Country powerhouse Tucker Wetmore has a lot to celebrate these days. Fresh off earning his first-ever nomination for ACM New Male Artist of the Year yesterday, he drops his final preview of new music ahead of his highly anticipated debut album What Not To with the release of “Casino.” This week also marks the one-year anniversary of releasing his life-changing, RIAA Platinum No. 1 single “Wind Up Missin’ You.”
Written by Josh Jenkins, Alex Palmer, John Pierce and Michael Tyler, today’s high-stakes country heartbreak anthem spins love into an addictive gamble, where the odds are stacked against him, but he just can’t walk away. With a hook as irresistible as the game he’s playing, Wetmore deals out a slick, neon-lit soundtrack for anyone who’s ever bet it all on the wrong one.
Hot on the heels of his first No. 1 at country radio earlier this year with “Wind Up Missin’ You,” Wetmore’s current single “3,2,1” impacted airwaves earlier this month and debuted as the No. 1 most-added with 73 first-week stations. Now charting across the country airplay charts, the track cements his rapid ascent as one of the genre’s most in-demand new artists.
The success at country radio comes just weeks before his debut album What Not To drops on Friday, April 25. The 19-track collection captures the highs, lows and lessons learned in Wetmore’s 25 years. Produced by Chris LaCorte, the record weaves together interconnected themes, “like red yarn connecting a bunch of pins on a wall,” as Wetmore describes it. At its core is the title track, “What Not To,” a song about struggle, compassion and salvation. “Momma said you don’t pray no more/breaks my heart, so I do it for you,” Wetmore sings.
As a 2025 Opry NextStage Artist, Wetmore recently took his high-energy live performance overseas, playing multiple shows across Europe at Country 2 Country (C2C). His international run included a sold-out stop at London’s Electric Ballroom as part of his extended WAVES ON A SUNSET TOUR 2025, which will continue through May. He also joins Thomas Rhett’s BETTER IN BOOTS TOUR 2025 as direct support across 33 dates this summer.
In just one year since he began releasing music, Wetmore has delivered back-to-back Billboard Hot 100 hits “Wine Into Whiskey” and “Wind Up Missin’ You.” His debut EP Waves on a Sunset was released in October 2024 and has pushed his catalog past 855M total global streams. He also earned an iHeartRadio Music Awards nomination for Best New Country Artist and made his national television debut on NBC’s TODAY with Jenna & Friends (WATCH). With spots on coveted Artist to Watch lists from Spotify, Billboard, VEVO, MusicRow and many more, Wetmore is “just a heartbeat away from a household hit” (Country Central).
