Easton Corbin has been in the studio working on his follow-up to 2012’s All Over the Road album, when he hasn’t been on tour. “Clockwork,” the first single from the project, is climbing the country charts, and it’s a little taste of what’s in store for his fans. He was drawn to the song in a couple of different ways, including the fact that he felt most people could relate to it.

“The first time I heard that song, it really grabbed me melodically. I loved that melody, and for me, I guess, being a musician, a lot of times that’s the first thing that really, really grabs me,” says Easton. “Lyrically, it was just as strong, and the subject matter of that song, everybody goes through that at some point in their life, especially us guys…But usually when you think about that stereotypically, you think of the guy calling up the girl, but this time, it’s turned around. It’s a girl calling the guy, which I thought that was kind of interesting.”

In other news, Easton, who recently wrapped up his trek with The Band Perry, has also been performing ‘mini-concerts’ at high schools to help raise awareness for the Future Farmers of America (FFA) organization.

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“The first time I heard that song, it really grabbed me melodically. I loved that melody, and for me, I guess, being a musician, a lot of times that’s the first thing that really, really grabs me. And I guess second of all, lyrically, it was just as strong and the subject matter of that song, everybody goes through that at some point in their life, especially us guys. And also the subject matter, I hate to say it, but it’s kind of a booty call song – a little bit of that. But usually when you think about that stereotypically, you think the guy calling up the girl, but this time, it’s turned around. It’s a girl calling the guy, which I thought that was kind of interesting, and I just really gravitated towards that.”