Keith Urban has dropped the track, “Heart Like a Hometown.”
Urban said that while he did not write “Heart Like a Hometown”, the storyline resonated with him and his childhood: “When I was a kid, our family moved around a lot. By the 5th grade I’d been in four schools and lived in nine different houses. So, a ‘hometown’ felt more about my family, and a place inside of me, somewhere I could find my center. It’s a theme that’s always spoken to me. Songs like Don Williams’ ‘If Hollywood Don’t Need You’ and Glen Campbell’s ‘Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in LA)’ and a song I recorded on my FUSE album, ‘Come Back To Me.’ Those songs and this one all share a similar feeling, a kind of grounded safety, familiarity and a place where I can always find ME.”
“Heart Like A Hometown” is off Urban’s 11th studio album HIGH, which he announced in June. He explained at that time that HIGH was “the result of a prior record I started in 2022. It’s 40 minutes top to bottom, and is completely expressive, true, honest and is so much more of what I actually wanted to say when making that scrapped record. I hope these songs bring you joy, levity, some new understanding, energy, and escape!”
Take a listen to “Heart Like a Hometown” – HERE.
High arrives Sept. 20; you can preorder/presave HERE.
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