With less than a month until the arrival of his first child, Parker McCollum says he’s ready to embrace everything about fatherhood… except the dad songs.

While catching up with Audacy’s Scott Kay at Chicago’s Windy City Smokeout over the weekend Parker shared he has zero plans to write or sing songs about fatherhood.

“No Dad songs for me,” Parker said. “I don’t want to write cliché dad songs. He went on to clarify, “If one falls out one day,” he wouldn’t fight it, but he doesn’t see himself sitting down and writing dad songs anytime soon.

While he may not be committed to writing dad songs, Parker is still very much committed to his craft while he readies to become a dad and says he’s ready to find a balance between fatherhood and his career.

“I just want to be extremely genuine and energetic, I want to make sure when these people go home, they feel like the money they spent or the money they saved up to come see you was worth every penny — that’s what I think about every night.”

Hear more about how Parker is preparing for fatherhood, the release of new music and so much more by checking out his entire conversation with Audacy’s Scotty Kay above.

Words by Monica Rivera Interview by Scotty Kay