NATE SMITH FINDS HEAVEN ON EARTH IN NEW SONG, “I DON’T WANNA GO TO HEAVEN” (Audio & Video)
My song “I Don’t Want To Go To Heaven” is about appreciating the people in your life family, significant others and just really not taking anything for granted. And this was the first time that me and Dan Fernandez got to write one on one. And it was just a really special time for us. We both knew when we were done writing it that it might be something special that could connect with people. So hopefully it does.
Sony Music Nashville’s latest signing, Nate Smith, released his new song “I Don’t Wanna Go To Heaven” recently. Listen HERE and watch the lyric video HERE.
Written by Nate and Daniel Fernandez, “I Don’t Wanna Go To Heaven” went viral on TikTok after he first posted a clip of it in September. Since then, the song has amassed over 3.5 million views, 550k likes, and 30k fan video creations on the platform.
“I couldn’t be more excited for this song to come out,” Nate said. “I feel like it will reach people in many different ways, and at the end of the day that’s all I really want!”
“I Don’t Wanna Go To Heaven” follows the singer’s poignant new track “Raised Up,” which he debuted earlier this month. Upon its release, MusicRow named Nate the DISCovery Award winner of the week, labeling him as “promising in the extreme,” while Billboard lauded the song’s “righteously hooky chorus” and his “gravelly vocal vibrato that surges with urgency.”
About Nate Smith:
Featuring a mix of gritty backwoods soul, rock ‘n’ roll swagger and velvet-thunder vocals, Nate is Sony Music Nashville’s latest signing whose personal journey inspired him to be a beacon of country-music hope, an inspirational mission he puts front-and-center. A California native, former worship leader, and lifelong music lover, Nate approaches that mission with a background as eclectic as it gets. Learning guitar at 13, Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley and Bob Seger were among those informing his powerful, fire-from-within vocals, while Michael Jackson made him crave the spotlight and Nirvana gave his sound a jagged edge.
In 2018, Nate lost everything he owned in the devastating Camp Fire which tore through Paradise, California, now known as the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history. Although his family was safe, he struggled to cope and turned to music, hoping that it would help comfort himself and others. Help it did, inspiring a month-long road trip across the U.S. to Music City, writing music and playing dive bars along the way. Soon after his arrival to Nashville, Nate released his biggest song to date, “Wildfire,” and landed a publishing deal with Sony ATV. Since then, he’s released new music including “Sleeve” and “Under My Skin,” which has amassed over 40 million on-demand streams to date. The singer was named a Spotify Hot Country Artist to Watch for 2021 – an accurate prediction as he rounds out the year with a record deal and two brand new songs: “Raised Up” and the viral TikTok hit “I Don’t Wanna Go To Heaven.” Nate is managed by Kevin “Chief” Zaruk and Simon Tikhman with The Core Entertainment.
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