Rodney Atkins Slates First New Project In Seven Years, ‘True South,’ For May

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Rodney Atkins is heading into spring with his first new album in seven years, True South, slated for release May 29.

Atkins offers fans an advance taste of some of the homespun wisdom on True South with the release of “The Years Are Short,” a sentimental reflection on fatherhood, out now. With “The Years Are Short” the multi-Platinum artist details the often long days of raising young kids only to look up and find 18 years have passed in the blink of an eye. In the tune he advises listeners to savor moments with their children, especially while they’re little, and speaks from experience as he watches his own three boys grow up far too fast.

The East Tennessee native leans into love, family and memory on True South, his long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s Caught Up In The Country. Cementing his status as a devoted family man, Atkins serves up relatable odes to marriage and parenting as he details small town life with wife Rose Falcon and his three sons. Previous songs released from the project include “True South,” “Marry Me Again (MMA),” “Watching You 2.0 (with Elijah Atkins)” and “Helluvit.”

Throughout his career Atkins has racked up six No. 1s and has over 5 billion global streams under his belt, and his Platinum No. 1 “Watching You” earned a BMI Million-Air  award and the top spot on Country Aircheck’s top-played songs of the decade list.

True South Track List:
1. “True South” (Rodney Atkins, Rose Falcon, Blake Redferrin, Jake Saghi)
2. “Helluvit” (Rodney Atkins, Rose Falcon, Daniel Ethridge, Seth Mosley)
3. “Hole In One” (Jordan Schmidt, Devin Dawson, Zach Kale)
4. “Toys In The Dirt” (Thomas Archer, Lalo Guzman, Michael Tyler)
5. “Watching You 2.0 (with Elijah Atkins)” (Rodney Atkins, Steven Dean, Brain White)
6. “The Years Are Short” (Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell)
7. “All Y’all” (Rodney Atkins, Rose Falcon, Seth Mosley, Smith Ahnquist)
8. “Small Town After All” (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman, Ben Hayslip, Chase McGill, Ben Burgess)
9. “Silver Bullets” (Jake Owen, Bobby Pinson, Josh Thompson, Jimmy Robbins)
10. “The Real Thing” (Rodney Atkins, Nicole Witt)
11. “Believe Me (with Rose Falcon)” (Rose Falcon, Gabe Dixon, Michael Whitworth)
12. “Marry Me Again (MMA)” (Rodney Atkins, Russell Sutton, Jaxson Free, Jim McCormick, Adam Craig)

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