Iconic Canadian musician Michael Bublé just announced that a new country album is on the works. However, he did not confirm its launch date since it is still in the making.
Michael’s first exclusive country disc will become his twelfth studio album. The Feeling Good artist is releasing many different projects at the moment. His latest major release came in September 27, 2024, with a compilation of his greatest hits called The Best of Bublé.
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However, his last original-studio production came with his eleventh studio album Higher from March 25, 2022. In this LP he shocked fans with original songs and hits covers, all under the production of top musicians such as Paul McCartney, Greg Wells and Bob Rock.
Bublé’s Previous Country Porductions
On the other hand, while his whole career has been dedicated to jazz, pop and Christmas classics, Bublé has also worked with country artists before. Back in 2011, for his Christmas special album, he included White Christmas version with iconic pop-country star Shania Twain. Moreover, he released a version of Kris Kristofferson’s country classic track Help Me Through the Night with American vocalist Loren Allred.
Furthermore, Michael was part of Dolly Parton’s A Holly Dolly Christmas on a duet of Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas from 2020. Last year, the Canadian hitmaker dropped Maybe This Christmas alongside with rising country star Carly Pearce.
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On an interview with ABC, Carly spoke about her experience making a country duet with Bublé and his ambition saying: “I feel like a lot of people just come in [to country] because they’re like, ‘Country’s easy … put a banjo on it. It’s fine.’ And I take great offense to that.” She also said that By contrast, she insisted that Michael “absolutely understands what the genre is [and] what these songs mean.”
Michael’s Perspective
He talked about his new production in an interview with Kylie Kelce on her Not Gonna Lie podcast. He also shared how he feels making this new album saying: “I don’t even know if I’m supposed to talk about this. I love country music, and I have loved country music my whole life. I went to Nashville, I have a producer named Dann Huff… and I have made a love letter to country music.”
Bublé also shared that it comes from his own perspective of country: “It’s old-school, it’s not like, modern, it’s my interpretation. I have never had an experience that has been better musically. I am so excited to put out this record. I don’t know if 10 people are gonna love it, but I don’t care because I feel like I earned the right to make a beautiful record.”
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In addition, the five-time Grammy winner spoke about his love for Christmas music and his success. In October 2011, his seventh studio disc Christmas became one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century and Christmas albums worldwide. “I’m Michael Bublé, and I’m not gonna lie. We should start listening to Christmas music in June. It would be great for my streaming revenue,” the Canadian artist joked.
