Morgan Wallen pulled back the curtain on his songwriting and recording process — and honestly, it’s mesmerizing.
The video clip was shared by a fan Instagram account , but it comes from a longer video that was originally posted to former NFL quarterback Tom Brady's YouTube channel .
In the clip, Wallen walks the room through his songwriting and recording process, explaining, “We won’t even start a song unless we have a full concept and the payoff hook done at the beginning.”
Once those pieces are in place, the “More Than My Hometown” singer adds, “Then we’ll start the first verse to write toward that hook.”
Although this is the way Wallen writes most of his music, there are certainly some exceptions to the rule.
In the case of “Genesis,” a track on Wallen’s latest album I’m t