WATCH: Morgan Wallen Debuts Moody ‘20 Cigarettes’ Music Video

Morgan Wallen takes a good, hard look at his messy love life in the official music video for the fan-favorite “20 Cigarettes,” which appears on his 37-song album, I’m The Problem.

Directed by Justin Clough, the video opens with Morgan Wallen lighting a cigarette in a dimly lit bar. As the song unfolds, the camera expands to reveal the country superstar watching multiple versions of himself interacting with different women. Across various settings, from the bar to moonlit streets and inside his truck, each encounter mirrors the song’s storyline, with cigarettes always present at the center of the moment.

By the end, the video comes full circle, leaving Wallen alone once again with just the shadows of his cigarette smoke illuminating against a dark background.

While the music video captures several different late-night rendezvous, the song finds Wallen recounting a single one-night-stand with a woman he met out at a bar.

He recalls the fleeting encounter as he sings, “We had a beer bottle looking like an ashtray/ Under that full moon, she was ’bout halfway/ Naked in my truck bed so I helped her with the rest/ She was saying my name, barely even knew it/ We were both lying, said we never do this/ To the music of the wind through the woods.”

Penned by Chris LaCorte, Chase McGill, Blake Pendergrass and Josh Miller, “20 Cigarettes” debuted as most-added at Country radio today. This news and music video comes as another buzzed-about track “I Got Better” becomes Morgan Wallen’s 20th Country Aircheck/Mediabase No. 1, and his fifth No. 1 from I’m The Problem.
 
Justin Clough is also responsible for producing the dramatic music video for “I Got Better,” which once again features intense visuals and cinematic storytelling. Both songs appear on Wallen’s fourth studio album, I’m The Problem, which arrived on May 16. I’m The Problem spent 12 non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200 albums chart and 13 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. It also became Wallen’s first album to debut at No. 1 on the UK Official Charts – making him one of only five artists to debut at summit with a country album. 

The project debuted at No. 1 in seven countries upon release. In Australia, I’m The Problem became the longest-running No. 1 album by a country artist in 10 years, with three consecutive weeks atop the ARIA albums chart, while “What I Want (feat. Tate McRae)” spent five weeks at No. 1 on Australia’s Country Airplay chart.

The Tennessee native recently wrapped up his 20-stadium-show 2025 I’m the Problem Tour with a show in Edmonton, Alberta. In addition to the stadium performances, Wallen’s tour schedule also included his inaugural Sand In My Boots Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama in May and an intimate album release show at The Roundhouse in London.

Morgan Wallen has yet to announce a run of shows for the new year, but he recently shared a few snapshots of his life since wrapping the 2025 tour and dropped a teaser in the caption.

“What I do when I’m trying to decide if ima tour in ‘26 or not,” he wrote.

There are currently no upcoming performances scheduled on Morgan Wallen’s website.