Kick Myself

Album: I'm The Problem (2025)
Charted: 21
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  • "Kick Myself" documents Morgan Wallen's quest to become a better human being - or at least a slightly less catastrophic one. He tells us he's quit drinking ("kicked the bottle"), quit drugs ("kicked the bag"), severed ties with negative influences, left behind his wild nights on Broadway and talked to his doctor and God. And yet, despite making all these changes, he confesses:

    Did my best, but I just can't kick myself

    You can cut carbs, delete your ex's number, start a gym membership, but if you're still fundamentally wired to be a bit of a disaster, what then?
  • Wallen wrote "Kick Myself" with four of his frequent collaborators: Rocky Block, James Maddocks, Ernest, and Charlie Handsome. The same quartet also co-wrote Wallen's One Thing at a Time track "Cowgirls."
  • The production, handled by longtime Wallen producer Joey Moi, is a marriage of old and new. There are 808 beats - those thudding digital drums familiar to hip-hop fans - and just enough twangy strings and southern charm to keep it all comfortably in country territory. It's Wallen doing what he does best: making emotional disarray sound like something you'd sing along to on the tailgate of a truck.
  • "Kick Myself" appears on Wallen's 2025 album I'm the Problem, which finds him addressing his past issues while trying to move forward. The track "Superman" sees him striving to be a better example for his young son while "I Got Better" finds Wallen focusing on his progress after breaking away from a harmful relationship.

    As Wallen put it in a moment of honest clarity: "I have been a problem, for sure, and I've got no problem admitting that. But there are other sides to me as well... Do I still want to be the problem? Is it time to move past that phase in my life? I think it probably is."

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