Church Boots - Commentary

"Church Boots" was a really fun day in the writing room. It was my

First time gettin' to write with this artist named Ernest, along

With Jesse Frazier and Ashley Gorley, who I've written tons of songs

With, and they had already kinda started a song when I walked into

The room, and when I came in, we kinda finished what we were writing

And everyone was about to pack up and leave, and I remember Ernest

Started playing this little lick on the guitar that we all thought

Was really cool, and this is, like, one of those moments where it's

Like, "We love the melody, but what are we gonna write over it?"

And, uh, I literally, the day before, had typed this title into my

Phone called "Church Boots," and I had no idea why. Maybe I looked

Down at my boots on a Sunday and I was like, "These are my church

Boots." And I remember Ashley saying something like, "Yeah, my work

Boots are my church boots," and I was like, "What does that actually

Mean?" And so we wrote this whole storyline of kinda how, as a dude

I feel like I'm just kinda the same all the way through. You know

My old truck is my new truck, my good shirt is my new shirt, I party

On this dirt, I make money on this dirt, and it's, like, kinda all

These little innuendos of how you're kinda just the same dude through

And through, and that's okay. And then hooking it with "My work

Boots are my church boots." And I just thought, looking on paper at

The title "Church Boots," we all thought that was really interesting

And, and it's a really uptempo, fun song that I think a lot of people

Are gonna be able to relate to. So I loved gettin' to write this

Song. It was really cool that my first song with Ernest turned out

To be this song, and hopefully here's to many more in the future