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The Reason Morgan Wallen Decided To Make ‘Dangerous’ A Double Album · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Country singer Morgan Wallen
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Speaker 1: took a leap of faith when he decided to make
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Speaker 1: his new record, Dangerous, a double album in an era
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Speaker 1: when artist and all genres are often opting to release
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Speaker 1: EPs or even just singles one by one. But that
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Speaker 1: gamble paid off, with Dangerous just debuting at number one
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Speaker 1: on the Billboard two after claiming the best streaming week
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Speaker 1: ever for a country record. That said, the decision to
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Speaker 1: go with a double album came pretty naturally after Morgan
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Speaker 1: had already tracked about twenty songs he really liked before
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Speaker 1: the pandemic with his tour postponent Nowhere to Go, he
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Speaker 1: tells American songwriter, Once we figured we might have enough
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Speaker 1: time to actually write enough songs for a double album,
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Speaker 1: we were gonna go for it. I've always wanted to
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Speaker 1: be a little bit extra. I think albums do matter.
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Speaker 1: People want to get to know you, and I don't
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Speaker 1: think they can do that with just one song. I've
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Speaker 1: got my Rambunctionus side. Then I have a soft introspective side,
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Speaker 1: and if I had to pick one side, it would
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Speaker 1: probably be the more personally honest one that's direct from Hollywood,