Tucker Wetmore Offers Final Preview Of Debut Album With The Clever Heartbreak Anthem, ‘Casino’

Fresh off his first-ever nomination for ACM New Male Artist of the Year, Tucker Wetmore is making waves with the release of “Casino.” The new country heartbreak anthem gives fans the final preview of his highly anticipated debut album, What Not To, dropping April 25.

Written by Josh Jenkins, Alex Palmer, John Pierce and Michael Tyler, today’s release captures the risks of love in a captivating way, as Wetmore cleverly compares a toxic lust-filled romance to the thrill and desperation of gambling. Even though the lyrics clearly illustrate that the character is aware of the fact that the odds are completely against him in this game of a love gone wrong, he can’t seem to walk away. “Casino” captures the addictive pull of toxic love with vivid imagery and a compelling mid-tempo beat, brought to life by Wetmore’s signature rootsy vocals.

“She’s a casino I’m a stone-cold joker that keeps on throwing dice Spinning a wheel putting it all on red but the house wins every time Queen of breaking my heart been counting my cards I should leave but I won’t I’m a sucker for another hand And one more dance with this damn casino,” Wetmore sings on the chorus, filled with emotional wreckage and temptation.

Reflecting On The Impact Of Social Media

The rising country star has a habit of gaining major traction on his songs prior to their release, just by teasing snippets across social media. These small glimpses are enough to draw fans in and have them singing along in his live shows while eagerly awaiting the full version to drop. Wetmore has noticed this trend with several of his songs, especially his RIAA Platinum No. 1 single “Wind Up Missin’ You,” “Wine Into Whiskey,” and his current single, “1,2,3.”

“It’s been happening more and more. It’s kind of been like that the whole time though. It’s like people, they gravitated to ‘Wind Up Missin’ You’ and ‘Wine Into Whiskey’ and stuff like that. But even the shows now, more people are paying attention to what I’m teasing online. And then I’ll get to the show and obviously not everybody knows it, but the people who do are sitting there screaming or I’ll introduce the song and then there’ll be a whole uproar,” Wetmore explained to Country Now and other outlets during his first-ever No. 1 party.

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His brand-new release, “Casino,” is the latest song to captivate his growing fanbase and he got to see the power of his music in action during a recent headline show in London. Seeing his listeners have such a strong reaction to an unreleased song filled him with gratitude.

“Like ‘Casino,’ for instance, I played ‘Casino’ last Tuesday at a headline [show] in London and I kind of talked about the song, gave them a little insight that it’s dropping Friday…And everyone started freaking out about that,” he continued. “But they knew it. They knew the chorus and before I played it, they were freaking out because I said I was playing it. And it’s just, it’s the best feeling in the world that people actually care because I know how much I care and these guys care about their work. It’s just cool to feel that reciprocated from the audience.”

The “Fun” Process Of Building Out His Debut Record

Next on the “Mister Miss Her” singer’s list of milestones is the upcoming release of his debut album, What Not To. Produced by Chris LaCorte, the 19-track record is something the singer/songwriter says he is “very proud of,” largely because of how long he has been working on building the perfect collection of songs that speak to the highs, lows and lessons learned in his 25 years of life.

“The process was fun. I think my favorite part of process was just hanging out with my buddies and writing songs and just being creative and there’s something so beautiful in a creative space and being in that creative mind because nothing else matters,” he admitted honestly. “All you’re worried about is the task at hand and writing the song and loving every step of it.”

He went on to recall renting out a cabin for him and his fellow writers to hunker down in for w writing retreat. Within the serene setting, they were able to feel “little kid again” as they made music and listened to their hard work while floating on a boat.

“It’s all fun to me and I love the process so far,” he told the various outlets.

Tracks To Pay Attention To

In addition to the tracks that fans are already loving, Wetmore pointed out a few unreleased songs that he hopes fans gravitate towards because they “feel really good” to him.

“There’s a song called ‘Bad Luck Looks Good On Me’ that I wrote and we probably worked eight months on it. And it was just one of those ones that, ‘no, it’s not right, it’s not right, it’s not right.’ And then we finally got it to the point where it’s like, ‘oh, this is really cool.’ I think just because of the work that we put into that, I hope that people gravitate towards that one.”

He added, “There’s another song called ‘Brunette’ that’s talking about brunettes and it’s a different sound than what you’ve heard so far from me. I’ve been playing it live a couple of times in the past month or so in the live shows. People are loving it, posting about it on social media, but it’s a different sound and it’s going to be interesting to see if people gravitate towards that one.”

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Fans can experience Tucker Wetmore’s growing catalog during his 2025 run of high energy live performances. He recently took is show overseas, where he played multiple shows across Europe at Country 2 Country (C2C) as well as a sold-out stop at London’s Electric Ballroom as part of his extended WAVES ON A SUNSET TOUR 2025.

After the headline trek wraps in May and Wetmore will join Thomas Rhett’s BETTER IN BOOTS TOUR 2025 as direct support across 33 dates this summer.