Luke Combs: On his Country Music Career taking off and how he handles it all (Audio)
Luke Combs has rocketed to the top of the country music charts in a very short amount of time having just released he second album, “What You See Is What You Get,” available now. Combs takes a moment to reflect on that success and how he thankful he is to be in the position he is in and for the support of family and friends around him.
I don’t think I do at all process it. A lot of it’s just- Man, it doesn’t seem real to me I think a lot of the time. I just had six weeks off, the first time off I’ve had since I signed my deal really. And I would love to say that I sat around and looked at all the things in my house and told everybody about how great it was, but I really just found that I wanted to move forward in the best way possible. I’m just super, super thankful for everything that’s happened so far, and I’m definitely not asking questions as to why it happened or trying to remake any of that magic, whatever that may have been. I spent six weeks spending time with my fiancé, with my friends from high school. I spent two weeks writing songs, I probably wrote 20 songs in the last month, so that was a really fun experience to really sit down and do that. I’m just excited for this record and I hope it can be a step forward as opposed to a step in the wrong direction.
I think as surprising as it was for me, it’s been twice as surprising for my friends and my family. Cause I think everything we’ve done, and we always felt like we were- And not by our plan, but we’ve always just kind of accidentally been ahead a bit of where everyone thinks we are at certain times. If I’m going in a traditional Nashville sense and I’m going into a meeting- Like before I signed with Sony, when I went in I was like, “Guys, I’m doing this, this, and this, and this,” and they’re like, “Ok, sure, like I’m sure you’re doing that.” But we were, and I think we’re still doing that. Like if you look at our production right now, I mean we just played that arena in St. Paul, we had 20,000 people in there, and it looks like our production is set up for essentially a theater show cause we’re just constantly outgrowing ourselves all the time. And my fame, or whatever that is, was the same. My friends, up to a year ago, they’re like, “Hey let’s go out and do this thing,” and I’m like, “Eh, let’s not do that thing.” But then eventually I get talked into going and everyone’s like, “Well it’s-” And then it ends up becoming a scene pretty quickly, and everyone’s like, “Man I just didn’t realize that it was this big of a thing.” And so that part of it has been overwhelming, but those people are without a doubt the sole reason that I’m able to remain myself, because those are the people that I surround myself with, and I think that’s the way it should be, at least in my opinion.