigasus Records and Big Loud Records / Songs & Daughters. Lauded by Pitchfork and BrooklynVegan, THE DREAM appeared on more than 15 year-end best of 2020 lists and landed at #1 on both Stereogum's "10 Best Country Albums of 2020" and Garden & Gun's "Best Southern Albums of 2020" list.
