He’s finally talking. 7 surprises we learned from Morgan Wallen’s new Billboard interview. In his first interview in over 2 years, Morgan Wallen sat down with Billboard to talk about his record breaking year. He broke so many records, sold out so many shows, and with all that still didn’t win a CMA.
Morgan cleaned up at Billboard Music Awards earlier this month. He won 11 trophies, including top male artist, top Hot 100 artist and top country artist, as well as top Hot 100 song for “Last Night” and top Billboard 200 album for One Thing at a Time — the first time a male artist did it since Usher in 2004. He dominates basically all the country charts with numerous songs over the past year.
He also shaved off his famous mulled. Morgan took the stage in Columbus, OH a few months ago wearing a red baseball hat and at first people thought he dyed his hair blonde, but the closer they looked they realized he actually shaved his head and he’s bald. Morgan sang a few songs until he stopped to address the crowd about the elephant in the room. He kept it pretty short by saying: “Before we get any further, I didn’t like my long hair anymore so I shaved it off.”
He also he finally announced the new date of his postponed show in Philly. The original show date, June 17, 2023, was postponed along with a handful of other dates after Morgan was ordered by doctors to go on vocal rest. A bunch of the other shows that were postponed had their rescheduled dates announced a while back, but us Philly fans have been waiting for what seems like forever. Morgan will be joined on this date by special guests Parker McCollum and ERNEST. He postponed then rescheduled his Hershey Park Stadium date to May 9, 2024, so we were hoping that his new Philadelphia date would be around then. Since he’s performing at Citizens Bank Park, he had to wait for Major League Baseball to know the schedule for next season since the Phillies take priority.
Check out 7 surprises we learned from Morgan Wallen’s interview with Billboard below.
He Remembers People From the Audience
“There’s usually a few people every night where I’m just like, ‘God, that is like the happiest person in the world right now,’ and I always pick those,” he says. “I’m almost tearing up thinking about it. It’s just like, man, I mean a lot to this person, I can tell. I try to tell them, ‘Hey, I saw you up there. I saw you tonight.’ ”
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 09: Morgan Wallen performs onstage at The 56th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 09, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
A Nashville Bar Might Be Happening
His team says only: “It has been discussed. Stay tuned.” That seems pretty much of yes if you ask me.
LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 14: Musician Morgan Wallen performs during Big Loud at Losers Bar in the MGM Grand hotel on April 14, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Being a Dad Changed Him
On being a dad to his son Indigo, “it’s nice to really think about someone other than yourself and about what you’re passing down. He’s my favorite thing about life.”
And Wallen’s friends say fatherhood changed him. “Having a son really grew him up fast.”
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 08: EDITORIAL USE ONLY
HARDY and Morgan Wallen perform onstage during the 57th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 08, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)How He Felt About Losing CMAs
The CMA losses “bothered me for like five minutes,” he admits. “And then I’m like, ‘Why am I mad? I’m about to go play for 80,000 people in Atlanta.’ ”
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 08: EDITORIAL USE ONLY (L-R) HARDY, Post Malone and Morgan Wallen attend the 57th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 08, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 09: Morgan Wallen performs onstage at The 56th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 09, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
He Went to Rehab
He did a 30-day stint in rehab in San Diego. He said he used to get drunk before shows, but now he can’t imagine being drunk and performing for two plus hours. He said off-stage, he’s still trying to figure out his drinking.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – NOVEMBER 09: Morgan Wallen performs onstage at The 56th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 09, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
He Drives To Escape
“I don’t really go to the grocery store. I have to go through back doors to go to the doctor and all that kind of stuff. I still try to hold on to as much [normalcy] as possible. I like driving, so I try to drive as much as I can by myself.”
