Chris Young has been teasing plans for his next album for a few months. While we anxiously await more information from Young, we have everything we know so far about his new set of tunes.

The Record Label:

Young’s next album is his first on Black River Entertainment. Young spent his entire career, after winning Nashville Star in 2006, on RCA Nashville.

Why He Switched Record Labels:

When announcing the news, Young said it was just time for a change. He also revealed he planned on taking meetings with several record labels, but felt at home as soon as he met with Black River Entertainment.

“I had the chance to be a free agent. I felt sort of like an athlete a little bit,” Young recalls. “I was prepared to take all these [label] meetings, and I went in and [Black River Records] were the first meeting. By the end of that meeting, I told them, ‘I want to be here.’”

The First Single From His New Album:

Young released one song from his new album, and it’s his current single, “‘Til the Last One Dies.”  The song was written by Ben Hayslip, Seth Mosley, and Jordan Walker.

“I just thought the message on this one was so perfect,” Young tells Audacy . “I went to every single one of my friends, male, female, whatever, that were married or in a relationship, and they were all just blown away by this song, so I was like, ‘Okay, we gotta go with this one first. It’s just too perfect.’”

What Other Songs Are On The New Project:

Young has yet to release any other songs from his new project, but he did tease a song called “Some Around Here.” He also shares that he is writing some, but not all, of the songs on the album.

“It’s not the only one that’s going to be on the project that I wasn’t a writer on,” Young tells Country 102.5, speaking of “‘Til the Last One Dies.” “I’ve had songs before that have been singles that I wasn’t a writer on. I obviously sang and produced this one. But I found it. Someone played it for me right after these guys wrote it, and I was just like, ‘Oh God. That’s really, really good. I gotta cut that.”

What Will Be Different About Young’s Next Record:

Young released a total of nine albums on RCA Nashville, including the holiday It Must Be Christmas in 2016, and Young Love & Saturday Nights, his final album on the label. With Black River Entertainment, Young is feeling more creative and inspired than ever before.

“I think this is really just about having a whole lot of freedom,” Young tells Audacy. “The ability to, if I wanna do a song where I’ve just got steel guitar all over it, that’s totally fine. If I want to do something where I’m standing in the studio with two of my good friends, stomping with a mic set up next to our feet to get part of a track that we want like a stomp clap thing, and all of us just like laughing, telling jokes and goofing off, that’s totally okay.”

“You get to just make art,” he adds. “It’s never perfect. It’s always abandoned, but you work as hard on it as you possibly can.”

When Will His Album Be Released:

Sadly, Young has not announced when fans can expect his new record. But he does say that it will be out at some point in 2025.

“There’s going to be a new album out at some point this year … It’s just been full speed ahead, and it’s been amazing to see the support I’ve gotten from everybody over at Black River,” he says. “It’s just really, really awesome.”

Keep track of updates at ChrisYoungCountry.com.