I just went through two years of my life where I was like, man, I sing about trucks a lot. I sing about tailgates, and I think I got in my head a little bit,' he said.

"The Way I Talk" served as the lead single off Wallen's debut studio album, If I Know Me. The song was written by Jessi Alexander, Ben Hayslip and Chase McGill and arrived Sept. 12, 2016, essentially launching Wallen's career.

Luke Bryan revealed that he passed on "Sand in My Boots," a song which became a huge hit for Morgan Wallen, because he "got in my head a little bit." The country star said, "I just went through two years of my life where I was like,

Luke is one of the first names you think of when it comes to the “bro-country” movement of the mid-2010s, back when country music was just a non-stop string of songs about drinking beer, driving down a dirt road in a pickup truck and girls in cutoff jeans.