Matt McKinney is our guest on this week’s new Stories Behind the Songs!

Matt got his start here at The Listening Room - not on our stage but as a server. Since then, he has landed cuts with some of the biggest names in country music right now like “Part Of It” by Jordan Davis, and he has a HANDFUL of songs on Elle King’s 2023 album Come Get Your Wife.

He also has an unreleased song called “Weatherman” that has been a big fan favorite here at The Listening Room for a while now, and Matt shares that this is probably his favorite song that he’s written.

In this episode, we also talk about his song going viral on TikTok, having a writing camp here in Nashville that looks out for each other, landing a deal at Sony with Rusty Gaston, and closely collaborating with Elle King on songs like “Tulsa” and “Lucky.”

As always, we also get to hear Matt play some of “Part of It” and “Weatherman.”

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So good to have Matt here with us - let’s get into it!

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