"Cool Again" is a song by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

singer

Kane Brown Kane Allen Brown (born October 21, 1993) is an American singer. Brown first came to the attention of the public through social media. He released his first EP, titled '' Closer'', in June 2015, and followed it with a new single, " Used to Love ...

. It was released on April 22, 2020, through

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as the lead single from his third EP '' Mixtape, Vol. 1''.

Content

Brown wrote the song with

Josh Hoge Josh Hoge is an American songwriter from Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Named SESAC Songwriter of the year in 2016, Hoge has penned hit singles for Chris Young such as " Think of You", and "I'm Comin' Over" along with charting singles for Ka ...

Matt McGinn Matthew McGinn (17 January 1928 – 5 January 1977) was a Scottish folk singer-songwriter, actor, author and poet. Born in Glasgow in 1928, McGinn was a prolific songwriter and is recognised as an influential figure in the British folk music ...

, and Lindsay Rimes at a songwriter's retreat during the wintertime. Rimes also co-produced the song with

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

. According to Brown, they wrote the song's instrumentation first before coming up with the concept of "a relationship turned cold". In August 2020, Brown remixed the song featuring rapper

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal ...

. This remix also received a

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featuring the two singers on a beach.

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