{"id":2385813,"date":"2026-04-23T13:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2385813"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:41:05","slug":"keith-urban-teases-new-music-something-extra-smooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/keith-urban-teases-new-music-something-extra-smooth\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Urban Teases New Music: &#8216;Something Extra Smooth&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Is<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/keith-urban-new-album-yacht-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Keith Urban<\/a>&#8216;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/keith-urban-new-album-yacht-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\">yacht rock project<\/a> upon us?<\/p>\n<p>The singer teased\u00a0what appears to be a new music announcement on Wednesday (April 22), along with a video of him walking through the surf of a beach as a guitar strums in the background.<\/p>\n<p>The caption hints that water and the ocean could be big themes for what he&#8217;s got in store.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Keith Urban Teases New Music: What Did He Say?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Next week we all set sail,&#8221; Urban wrote in the caption of his post. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be late to the dock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The singer also pinned next Wednesday (April 29) as a big day for whatever it is he&#8217;s got cooking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, and by the way, something extra smooth is coming to Nashville one week from today,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Clear your calendars. Don&#8217;t say I didn&#8217;t warn you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Has Keith Urban Said About His Next Album?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Urban turned heads last month when he teased that his next musical chapter will be a hard pivot from the guitar-forward pop-country hits he&#8217;s typically known for releasing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/keith-urban-new-album-yacht-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Urban Teases An Unexpected New Direction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a performance at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville in March, Urban said he was working on an album of &#8220;yacht rock songs&#8221; that are mostly covers, with just one original song on the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You think I&#8217;m kidding? I&#8217;m not kidding,&#8221; he told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The new music he&#8217;s teasing now seems to have similar themes. Urban&#8217;s hints about water and sailing would\u00a0make sense for a yacht rock project, which leans into the smooth, laid-back and water-centric sounds of the &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s subgenre.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Keith Urban&#8217;s New Music Will Be His First Since His Nicole Kidman Divorce<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Keith Urban and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/nicole-kidman\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Kidman<\/a> split in 2025 and finalized their divorce in January, after 19 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he&#8217;s reportedly been focusing on music. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/russell-dickerson\" target=\"_blank\">Russell Dickerson<\/a>, who opened for Urban at C2C in March, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/russell-dickerson-keith-urban-divorce-update\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> the singer is in &#8220;good spirits&#8221; and seems to be &#8220;doing great&#8221; in the wake of his breakup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s always&#8230;focused on music, so I think he&#8217;s just doubling down on that, and it&#8217;s beautiful,&#8221; Dickerson told\u00a0<em>Page Six<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">The 20 Best Keith Urban Songs<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Keith Urban is special because he&#8217;s so versatile. A talented songwriter and vocalist and one of country music&#8217;s very best modern guitar players, he&#8217;s known for pushing boundaries, trying new things and keeping an open mind with the songs he chooses to record.<\/p>\n<p>That creative approach is on full display in this list of Urban&#8217;s best songs. His biggest hits range from classic singalong country to experimental ballads and pop-friendly dance tunes. Keep reading for Taste of Country&#8217;s rundown of the best Keith Urban songs of all time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/cliptak\" target=\"_blank\">Carena Liptak<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=75&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source tasteofcountry.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Keith Urban&#8216;s yacht rock project upon us? The singer teased\u00a0what appears to be a new music announcement on Wednesday (April 22), along with a video of him walking through the surf of a beach as a guitar strums in the background. 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