{"id":38,"date":"2017-04-11T20:31:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T00:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morganwallen.com\/?p=38"},"modified":"2017-04-11T20:31:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T00:31:24","slug":"morgan-wallen-stays-true-to-his-roots-in-new-video-for-the-way-i-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/morgan-wallen-stays-true-to-his-roots-in-new-video-for-the-way-i-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"MORGAN WALLEN STAYS TRUE TO HIS ROOTS IN NEW VIDEO FOR \u201cTHE WAY I TALK\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nashville, Tenn.\u00a0<\/strong>(April 5, 2017) \u2013\u00a0Set for an exclusive world premiere today (4\/5) at\u00a09 a.m. (ET) \/ 8 a.m. (CT)\u00a0on\u00a0<em>CMT<\/em>, Tennessee native and Big Loud Records artist\u00a0<strong>MORGAN WALLEN<\/strong>\u00a0will premiere the video for his strutting debut single, \u201cThe Way I Talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Airing on CMT Music and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/4kbadb\/weho8u\/snxvum\">CMT.com<\/a>, the fun-filled clip was directed by\u00a0TK McKamy\u00a0and puts Wallen\u2019s Southern pride on full display, as a rowdy group of friends make memories with an empty-pool party, an impromptu boxing match and much more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The debut single from Wallen\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Way I Talk\u00a0EP<\/em>, the track is a\u00a0drawling\u00a0anthem to knowing who you are and keeping traditional values alive, playing off the\u00a0fresh faced singer-songwriter\u2019s dynamic vocal presence and a sound straight out of the modern South that combines elements of country and rock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;First of all I want to give everyone who played a part in making this video a shout out, you all made it so awesome and special to me and hopefully it&#8217;s just as special to y&#8217;all,\u201d says Wallen. \u201cWe shot this in one day and I got to bring in a few of my best friends and my sister, it\u2019s something I will never forget. Hope y&#8217;all have as much fun watching it as we did making it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Written by hit makers Ben Hayslip, Chase McGill and Jessi Alexander, \u201cTHE WAY I TALK\u201d is currently rising\u00a0inside the Top 40 at country radio,\u00a0and already has more than\u00a06.3 million plays on\u00a0Spotify.\u00a0An acoustic video for the track previously premiered on\u00a0<em>NASH Country Daily<\/em>, and Wallen was chosen for inclusion in\u00a0<em>Taste of Country\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>RISERS contest early this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wallen has been electrifying crowds throughout 2017 as an opening act on select dates of superstar duo Florida Georgia Line\u2019s DIG YOUR ROOTS TOUR, and will continue playing shows across the country this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, Tenn.\u00a0(April 5, 2017) \u2013\u00a0Set for an exclusive world premiere today (4\/5) at\u00a09 a.m. (ET) \/ 8 a.m. (CT)\u00a0on\u00a0CMT, Tennessee native and Big Loud Records artist\u00a0MORGAN WALLEN\u00a0will premiere the video for his strutting debut single, \u201cThe Way I Talk.\u201d Airing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/morgan-wallen-stays-true-to-his-roots-in-new-video-for-the-way-i-talk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","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\/38","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=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}