Things That We Drink To follows the Australia native’s 2014 self-titled debut album, and showcases 11 new songs, including his hit single “Kiss Somebody” and a duet with his now-wife called “Dance With Me.” The album title comes from the title track, which is a tribute to Morgan’s late manager, Rob Potts, who passed away last year in a motorcycle accident.
Evans tells iHeartRadio of Things That We Drink To, “I named the album Things That We Drink To after the song ‘Things That We Drink To.’ That song is a tribute to my late manager, we lost him last year. And on the day of his memorial, we were in the studio and we wrote that song as a celebration of life and his memory, and I knew straight away that that song had to be a part of this album. Then, as the other songs were kind of finding their places on there, I realized that there were all of these great moments from my life in the last couple of years; finding a new home in Nashville, and meeting the girl, and getting married. You can raise a glass to all these things. And, I thought that song title would make a great album title for that reason.”
Although “Things That We Drink To” is obviously a special song to Morgan, so is “Dance With Me” featuring Kelsea Ballerini. He tells us, “It was just from a pure moment. It was like seven or eight weeks after Kelsea and I had met, and I was waiting for her to come and perform on a morning TV show, and it was like 9 AM on a Tuesday morning. I was just sitting on their couch with a guitar, and that whole first verse’s chorus just came out. There’s something real and honest about it, and I still feel that way when I hear it. And obviously now with Kelsea singing on it too, it’s even more special.”
In the spirit of Evans’ Things That We Drink To album, while at iHeartRadio HQ, the country star also played a game of “Me vs. Drunk Me.” We presented Morgan with several real-life situations and asked him to tell us “Me” or “Drunk Me,” perhaps after he’s raised a glass to all the things in his life he drinks to. Read on below.
