Dustin Lynch Reveals The Secret To Writing A No. 1 Hit, Talks Playing Beer Pong With Post Malone & More

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2 years ago

Dustin Lynch chatted with Billboard on the red carpet of the 2023 CMA Awards.

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00:00 So you're on a bit of a hot streak,

00:01 you've been on a hot streak for a while.

00:03 What, you just said you don't stress

00:04 about the charts anymore.

00:06 - I don't.

00:07 - How has that benefited your life?

00:09 - You know, there's ups and a lot of ups and downs

00:11 in the music business.

00:12 And I used to stress about every spot on the chart

00:16 and then I realized, you know what,

00:17 after years of doing this stress,

00:20 the stress hasn't changed anything

00:22 'cause once you release a song to the world,

00:24 it's out of my hands.

00:26 So I've accepted that, it's not mine anymore.

00:28 And yeah, life's become a lot easier.

00:31 It's like we made that decision, now the decision's tough.

00:34 'Cause once you make the decision, it's over.

00:37 But yeah, that's made my life a lot more smooth.

00:38 - Yeah, well that said, you do have a lot of number ones.

00:41 What is, if you had to boil it down,

00:43 the secret to writing a number one hit?

00:45 - I think you have to, it's gotta come from in here.

00:50 Honestly, like every song that I've really felt

00:53 moved me inside and I've believed in,

00:58 it seems like my fan base gravitates towards.

01:01 And they don't even know that I wrote it

01:02 or that it came from a personal experience.

01:05 But those experiences that I've written about

01:08 have always done better for me than an idea

01:11 that I wasn't a part of.

01:13 And so I think moving into writing this next album,

01:16 I'm just really gonna pay attention to that a lot more

01:19 as I've seen this through the years

01:21 and we'll see where that takes us.

01:23 - If you had to give us one vibe for this new album,

01:25 what would that be?

01:26 - Oh gosh, it's a deep inward look of conversations

01:31 I constantly have with myself.

01:33 And when you step back from the outside looking in,

01:36 it's all about relationships, the ups and downs,

01:38 the ins, the outs, the good, the bad, the combustion.

01:42 - Always.

01:43 - And that's why I named it "Killed the Cowboy."

01:46 'Cause it can be rough out there for the single people.

01:48 - Yeah. - Yeah.

01:50 - What does "Killing the Cowboy" look like?

01:51 Like how does that story end?

01:53 - It ended with a few phone conversations

01:57 that it was kind of a quick break.

02:00 Yeah. - It's gotta be quick.

02:02 - But you know what?

02:03 You bounce back.

02:03 You know, it takes a while for you to go,

02:05 "Should I reach back out?

02:06 "Should I not?"

02:07 And I think that's situational.

02:09 You know, it depends on the situation,

02:11 but sometimes that clean break's good.

02:13 It allows a fresh start a little bit sooner in life.

02:16 And I think through the breaks, it's like,

02:19 you know, that's not the right person.

02:21 Accept that.

02:22 Go find the right one.

02:23 - Right.

02:24 Great advice. - Yeah.

02:25 - And then bring it back to tonight.

02:27 Obviously a lot of excitement happening around us.

02:28 What are you most excited for once you get in that room?

02:31 - I love the performances.

02:33 I know we're here for the awards.

02:34 - Eh, both.

02:35 - Yeah, but the performances are so much fun.

02:38 The collaborations are gonna be great.

02:40 Post is here tonight.

02:41 You know, and we got a lot of other great collabs.

02:44 We got a tribute to Jimmy Buffett,

02:45 one of the greatest of all time to do it.

02:47 So it's gonna be a room filled with love tonight.

02:49 - You mentioned Post.

02:50 I am a big fan.

02:51 Have you met the man?

02:52 - Yes, I have.

02:53 - What was that like?

02:55 - Intoxicating.

02:56 (laughing)

02:57 - With Bud Light, I am sure.

02:58 - Yeah, we were on his bus.

03:00 Been on his bus a couple times, hanging,

03:01 and Beer Pong's involved a lot of times.

03:04 But he's always got country music playing backstage.

03:06 - Yeah. - It's pretty cool.

03:07 - All right, just my last one.

03:08 Have you ever beat him at Beer Pong?

03:10 It's near impossible.

03:11 - No, I haven't beat him yet.

03:12 I've had the right partner that has beat him, though.

03:14 Yeah, so when it's partner game, beat him.

03:16 When it's not been, no, one-on-one, haven't beat him yet.

03:19 And I'm pretty damn good. - Something he's striving for.

03:20 - I'm pretty damn good at it.

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Dustin Lynch Reveals The Secret To Writing A No. 1 Hit, Talks Playing Beer Pong With Post Malone & More | CMA Awards 2023

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