"New Truck" is a song by American

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singer

Dylan Scott Dylan Scott Robinson (born October 22, 1990) is an American country pop singer and songwriter, better known by his stage name Dylan Scott. He is signed to Curb Records. Career Scott's debut single, " Makin' This Boy Go Crazy", was released in ...

. It was released on August 9, 2021, as the lead single from his second studio album ''

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''. The song was written by

Ashley Gorley Ashley Glenn Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written 60 number 1 songs and has over 300 songs recorded by artists including ...

, Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps and

Michael Hardy Michael Wilson Hardy (born September 13, 1990), known professionally as Hardy (stylized in all caps), is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has written songs for Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, Thom ...

, and produced by Will Weatherly, Matt Alderman, Curt Gibbs and

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. It reached number one on the ''

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chart in August 2022, becoming Scott's second number one on that chart, and his first since " My Girl" in July 2017.

Content

"New Truck" is a song about a breakup that was inspired by Scott breaking up with his now-wife, Blair Robinson, for several months. Scott explained that it is about a man finding his partner's belongings when sitting in his truck, thus wanting a new truck to stop remembering them. "We've all been in a situation where you and your significant other have broken up, and it's tough. Every time you get back in your truck, you go back to certain memories of them in there as well." Scott wrote the song with

, Ben Johnson, Hunter Phelps, and

. Scott told ''

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'' that "I have to find stuff that's relatable to me, and 'New Truck' is one of those. It relates to my life, so why try to write something else when I could just record this great song?"

Critical reception

The song was described by Jess of ''

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'' as "relatively upbeat for being filled with heartbreak". Off the Record UK published an uncredited review, which called the song "a fiery break-up anthem that is brought to life on his gritty new music video that will set his memories ablaze".

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References

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