About More than My Hometown

Morgan Wallen can't love a girl "More Than My Hometown" in his atypical love song, which debuted at No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week (dated May 2). This country ballad doesn't root for hometown lovers to stay together if it's not meant to be. As the female subject in the song has her eyes set on city life, the male subject stays back to show he can't compromise who he is (and the place that raised him) for a relationship.

Morgan Wallen's love has a limit, it turns out: If she's leaving home, he's not going with her. The country singer's new single, "More Than My Hometown," is an explanation. A wistful chorus of "oooh"s opens "More Than My Hometown," before Wallen sets the scene: He and the woman in question grew up together — "Our mamas are best friends, and so are we," he sings — and their relationship is the stuff of small-town lore. She, however, wants something more, and he just can't leave. "I love you more than a California sunset / More than a beer when you ain't 21 yet ... I love you more than the feeling when a bass hits the hook / When the guy gets the girl at the end of the book," Wallen sings in the chorus. "But, baby, this might be the last time I get to lay you down / 'Cause I can't love you more than my hometown." "More Than My Hometown" was written by Wallen with Michael Hardy, Ernest Keith Smith, Ryan Vojtesak. Joey Moi produced the song. Wallen's latest track comes from his sophomore album, which will be released later this year via Big Loud Records. The song follows "This Bar," also part of the new project, which Wallen released on New Year's Day. Further details on Wallen's next record have yet to be announced.