Zach John King Readies Debut Album For August

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Zach John King will release his debut album, I’m What You Get, on Aug. 28 via Sony Music Nashville.

Co-produced by Ryan Wilson and King, the 20-track project serves as an authentic introduction to King. Written alongside Jimmy Robbins, Kyle Sturrock, Tofer Brown, Randy Montana, Sasha Alex Sloan, Steph Jones and more, the project features tracks with Brooks & Dunn and Brent Cobb.

“I wanted to make a project that took all the good and the bad parts of me and just laid it out there,” says King. “I just really wanted to write about exactly who I am — some people might love it, and some people might not and that’s fine. And I’ve gotten more comfortable with that too. I think this project makes a statement of ‘take it or leave it, this is me.’ There’s parts of me that I really love on this record, but there’s also parts of me that I regret. In every song, there’s a piece of my story I wanted to share. When I was in the writing process, my hope was that anyone could listen to this record from start to finish and see that it’s 100% me.”

King has previewed the album today with “Run For Them Hills,” which he wrote alongside Josh Phillips, Jaxon Free and Matt Dragstrem.

“Run For Them Hills is a dead honest song. It started with a phone call to my dad. I’d been living really hard for about eight months, and I was just telling him about it. I couldn’t keep up with where I was, what day of the week it was. I just needed something to ground me again,” King shares. “The next week we wrote a song around the phrase ‘run for them hills,’ which is usually a warning, a negative thing. We flipped it on its head and turned it into something positive, about wanting to get back home, back to what keeps you right.”

King is on Morgan Wallen’s “Still The Problem Tour” this summer before joining Luke Bryan, Riley Green and Thomas Rhett on the road later this year.

I’m What You Get Track List:
1. “I’m What You Get” (Zach John King / Rhett Akins / Jimmy Robbins)
2. “Run For Them Hills” (Zach John King / Josh Phillips / Jaxson Free / Matt Dragstrem)
3. “Whiskey Lying” (Zach John King / Rodney Clawson / Sasha Alex Sloan / Chris LaCorte)
4. “Way To Go (ft. Brooks & Dunn)” (Zach John King / Rodney Clawson / Jimmy Robbins / Sasha Alex Sloan)
5. “How To Not” (Zach John King / Kyle Fishman / Randy Montana / Sasha Alex Sloan)
6. “Get To Drinkin'” (Zach John King / Rhett Akins / Thomas Archer / Kyle Fishman / Kyle Sturrock)
7. “Beneath The Pines” (Zach John King / Rodney Clawson / Michael Lotten)
8. “Shoulda Woulda Coulda” (Zach John King / Josh Kerr / Seth Ennis)
9. “Mama’s Prayin” (Zach John King / Steph Jones / Tofer Brown)
10. “Backwoods” (Zach John King / Rhett Akins / Beau Bailey / Michael Lotten)
11. “Little Bit Stronger” (Zach John King / Randy Montana / Sasha Alex Sloan / Matt Dragstrem)
12. “Choppin Wood (ft. Brent Cobb)” (Zach John King / Matt Roy / Paul Sikes )
13. “Lose You” (Zach John King / Alex Hope / Sasha Sloan)
14. “Homegrown Heaven” (Zach John King / Chris Tompkins / Jimmy Robbins / Josh Miller)
15. “Sunsets In Georgia” (Zach John King / Billy Dawson / Reid Isbell / Rob Pennington)
16. “Life Behind Bars (ft. Bayker Blankenship)” (Zach John King / Jordan Reynolds / Heath Warren)
17. “High Like Her” (Zach John King / Rhett Akins / Jimmy Robbins / Chris Tompkins)
18. “Happy For You” (Zach John King / Chris La Corte / Justin Wilson)
19. “Space” (Zach John King / Michael Lotten / Blake Pendergrass)
20. “What I’m Giving Up” (Zach John King / Brad Rempel / Josh Jenkins / Casey Beathard)

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