Dierks Bentley just released his new single, “Something Real,” which is the follow-up to his previous No. 1 single, “Gold.” Dierks co-wrote “Something Real” with Luke Dick, Ashley Gorley, HARDY and Ross Copperman in his happy place — in Colorado.

“I wrote this song out in Colorado where I really go to recharge and get closer to the source that being nature, those mountains and the great outdoors. I wrote this with some friends of mine that flew out there to write with me. HARDY was out there, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley and Luke Dick, and I had this idea, brought it to these guys and they took it to a whole new place,” says Dierks, who says he never thought it’d be a single since it’s so personal. “It’s such a personal song talking about how sometimes the things I feel aren’t things that I think would help to sell tickets, or…in that way. It’s more of a personal song, but I found in the past that songs like ‘I Hold On’ that are extremely personal have always been the ones that resonate most with fans.”

Dierks resumes his Gravel & Gold Tour on Friday (June 16th) in Raleigh, North Carolina.