Morgan Wallen says he worked on himself, and he will have to work on himself. He’s not going to play any live shows this summer, he says.
Referring specifically to tour dates with Luke Bryan and scheduled festival dates, Wallen says he bends: “But it’s important to me personally, if you can, still go to these shows – support country music,” he writes. “Country music is back and it’s a beautiful thing.”
Wallen was scheduled to begin Bryan’s Proud to Be Right Here tour in May, and he had select festival dates on his calendar.
Most of the 27-year-old’s four-slide handwritten note focuses on the answer to his Dangerous: the double album release from January. He talks about how proud he is of the album and how much he appreciates his fans’ support during this time.
“I’ve been feeling a lot of love lately from so many people I haven’t gotten to know yet,” he says. “I know my corner recently was not the most popular one to stand in, but many of you have done it anyway.”
Wallen’s album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent an unprecedented ten weeks there. Most of the second slide is about gratitude – he then turns to the events that led to his silence on social media and ultimately why he takes time off the road.
“I made some mistakes, I’m trying to figure it out, + I apologized because I was really sorry + that I corrected,” he says.
No details on how Wallen is improving are set out. He refers to the fact that he was caught using the N-word on the camera, which led to his music being removed from the radio and playlists being streamed, and that his booking agent dropped him, among other things.
“I wanted to let you know that I took a few months off + feel like I was really working on myself,” he adds. “I’m proud of the work I did + and in many ways grateful that I had the time to do it. I needed this free time.”
Page 3 of Wallen’s handwritten note reveals his plans to not tour this summer. He also notes that he is proud of the man he is and is becoming, while pointing out that at the age of 32 he hopes he will be different. The letter concludes that he is told he is back in Nashville, “to get going again.”
“My story is far from over and going out again to see everything is all I can think of,” the letter concludes. “Just know that you will see me sooner rather than later.”
His letter does not directly mention several billboards placed around Nashville, paid for by fans calling him their entertainer of the year. Taste of Country has learned that the signs will stand for one week and that its fans are expected to continue their protest during the ACM Awards.
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