Shane Profitt isn't asking Luke Bryan to slot him in on his next tour, and he's not hoping the hitmaker will cut one of his songs one day.

Instead, the "Long Live Country" singer is hoping for something a bit simpler.

"Luke, if you’re watching this, let your boy hunt a couple acres somewhere," he says during a recent Taste of Country Nights interview.

Shane Profitt is a 25-year-old singer and songwriter from Columbia, Tenn., southwest of Nashville.

Chris Janson discovered him at a sushi restaurant in Nashville, and they've been partners since.

Prior to 2025, "How It Oughta Be" is his most well-known song.

There are a few things to know for this all to make sense.

Profitt — whose Population Me EP dropped on Oct. 10 — is from Columbia, Tenn. That's Luke Bryan country, so t

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