Lee Kernaghan is back with\u00a0 \u201c4X4 IS KING\u201d \u2014 a high-energy new country anthem built for the open road and the first taste of his forthcoming studio album, due mid-2027.\u000f\u000fOut October 15 via ABC Music,\u00a0\u201c 4X4 IS KING\u201d was written in a cabin in the Blue Mountains, NSW, with longtime songwriting partners Colin Buchanan and Nick Wolfe of The Wolfe Brothers.\u000f\u000fInspired by Kernaghan\u2019s lifelong love of four-wheel driving, the song captures the freedom of leaving the highway behind and heading beyond the blacktop.\u000f\u000f\u201c I\u2019ve always loved four-wheel driving and that sense of freedom that washes over you when you get out beyond the blacktop,\u201d Lee says. \u201c There\u2019s something about heading down a dirt road and not quite knowing what\u2019s around the next bend. That feeling is at the heart of \u20184X4 IS KING.\u2019\u201d\u000f\u000fProduced by ARIA Award-winning producer, multi-instrumentalist and 25-time Golden Guitar winner Rod McCormack at The Music Cellar, the track reunites two longtime musical collaborators with a shared history stretching back to 1992.\u000f\u000f\u201c 4X4 IS KING\u201d opens with a striking a cappella vocal from Kernaghan, McCormack and James Gillard \u2014 a subtle tip of the hat to the sound of Lee\u2019s ARIA Award-winning debut The Outback Club \u2014 before kicking into a fresh, hard-driving contemporary country production.\u000f\u000fThe track also features the red-hot guitar work of Jacky McCormack, the multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer-songwriter bringing a new-generation edge to the sound. The single was mastered by Jeff McCormack.\u000f\u000f\u201cRecording with Rod has felt like a real homecoming,\u201d Lee says. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the finest musicians and producers in country music, and there\u2019s a real energy around what we\u2019re creating together. I can\u2019t wait for people to hear this new music.\u201d\u000f\u000fKernaghan has already given\u00a0\u201c 4X4 IS KING\u201d its ultimate road test, premiering the song live in front of approximately 20,000 fans at the Deni Ute Muster in Deniliquin. The performance also became the setting for the official \u201c4X4 IS KING\u201d music video, capturing the song live amongst thousands of fans and utes in the heart of regional Australia.\u000f\u000fWith more than two million albums sold, hundreds of millions of songs streamed, 40 #1 hits, 38 Golden Guitars and four ARIA Awards, Kernaghan now fires the starting gun on his next studio album with a song made to be turned up loud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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