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Kip Moore Drops Two New Songs, “Flowers In December” And “Wildfire”
TWO new songs from Kip Moore.
Today, he put out a pair of songs, one called "Flowers in December" which he wrote with Erich Wigdahl, and one called "Wildfire" that he wrote with Oscar Charles, Dan Couch and Hank Born.
These releases come on the heels of Kip's first batch of new music in quite a while, also including “Live Here To Work” (which he put out in September), and "Learning As I Go," which came out in October. In terms of a full studio album, Kip released his fifth studio album Damn Love in early 2023, though he’s turned the page to a new chapter, now signed with Virgin Music Group, after leaving his longtime label MCA Nashville earlier this year.
Of the two, "Flowers In December" is definitely my favorite, and Kip says he pulled inspiration from many different places to create it. For me, as someone who has listened to his music for years, it feels more in line with some of his earlier stuff in terms of the sound, which is intriguing to me in terms of what the new project will sound like as a whole:
"We’ve played ‘Flowers In December’ a couple of times live and the reaction was just so visceral we knew this had to be the next song to be released. I’ve always been influenced by different types of music, that began when I was a kid.
This song has so many different threads of those inspirations running through it. I’m also fortunate enough to be in a new chapter of my career, and so with that in mind I decided to make good on releasing more and more music as the songs are recorded, and so I’m also releasing ‘Wildfire’ today.
When we wrote and recorded this song there was no agenda in mind and all the walls came down on trying to fit into any kind of perceived box. I hope people are able to feel this music the way we did while making it."
Kip has said that it's part of a forthcoming album, which will likely be released sometime early next year (I'm guessing). It seems as though this big label change has allowed Kip to do more creatively, and more specifically how he wants to with releasing more music and all, which I think is a really good thing.
Additionally, on Wednesday, Kip received the 2024 International Artist Achievement Award at the CMA Awards, as he's been touring a lot overseas this year in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and more, where he actually has a huge following, selling thousands of tickets across different countries.
I'm sure an album announcement is on the way sooner rather than later to follow a solid year touring everywhere, and from what I've heard so far, it's shaping up to be a solid project and I am really looking forward to hearing what he's come up with considering the new chapter, and more importantly, new inspirations.
You can listen to both songs below.
"Flowers In December"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyO6F_IQubs
"Wildfire"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqnzjQwd8g0
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