He also gave a shout-out to Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson as two of his favourite modern country artists.
Exclusive premiere of the new single from the Liz Rose-backed country pop trio July Moon
The collaboration earned the two artists their first Grammy earlier in the year.
The up-and-coming artist recorded a cover of O'Connor's ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ on his new project, ‘What Is It Even?’
The Grammy-winning artist described the track as “the essence of this next chapter for me”.
The unreleased track is expected to feature on the ‘Something in the Orange’ hitmaker's upcoming album.