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NASHVILLE, TENN. – Big Loud Texas country traditionalist Jake Worthington has announced his sophomore album When I Write The Song, a follow-up to his critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, set for September 12. A taste of the 14-song jaunt made for barrooms and honky tonks, Worthington today releases “My Home’s In Oklahoma,” an infectious western swing toe-tapper.

Pre-save / pre-add / pre-order When I Write The Songhere.

“This record means to me…it’s a reminder to fight the good fight,” shares the 2025 Texas Country Music Association Entertainer of the Yearnominee. “I’m a strong believer in ‘do what moves ya.’ Make the kind of music that wrecks your world or picks up all the pieces.”

“If it makes you feel that kind of way, and if that’s what you need, then don’t let anybody or anything change that. That’s what this record is to me,” Worthington continues.

Worthington’s forthcoming album doubles down on the authentic country sounds of his debut self-titled album that Texas Monthly defined as “gorgeous beer-joint purism.” With all-star features from Miranda Lambert, Marty Stuart and Mae Estes, When I Write The Song was produced by esteemed hitmakers Joey Moi, Jon Randall and Chuck Ainlay. The ethos of the album, sonically reminiscent of greats like Jones, Waylon and Strait, can be summed up as, “music undaunted by time” (The Tennesseean).

Today’s release, “My Home’s In Oklahoma,” was produced by Randall and Ainlay. Written by Worthington alongside Will Banister and Roger Springer, the new song is “a double-shot of Texas country” (Billboard). Laden with heaps of steel and fiddle, the new track finds its home on When I Write The Song, alongside viral “It Ain’t The Whiskey,” which is nominated for Texas Country Music Association’s Country Single of the Year, Lambert collab “Hello Shitty Day,” “I’m The One (feat. Marty Stuart)” and most recent “Not Like I Used To.” 

Listen to “My Home’s In Oklahoma” here.

Displaying his honky-tonk stylings on stage, Billboard declared that a recent live set of Worthington’s, “conjured up the ghosts of country legends like George Jones and Waylon Jennings with his twangy, authentic traditionalism and big voice.” He will continue to bring pure country anthems to venues across North America, joining Zach Top as direct support on all dates of the Cold Beer & Country Music Tour, followed by supporting slots on Jon Pardi‘s Honkytonk Hollywood Tour. For tour dates, visit jakeworthington.com.

When I Write The Song track list 

1. It Ain’t The Whiskey (Jake Worthington, Will Banister, Jeff Hyde, Roger Springer)
2. Hello Shitty Day (feat. Miranda Lambert) (Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert)
3. Too Much To Think (Jake Worthington, Monty Holmes, Roger Springer)
4. King Of The World (Jake Worthington, Roger Springer, Jacob Boyd Weinschenk)
5. I’m The One (feat. Marty Stuart) (Jake Worthington, Jenna LaMaster, Marty Stuart)
6. Drownin’ In Whiskey (Jake Worthington, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, Roger Springer)
7. Not Like I Used To (Jake Worthington, Monty Criswell, Derek George)
8. When I Write The Song (Jake Worthington)*
9. Two First Names (Jake Worthington, Wyatt McCubbin, Brett Tyler)
10. I Only Drink When It Rains (Jake Worthington, Roger Springer, Jacob Boyd Weinschenk)
11. I Still Believe In Miracles (Jake Worthington, Robert Arthur, Roger Springer)*
12. I Feel You (feat. Mae Estes) (Jake Worthington, Roger Springer, Jacob Boyd Weinschenk)*
13. My Home’s In Oklahoma (Jake Worthington, Will Banister, Roger Springer)*
14. Get Gone Too (Jake Worthington, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, Roger Springer)

Produced by Joey Moi and Chuck Ainlay

*Produced by Jon Randall and Chuck Ainlay

ABOUT JAKE WORTHINGTON

For Big Loud Texas traditionalist Jake Worthington, country music is in his DNA. The La Porte, Texas native was raised on his grandfather’s porch performances of Ray Price, Merle Haggard and George Jones, and soon picked up his own Gibson acoustic to realize the breadth of his soon-to-be-classic, wide, and wild voice. Now, Worthington breathes fresh life into dance halls, beer joints, and ballrooms from Texas to Tennessee with his growing catalog – including recent Miranda Lambert collaboration “Hello Shitty Day,” “I’m The One (feat. Marty Stuart)” and viral “It Ain’t The Whiskey.” Announced this week, Worthington sets his sophomore album When I Write The Song for September 12. Captivating the masses with his honky-tonk stylings, the singer-songwriter hits the road this fall joining Zach Top as direct support on all dates of the Cold Beer & Country Music Tour followed by supporting slots on Jon Pardi’s Honkytonk Hollywood Tour. “I believe in country music as much as I believe in my next breath,” Worthington declares, and “blame it on my raising, but I think there ought to be room for country in country music.”

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