After a Breakout Year, Hudson Westbrook Prepares for Big 2026 With New EP and Major Tours

Hudson Westbrook is gearing up to release a brand new EP titled Exclusive, arriving January 23. The Texas native tells Country Now that the project is a “little more rock sounding” than his previous releases.

Westbrook recently unveiled the EP cover and track list, adding to the excitement surrounding the project. The track list features five songs, including the previously released “If He Wanted To” and “Pretty Privilege.” Westbrook co-wrote all five tracks.

Of the project, Westbrook tells us, “it’s like a relationship advice EP because I’m 21 and then once I’m raising kids of my own and doing the things that I feel like you write songs about once you get older and experience more life, that’s what’s going to be on the next album. But this EP, I’m excited for it.”

Exclusive Track List

1.   Exclusive (Hudson Westbrook, Neil Medley, Lukas Scott, Ryan Beaver)

2.   LMWYL (Hudson Westbrook, Neil Medley, Jesse Frasure)

3.   Lovin’ On Me (Hudson Westbrook, Neil Medley, Beau Bailey, Lukas Scott)

4.   If He Wanted To (Hudson Westbrook, Reid Haughton, Dan Alley, Ryan Beaver)

5.   Pretty Privilege (Hudson Westbrook, Lukas Scott, Beau Bailey)

The Exclusive EP arrives as Westbrook’s debut single, “House Again,” continues to climb the charts at country radio, making its way into the Top 10 and still climbing.

Westbrook burst onto the scene in 2024 with the release of his viral hit “Take It Slow,” which arrived while he was enrolled in college. Now focusing on music full time, the rising country act is living out his dreams one day at a time, opening for and collaborating with his heroes along the way.

While chatting with Country Now backstage at the CMA Awards, the 21-year-old reflected on his rise to fame, admitting, “every moment’s a pinch-me moment right now.”

“I’m doing all the things that I’ve never done. I was washing cattle at this time and doing math homework last year…not last year, but a year and a half ago, two years ago.”

Meeting fellow Texas native Parker McCollum was also a highlight for Westbrook.

“I met Parker McCollum at Red Rocks for the first time and then we played a show together… And I was watching him in concert two years ago. And then he walks by here and he’s like, ‘What’s up, man?’ And you’re like, ‘Wow, I just said hi to Parker McCollum.’” 

After a breakout year, Westbrook is gearing up for an even bigger 2026, joining Bailey Zimmerman and Morgan Wallen on their headline tours.