EXCLUSIVE: Grant Gilbert Wonders 'Where Do Dreams Go' as He Announces Debut Album West of Fort Worth for June 27

Grant Gilbert has a lot of country believers putting their faith in him right now. His latest single 'Where Do Dreams Go' is a hope filled sermon for anyone out there struggling to make ends meet and trying to hold onto their dreams.

Since breaking out in 2019 with 'Denying Desires' and rising up through the country ranks with songs like 'She Goes Home (Dirty Breakup Song)' and 'Turn It Down,' he's made unflinchingly honest, intimate late night bar songs his stock-in-trade, and his latest single might be his most poignant barstool confessional yet.

"I'm sitting on this barstool, smoke hangin' in the air / with the diamond in my pocket you ain't never gonna wear," he sings on 'Where Do Dreams Go?' as he reflects on the break up that’s drawn him to this bar.

“I’ve always been drawn to songs that tell a real story," Grant Gilbert shared. "Songs that make you feel something deeply. ‘Where Do Dreams Go’ is about holding onto hope even when things don’t turn out how you planned, and it’s a true reflection of who I strive to be as a songwriter. If someone asked me to sum up my songwriting in one song, this is the one I’d play.”

'Where Do Dreams Go?' follows the storylines of an aspiring actress who headed out to LA to follow her dreams and a high school football player who lost his scholarship when he got injured as their respective journeys through life both bring them to the same bar on the same night as our narrator drowns his sorrows up at the bar.

"It might be the whiskey talking but I wonder how we went from astronauts and cowboys to just tryna pay the rent," Gilbert sings, reflecting how far he feels away from the idea of the American dream. "Everyone was gonna be somebody once upon a time / Where do dreams go when they die?"

Raised on a cattle ranch in tiny Santo, Texas, Grant Gilbert was inspired by everything from his grandparents’ Texas swing and fiddle tunes to his dad’s penchant for Springsteen, Petty, and the country hits of the ‘80s, and 'Where Do Dreams Go' mixes those influences up for a solid slice of steering wheel tapping, country tinged heartland rock. Blending the swagger of '80s Don Henley with the neo-traditional honky tonk sensibilities of Midland.

Watch the lyric video for 'Where Do Dreams Go?' exclusively on Holler below.

Taken from his forthcoming album, West of Fort Worth, due out in June, the single follows his Texas hometown anthem, and album title track, and a collaboration with fellow Texas native, Hudson Westbrook, 'Bad Reputation.'

The album finds him leaning even deeper into his Texas roots, combining his love of the Texas country he was raised on with the arena-ready rock music of Springsteen and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

On the new album, Gilbert reflects: “This album feels a little bit like coming home. The songs come from a real place, based on growing up in Texas and learning hard lessons. West of Fort Worth is a snapshot of where I’ve been, who I am, and where I’m headed next.”

West of Fort Worth is released on June 27 via River House