Morgan Wallen performed ‘I’m The Problem’ and ‘Just In Case’ on Saturday Night Live last night (March 39). Check it out below.
This weekend’s show was hosted by Oscar-winning Anora star Mikey Madison, and marked Wallen’s second time as SNL‘s musical guest, following his 2020 debut.
The country singer performed two tracks from his forthcoming fourth studio album ‘I’m the Problem’, opening with the title track and following up with ‘Just In Case’.
Fans have been reacting as he seemed to reveal the full tracklist for ‘I’m the Problem’ during his second performance, after a list of song titles flashed on an old TV screen on the floor behind him as he sang.
‘I Got Better’ and ‘Where’d That Go’ were among some hinted at, as well as tracks ‘Come Back as a Redneck’ and ‘What I Want’ which included featured artists whose names were redacted. Check it out below.
Since January, Wallen has been teasing and releasing tracks from his upcoming album, which is due for release on May 16. Alongside the two he performed last night, he’s also released ‘Superman’, ‘Smile’ and ‘I’m a Little Crazy’.
It’s thought that the name of Wallen’s forthcoming album is in reference to some of his public scandals in recent years. Last April, it was reported the singer had been charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct after throwing a chair off a rooftop bar in Tennessee.
In December, he pled guilty to two misdemeanours for reckless endangerment without a weapon and was ordered to spend a week in a DUI education center and to serve a suspended sentence of two years of supervised probation.
In 2021, footage of him using a racial slur surfaced online, causing him to be dropped by a number of radio stations as well as his record label, Big Loud. Despite this, sales for his album ‘Dangerous’ surged, and Wallen maintained the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart for a record-breaking ten weeks. Wallen said he was “embarrassed and sorry” by his actions, and asked fans not to defend him.
Prior to that, the Tennessee country star broke CDC guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2020, which saw his planned debut on SNL cancelled. He did go on to perform on the show two months later and joked about partying without social distancing during a sketch.
In other news, in October the musician donated $500,000 to the American Red Cross as a way to support the relief effort in Hurricane Helene’s wake.
