Morgan Wallen Says He Hasn’t Been Inside a Bar Since His 2024 Chair-Throwing Incident in Nashville
The singer says that in addition to preparing for an album and a tour, he's been spending more time outdoors lately.
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Morgan Wallen says it’s been a while since he’s partaken in the bar scene.
The three-time Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper spoke with Theo Von during an appearance on comedian Von’s This Past Weekend podcast, where they talked about new music, Wallen’s family and the country star’s decision to stay away from drinking establishments since an April 2024 incident in which Wallen was charged with three counts of felony reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct for hurling a chair from the roof of a Nashville building.
At one point, Wallen noted that while his career has brought him great successes, fame does come with elements that are harder to deal with, and it has forced him to make some lifestyle adjustments.
“It’s still weird and there’s parts of that that I don’t like,” Wallen said. “I mean, I think anyone who was to deal with that, it’s not ideal… you know, it’s not ideal to go everywhere, and even if you don’t get bothered, you were on edge the whole time because you thought you might. It’s like, there’s just things that you don’t do, you just don’t do them anymore. But that’s okay, that’s why I’ve taken up hunting so much, I think. Because I can go be with my buddies, I’m the middle of nowhere, I can be at ease, I can not stress out. You just find ways to supplement it.”
When Theo Von commented that there would likely be “too much hassle” for Wallen to spend time in a bar given his fame and that staying out of bars might be the best thing for him, Wallen responded, “It’s definitely the best thing for me, you know. If you’re using the bar as a specific example, that’s definitely the best thing for me. I ain’t been in a bar since the last time I was in a bar that everybody knows about. The most public time I was in a bar, that’s the last time I was in a bar.”
That “public time” was when Wallen was arrested at Eric Church’s Nashville bar Chief’s in April of last year and charged with three counts of felony reckless endangerment, as well as one count of disorderly conduct for tossing a chair from the roof of the building. Police were standing in front of the establishment when the chair struck the ground three feet from them.
Wallen pleaded guilty and was ultimately sentenced to seven days in a DUI education center and two years supervised probation.
Currently, much of Wallen’s time is likely being spent gearing up for the release of his upcoming album I’m the Problem on May 16, as well as his I’m The Problem Tour, which will launch June 20 in Houston.
Wallen said during the podcast that his new album may not feature as many trap beats as fans are used to hearing on his previous releases such as “Sunrise” and “Ain’t That Some.”
“It’s just subtle changes,” Wallen said. “It don’t have to be huge things, you know? My last album, I had plenty of trap beats and stuff like that. This time I was like, ‘Hey man, let’s tone that back a little bit.’ I’m tired of it, I’m tired of hearing it. So if I’m tired of it they’re probably tired of hearing it. It’s just certain things that, you can still get that same swagger, you can accomplish certain things without doing the exact same thing.”
So far, he’s previewed the album with songs including “Love Somebody,” “Lies Lies Lies,” “I’m the Problem,” “Just in Case” and “Smile.” “Love Somebody” reached No. 1 on the Hot 100, while the other songs each reached into the top 10 on the chart.
