00:00I'm here with Luke Combs. How are you doing today?
00:02I'm fantastic. How are you?
00:03I'm doing so good. Congratulations on winning the ACM's International Award.
00:09Yeah, yeah. Pretty cool stuff.
00:11Your tour went to 16 different countries, which is absolutely insane.
00:14You must be exhausted.
00:16I was, yes. I'm a little recovered now. Thank goodness.
00:19Good. Well, is there a song of yours that you notice kind of just crosses all the boundaries?
00:23No matter where you are, people know the words, they sing it?
00:25Yeah, I mean, definitely fast car, obviously, for obvious reasons.
00:30But I think the interesting thing about overseas is that the people,
00:33they know songs that maybe they don't know as well here.
00:37Because there's not, you know, there's not like promoted singles like there are here.
00:42So they kind of just listen to the record and like what they like, which is pretty cool.
00:47Yeah. I feel like you're really being a trailblazer for international music country scene.
00:52Would you say that?
00:53Yeah, I mean, that was kind of always a goal of ours was to, you know, just kind of get over there.
00:58And we felt like there was an audience for it that was maybe a little bit underserved.
01:02And to our surprise, there was.
01:06You're like, I was right. Thank heavens.
01:08Yes, absolutely. No, but it's been a lot of fun. But a lot of work, too.
01:11Absolutely. I mean, blazing a trail like that, it takes time, diligence.
01:16It takes fun. So I'm so glad it's worked out for you and been a success.
01:19And also, you just released after a bit of a hiatus, you've released a new single, Back in the Saddle.
01:26The name is very fitting. How has that felt? How has it been jumping back in the saddle again?
01:31It's been good. It's been a lot of fun. You know, obviously, I got two little boys at home and, you know, that's never stops.
01:37So back in the saddle, at least in music terms. But been quite busy, but it feels good.
01:43Yeah. A little scary, too, though.
01:45Yeah, for sure. Have you found that the fans are right there, like as if you never left?
01:49Yeah, I think so. You know, at least I hope so. You know, it feels good.
01:52And, you know, continue to have some more stuff coming out and see how it goes.
01:56Do we have a new album coming soon?
01:58I'm sure we do. Yeah, I've been I've been working on it, so I hope so.
02:01Okay, well, we are anticipating it. We're all very excited. And last thing, has this break restored you? Do you feel refreshed?
02:08I know you just said you're chasing kids around, so it's a break.
02:11Yes, I would say mentally I'm doing very, very well. I've really enjoyed the break.
02:17And the shows this year have been so much fun. We've only done, I don't know, 15 or so, which has been a very welcome change of pace for us.
02:25But I'm having a lot of fun doing that.
02:26So fun. Well, we're excited for you tonight. Congratulations on the International Award and keep blazing trails for us.
02:34Yes, ma'am. I will. Thank you.
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