Country Next: Scoot Teasley

Rising Georgia native Scoot Teasley is already having a huge year. Not only has he just dropped his most personal release yet with “Tower Road,” but he also recently landed his first major songwriting cut.

He cut his teeth playing drums and finding his love for music in church pews. Slowly, he began to carve out his own path in country music through his single, “This Truck Still Misses You” and his EP Country Back, that introduced fans to his powerhouse vocals and authentic storytelling.

Through his latest drop, alongside his previous 2025 releases like “Gone to Dust,” “Whiskey Burns” and “Dirt Road Dropout,” Scoot has established a sound all his own, one that’s rooted in classic country and decorated with elements of hip-hop, gospel, and R&B influences.

His knack for sharing stories through lyrics with his soulful vocals, and deep Southern charm most recently came alive in “Tower Road,” a meaningful track inspired by the actual road he was raised on in Toccoa, Georgia. He offers a personal look into the community that raised him and helped make him who he is today.

Prior to that, the Nashville resident celebrated the debut of his first cut as a songwriter with BigXthaPlug and Shaboozey’s fresh release – “Home.” The song has climbed it’s way into the Top 5 on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist, marking a massive achievement for a songwriter’s first-ever cut.

We caught up with Scoot Teasley to learn all about his new song, “Tower Road,” the messages he wants to send to fans, major career shifts and more in this installment of Country Next. Keep reading the exclusive Q&A below to learn more.

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“Tower Road” was named an actual road in your hometown. Talk about what’s so special about this road and how it evolved into an inspiration for this song? 

It’s a road that my grandparents live on and my papa and all his siblings, they all live on the same road and I don’t know, I guess they just decided to all buy a house on the same road, but it means a lot to me because I spent a lot of my childhood there and very much so whenever I turned down the road, it just felt like home every single time. And I felt like a lot of people also have a road like that or something similar where you just get into an area or a road and you’re like, ‘oh, I’m home,’ and it feels like home. So that’s really what the song is about. 

Since this is obviously a personal song, what do you hope that your listeners take away from hearing this story?

I hope that they can just relate to it and think about their road that they have that feels like home to them.

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This follows several new songs you’ve dropped already in 2025. What are you most excited for fans to hear and learn about you this year through this music and your upcoming releases?

Well, it is been fun because I didn’t release music for a whole year last year, so it was very hard for me. I love releasing music and I love sharing what I’m doing, but I took a lot of time and I really worked on songwriting and trying to write the best songs, and I feel like these songs that we released so far have been songs I’ve been really excited about for a long time, and I’m just excited that people can finally hear them and I can’t wait to put out more. 

Have you started working on a full-length album yet?

For sure. I feel like that’s always in the back of my mind also because I write a lot of songs. I’m like, if I release these as singles, it’s going to take me years to put ’em all out. So I’ve definitely been thinking about putting them all together in an album. 

When did your passion for music really start to develop?

Yeah, it was really at a young age. I grew up playing drums and I also sang in church on the kid’s choir in our hometown church. So I always had the love for music and always knew that I wanted to either play drums or make music or do some sort of thing with music. It just happened to work out that I was making TikTok’s and people like my voice, so I just kept singing and it’s been super fun so far. I’m super grateful for what I get to do. 

What kind of music was playing around your house growing up, and do you feel like those influences have played into the music that you make today? 

I grew up listening to everything, a whole lot of genres, obviously a lot of gospel music since I grew up in church, but then there was also a lot of R&B. My mom’s favorite artist is Fantasia, so I listened to a lot of Fantasia growing up, but then there’s also a country. I remember being in fourth grade and hearing “Good Directions” by Billy Currington. So it’s just been a melting pot of a whole lot of different genres, and I feel like that plays into my music a lot. 

When did songwriting come into play for you? 

It’s kind of crazy. I didn’t write my first song until I was 19, and that was right whenever I kind of first started making TikToks and one day I was just like, if they can write a song, I can write a song. So I did and it was really bad. I would never show anyone that song, but it was just the act of doing it that really got me hooked. And yeah, it’s just been really fun to create and make stuff like that. 

How do you feel like your songwriting process has evolved as you’ve dove into music full time? 

Well, because I lived in Georgia, I never wrote in Nashville whenever I started. I wrote on Zoom a lot, I wrote all my early stuff on Zoom, and I feel like the biggest thing was that was different coming to Nashville was writing in person and actually being in a room with someone and just being face-to-face. It was different, but it also helped me grow as a person and as a writer as well. 

How was your transition into Nashville? Was that your first move out of Georgia?

It was the first time I’ve been out of Georgia, out of state. I lived in Athens whenever I was in college, but I was only like 45 minutes from home, so I could just go home whenever, and this is like five hours, so it’s a lot different, but it’s been cool. I’m getting used to it, and it is really cool to be in a town where everyone is trying to achieve the same goal and trying to make good music. And the community here is really great for that. 

Can you talk a bit about your evolution as a performer?

It’s really crazy. I was just thinking about the first time I played in front of people, like singing my own music. I was in Athens, it was an open mic night, and I just so happened to be with a guy…we just got out there and started making music or making sounds. I don’t really know if it was music. We were trying to make music, but it’s just crazy to look at that moment and to where I am now, opening up for people and playing bigger stages. It’s been really cool to see the growth that I’ve had over the years and feel like I’m only going to get better. 

You recently landed your first songwriting cut on BigXthaPlug’s “Home” with Shaboozey . What was your first reaction to hearing the news?

I don’t even know how to explain it. Yeah, I did this little chem for BigXthaPlug, and this was in February, and I just remember the day that we wrote it. It was snowing and icy. I was like, I just want to go home. I saw this snow and ice and stuff here, and we wrote this song, me, Brian, and Tony, and it was just about literally going home. It’s called “Home” and it’s about just taking the highway and going back home and lucky enough, BigXthaPlug liked it. And when I found out that he liked it and that he was thinking about cutting it, I was already really ecstatic. And then they added a whole nother element of Shaboozey is going to be on it too, which is a double whammy. So it’s just still crazy to process.

Do you feel like working with other artists who are both in and out of the country genre has helped you find your sound?

Yeah, for sure. It’s really fun doing that, also because you get to see how people in other genres work and how they make music, and it’s really cool to take what I know and what I’ve learned in my short time doing this and write with experienced people from other genres and take some stuff from what they do and mix what I do. 

Are there any other artists right now that you’ve written with or that you’ve met that have offered you advice?

Yeah, I played a show with Travis Denning in Athens in January, and I got to hang out and spend time with him, and he’s another Georgia boy, and he really kind of feels like a big brother to me. He hits me up, he hit me up about the song, he congratulated me about it. So he’s definitely one of my role models when it comes to the country music space. 

If someone just discovered you and they’re going through your catalog, what song do you feel like best describes where you’re at in your career right now? 

That’s such a great question. I think my favorite song I’ve ever written is “Hat on the Dash”, because it really shows the versatility with different genres. I feel like there’s a different sound to that song that is not really found in country all the time. But also if you want to know me personally and what my life was growing up, I feel like you should definitely listen to “Country Back.” That really is my life. 

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