{"id":2412611,"date":"2026-05-12T02:33:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2412611"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:33:35","slug":"kenny-whitmire-signs-new-deal-with-mca-readies-debut-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kenny-whitmire-signs-new-deal-with-mca-readies-debut-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Whitmire Signs New Deal with MCA \u2013 Readies Debut EP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If your appetite for neotraditional country is insatiable, and you\u2019re looking for your next fix wherever it might present itself, Kenny Whitmire would definitely be somewhere to point your nose. Though he\u2019s only released a succession of singles at this point, his song \u201cI Gave Her The Moon<\/a>\u201d stuns with its Keith Whitley-like delivery, and the crying steel guitar of \u201cThought Twice About Loving You\u201d reminds you of the best of \u201990s country balladry. <\/p>

Whitmire was already in working relationships with publishing outfits in Nashville. He moved to Nashville in 2022, and started writing songs for folks like Cole Goodwin and Austin Snell, and signed a publishing deal back in July of 2025 with River House Artists and Sony Publishing. It felt like it was only a matter of time before someone snatched him up and tried to make a bonafide star out of him. That\u2019s now officially happened as MCA has put pen to paper with Whitmire. \u201cSigning with MCA is one of those moments you dream about as a kid,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Whitmire\u00a0says, while also announcing that he will release an EP called Fool In A King Size Bed<\/em> on June 12th. He also released a new song \u201cOne Foot In The Grave\u201d as part of the announcement, which is a song that doubles down on Kenny\u2019s love for country music. He calls it \u201cMy version of a \u2018Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox\u2019.\u201d <\/em><\/p>

The EP is something to look forward to, but will only include two unheard songs. It will be more of a collection point for his previous singles, and a stepping stone in his career. Most importantly, it should put Kenny Whitmire on the map as one of netotraditional country\u2019s preeminent voices to look forward to keeping the roots of country alive well into the future. <\/p>

This is no longer just about Zach Top. This is about a whole host of promising traditional and neotraditional voices not just making it a new day in country music, but a new era that will hopefully stretch well into the future. <\/p>

Fool In A King Size Bed<\/em> Track List: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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  1. Me Being Me\u00a0(Kenny\u00a0Whitmire, Sam Banks, Lee Starr)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Thought Twice About Loving You\u00a0(Kenny\u00a0Whitmire, Drew Parker, Lindsay Rimes)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. You\u2019re Getting Colder\u00a0(Kenny\u00a0Whitmire, Jenn Schott)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. I Gave Her The Moon\u00a0(Kenny\u00a0Whitmire, Lynn Hutton, Cam Newby)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Fool In A King Size Bed\u00a0(Kenny\u00a0Whitmire, Rhett Akins, Kat Higgins)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Ain\u2019t Hard Livin\u2019\u00a0(Bart Butler, Rob Snyder, Sam Banks)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. One Foot In The Grave\u00a0(Kenny\u00a0Whitmire, Max Martin, Thomas Mirels)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n