SAM WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES BOLD NEXT CHAPTER ACT II: COUNTRYSTAR – OUT JULY 11

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TITLE TRACK “COUNTRYSTAR” OUT NOW 

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February 28, 2025 (Nashville, TN) – Today, rising star Sam Williams announces his vibrant new chapter, Act II: COUNTRYSTAR, due for release on July 11 – pre-save HERE. The project’s genre-bending title track is available now – listen HERE. Watch the video HERE.  

The vibrant and daring seven-song project underscores Williams’ versatile songwriting skills. To bring this new sound to life, Sam collaborated with producer Nick Bailey, whose credits include Lana Del Rey, Quavo, Maroon 5, and Blake Shelton, and producer Yung Lan (Morgan Wallen, Lil Uzi Vert).

As soon as the beat drops on the title track, Sam Williams makes it clear—he’s here to defy expectations. Sam performs over the country-trap-inspired production with an unabashed confidence that fearlessly explores new dimensions of his artistry. 

A marriage of subtly deployed slide guitars, violin plucks, and crisp hi-hats, it’s Williams’ flow that’s the most striking stylistic departure: an effortless cadence delivers lyrics that are playfully braggadocious one moment (“I’m Peyton in the backfield / Me versus the industry, McCoys and the Hatfields”), and blisteringly honest the next, when he riffs, “Yeah, my momma’d bottle down and crash the Escalade / And get sent to get fixed in the Palisades.” 

“Writing “COUNTRYSTAR” was a liberating experience for me,” Sam explained. “It sets the vibe for all of Act II. It’s confident and layered with complex emotions. I can’t wait for all these songs to be yours.”

With raw, unfiltered lyricism and effortless swagger, the genre-blending title track perfectly sets the stage for Act II: COUNTRYSTAR, signifying a clear departure from the themes of Act I: Scarlet Lonesome, released last year, which were centered around the dark, romantic, and fantastical sides of falling in and out of love.

Sam continues to push Nashville into bold new territory with his fearless creativity and boundary-pushing sound. With Act II: COUNTRYSTAR on the horizon, it’s clear that Sam is bringing a whole new energy to this three-act trilogy.

Act II: COUNTRYSTAR Tracklisting:

1. COUNTRYSTAR (Sam Williams, Nick Bailey, Marisa Maino, Ryder Johnson)

2. No Problem (Sam Williams, Nick Bailey, Michael Tyler, Noah West)

3. I Killed A Man in Tennessee (Sam Williams, Nick Wayne, Yung Lan, James Maddocks, Noah Brown)

4. Fugitive (Sam Williams, Ben Roberts, Yung Lan, Noah Brown, Felipe Spain, Nick Bailey)

5. Daydream (Sam Williams, Ben Roberts, Nathan Sexton)

6. Lose You Too (Sam Williams, Alysa Vanderheym, Emily Weisband)

7. HONKYTONKIN’ (Sam Williams, Andrew DeRoberts, Amy Stroup, Hank Williams)

About Sam Williams

Grandson of country pioneer Hank Williams and the son of outlaw legend Hank Jr., Sam Williams is the latest in a long line of American originals, who sings with his own singular voice and writes in his own singular style, fusing gut-wrenching honesty and plainspoken poetics with raw vulnerability and deep empathy. In 2021, Williams released his debut album, Glasshouse Children, which was a testament to his brilliant lyricism and soulful vocals and received rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Music Row, Associated Press, and so much more. In October 2022, Williams unveiled a deluxe edition of the record, which featured “Tilted Crown,” a reflective track about navigating his legacy in life. Williams followed up his debut with a string of powerful songs in 2023, along with multiple shows at the Grand Ole Opry and show-stopping performances at Nashville’s CMA Fest and the UK’s Country 2 Country Fest. Earlier this year, Sam unveiled a new poignant song “Carnival Heart '' which is the official anthem for the new innovative country-themed show Songblazers: A Journey Into Country Music, produced and presented by Cirque du Soleil and Universal Music Group Nashville. With the release of Act I: Scarlet Lonesome and Act II: COUNTRYSTAR on the horizon, Sam continues to prove that he is making a legacy for himself that is completely his own.

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