Pre-Release
- JAN 24, 2025
- 18 Songs
- Miles On It - Single · 2024
- Kane Brown (Deluxe Edition) · 2016
- Blue Christmas - Single · 2023
- Different Man · 2022
- Reboot · 2019
- Kane Brown · 2016
- Experiment Extended · 2018
- Famous Friends - Single · 2020
- I Can Feel It - Single · 2024
- One Thing Right - Single · 2019
Essential Albums
- In 2016, country singers of color whose names weren’t Darius Rucker were still facing an uphill climb. Lil Nas X hadn’t unleashed the crossover cultural phenomenon “Old Town Road” yet; Mickey Guyton hadn’t performed “Black Like Me” at the Grammys; and Jimmie Allen had yet to break out. Enter Kane Brown, who bypassed the traditional record-biz route by blowing up on social media first like a true late-millennial. He crowdfunded an EP in 2015, and by the time Music City caught up with him for his RCA Nashville debut album the next year, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter was ready to reveal a fully formed artistic identity. On his self-titled LP, Brown fits old-school influences into a consistently 2010s-sounding framework. There are no overt retro moves here, but Brown grew up on the Randy Travis and George Strait records his mother and grandmother loved, and those ’90s new-traditionalist vibes are an inextricable element of his makeup. Even amid the contemporary production, there are glimpses of those early influences in the way his rich baritone rolls across the tracks with an easy grace accentuated by his Tennessee twang. Sure, he leans into a little hip-hop flow on “Learning,” a poignant piece of autobiography about his hard knocks dealing with an abusive stepdad and growing up as a mixed-race kid in the South. But beyond that, he leaves the country-rap crossovers to others, aiming instead to establish himself as an emotionally unguarded crooner of ballads, anthems, and the occasional country rocker. If anything, the album has fewer hip-hop production touches than a lot of other mainstream country records of the era. That earnestness came through and connected in a big way—Brown’s debut became a double-Platinum No. 1 record on the country chart. And he earned two chart-topping singles: the sweeping, cinematic “What Ifs” with Lauren Alaina and the low-key, dobro-laced love song “Heaven.” Even if that were the end of the Kane Brown story, the album’s impact would be remembered. But it turns out that Kane Brown was the setup for plenty more massive hits to come, from a voice that only got bigger and bolder as it matured.
Artist Playlists
- The young country singer packs pop smarts and perspective.
- The full set list from Kane Brown's Drunk or Dreaming Tour.
- Listen to the hits performed on the blockbuster tour.
- “We've been stuck at the house, but we've got a lot done.”
Appears On
- Loud Luxury, DVBBS & Adventure Club
- Loud Luxury & DVBBS
Radio Shows
- Frank discussions about and with overnight sensations from a Nashville star who would know.
- Opening up about his own mental health struggles.
- On collaborating with Marshmello for “Miles on It.“
- The artist on “I Can Feel It.”
- Kane reveals his love for video games and brings on TimTheTatman.
- Darius Rucker talks about finding a home in country music.
- Kane brings on Max Thieriot of Fire Country to talk TV debut.
- Kane chats basketball, music, and friendship with Jimmy Butler.
About Kane Brown
Like a lot of artists who don’t fit a mold, it took a second for Kane Brown (born in Chattanooga, TN, in 1993) to figure out who he was. A tatted-up ’90s kid raised by a white mother and Black-Cherokee father, Brown didn’t look country to some of the people minding the gates. The way he launched his career—sharing covers of George Strait and Lee Brice over social media, often while knocking around his grandma’s house—didn’t fit either. Brown was enough of an anomaly that some conservative commenters even thought he was a hoax—an industry plant manufacturing what looked like an organic breakthrough. However, there was also that undeniable sound: traditional but slick and modern, with bits of pop, R&B, and hip-hop woven in. The baritone might remind you of Randy Travis, the backing track could fit in with a ’90s slow jam; it’s a blend that crystallized the increasingly layered, diverse sound of 2010s country. Brown’s self-titled debut came out in 2016 and Experiment followed two years later broadening his style, voice, and songwriting. A comfortable, confident, and validated Brown, speaking to Apple Music about his growth around the release of Experiment, said: “When I first started, everybody asked me what my sound was, and I didn’t know what to say. But now if you ask me, I’ll be, like, ‘I’m Kane Brown.’” With 2022’s Different Man, Brown leaned more heavily into the country side of his country-pop, collaborating with Blake Shelton on the brooding title track and snagging a cameo from Brooks & Dunn for “Like I Love Country Music.” But it wasn’t because of any desire to fit in—Brown had already carved out a spot for himself just as he is.
- HOMETOWN
- Chattanooga, TN, United States
- BORN
- October 21, 1993
- GENRE
- Country