Gavin Adcock looks like a guy who would rather kick down the door than knock. The Georgia native has built his career on that particular brand of country-star energy: part farm kid, part football player, part outlaw, with enough rock ’n’ roll attitude to make the cowboy hat optional. Now, with a 26-song album on the way, he’s apparently decided that subtlety is overrated.
The latest evidence is “Having One Now,” an upbeat, beer-in-the-air kind of song about finding love after life has spent some time kicking you around. Written by Adcock with Luke Laird and Rhett Akins, it’s less tortured soul and more well, look who finally got lucky. “Having One Now” is an upbeat song about finding some love when you were down and out,” Adcock says. “Last week I dropped a sad song, the week before that I dropped a song for all the blue collar people out there. So, get ready… and don’t be surprised if I drop another one next week.”
Translation: keep your phone handy. The song arrives as Adcock reveals the tracklist for The Day I Hang It Up, his third album in three years—and an unapologetically oversized 26-track statement. He co-wrote all but four songs, with Treaty Oak Revival, ERNEST and Hudson Westbrook joining the party. “Cheap Thrills,” his collaboration with Westbrook, is already a fan favorite.
Gavin Adcock | Photo: Madelyn Ormond
If the title sounds like Adcock is contemplating retirement, don’t worry. He’s not exactly acting like it. The singer is currently taking The Day I Hang It Up on the road across 30 cities, bringing along a rotating cast of guests including Pecos & The Rooftops, Corey Kent, Jake Worthington and Braxton Keith. His live shows have become known for the kind of high-octane chaos that makes you understand why people keep buying tickets—and why venues keep selling out.
Then there are the numbers. More than 2 billion global streams. A Platinum-certified “A Cigarette.” Gold records. A pair of ACM New Artist of the Year nominations. And Own Worst Enemy, which opened with more than 25 million U.S. streams in its first week in 2025. Not bad for a former Georgia Southern football player who grew up working a cattle farm and once dreamed of riding bulls in the PBR. Adcock started writing songs in high school, but it took a torn knee in 2021 to push him seriously toward recording music. Five years later, the guy has gone from recovery-room songwriting to one of country music’s most talked-about young stars. And judging by “Having One Now,” he’s not particularly interested in taking his foot off the gas. Twenty-six songs. A growing list of collaborators. A sold-out-tour résumé. A little romance. Gavin Adcock is having one now, and, apparently, so is everybody else.