It's been more than a year since Sam Hunt dropped his Top 10 hit "Body Like A Back Road." But the three-time GRAMMY nominee is back with a brand-new single just in time for summer: "Downtown's Dead."
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While not as upbeat as "Body Like …," "Downtown's Dead" gives off plenty of slow-burning summer-romance-gone-wrong feels. Over a track fusing country, pop and hip-hop, Hunt sings a relatable lyric about the vacancy left by a girl who was the center of his universe — and now her departure has killed off all the fun.
"Downtown's dead without you/Girls walk by and friends say hi/It's Friday night, it might as well be just another Tuesday night without you," laments Hunt.
His second consecutive one-off single, "Downtown's Dead" was co-written by Hunt and GRAMMY winners Shane McAnally, Zach Crowell and Josh Osborne, the same collective behind the GRAMMY-nominated "Body Like A Back Road." Hunt earned his first two GRAMMY nominations for Best New Artist and Best Country Album for Montevallo at the 58th GRAMMY Awards.
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Speaking of summer, Hunt will be joining Luke Bryan's What Makes You Country tour, which kicks off May 31 in Toronto. We're guessing "Downtown's Dead" will be in the set.