SHOW:\u00a0<\/strong>CMT Hot 20 Countdown<\/em><\/p>\n DATE:\u00a0<\/strong>September 29 and 30<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n TIME:\u00a0<\/strong>9:00 a.m. ET<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\/\u00a08:00 a.m. CT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n NETWORK:<\/strong>\u00a0CMT<\/p>\n NASHVILLE, TENN.<\/strong>\u00a0(September 28, 2018<\/span><\/span>) \u2013 Fans will “see the world through whiskey glasses” this weekend as Big Loud Records\u2019<\/strong> wildfire talent\u00a0MORGAN WALLEN<\/strong>\u00a0reveals the music video for his brand-new, chart-climbing single. The \u201cWhiskey Glasses\u201d<\/strong> video is set for a world premiere on\u00a0CMT Hot 20 Countdown<\/em>\u00a0this Saturday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(9\/29).\u00a0<\/strong> Directed by Justin Clough,<\/strong> the clip follows Wallen<\/strong> as he bounces back from heartbreak by throwing down whiskey shots, a spur-of-the-moment haircut and a rowdy performance at the local bar.\u00a0PEOPLE.com\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>took an exclusive look behind-the-scenes and got Wallen\u2019s<\/strong> first-hand take on bringing his new track to life on camera.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019ve all been in that situation before where you\u2019re trying to get over somebody and you resort to [drinking],\u201d Wallen<\/strong> says exclusively to\u00a0PEOPLE<\/em>.<\/strong> \u201cI connected to it in many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n Click here<\/a>\u00a0to see the exclusive\u00a0PEOPLE.com<\/em>\u00a0gallery.<\/strong><\/p>\n With its true-blue Country storytelling and classic play on words, \u201cWhiskey Glasses\u201d<\/strong> has tallied 16 MILLION plus overall streams as it gains traction on the Country radio airplay charts. The follow-up to his PLATINUM-certified #1 summer smash \u201cUp Down\u201d (featuring Florida Georgia Line),<\/strong> the track is featured on his red-hot debut album\u00a0IF I KNOW ME<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 available now.<\/p>\n This weekend Wallen<\/strong> will return to the road for back-to-back shows in the Midwest, with stops in West Allis, WI (9\/28), Dubuque, IA (9\/29) and Beardstown, IL (9\/30). Next up, he will bring his party-starting energy to Jake Owen\u2019s LIFE\u2019S WHATCHA MAKE IT TOUR 2018<\/strong>, kicking off\u00a0October 4<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in Wilkes-Barre, PA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nTo celebrate the release, Wallen<\/strong> will take over CMT\u2019s Instagram stories<\/strong> for the day. Follow along\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n