Riley Green - ‘That’s Just Me’: Release Date, Tracklist, Songs, Lyrics & Everything You Need to Know
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Background
Arriving in 2026 after a steady rise in popularity since his previous album, 2024's Don't Mind If I Do, That's Just Me finds Riley Green leaning into what's worked for him so far.
Led by popular singles like the pared-down ‘My Way’, which was debuted on-screen by Green during his role in Marshals, and the rowdy, Toby Keith-interpolating ‘Think As You Drunk’, That's Just Me is an homage to Green's Alabama roots and his family, with a healthy dose of heartbreak mixed in for good measure.
That's Just Me arrives on September 18th, 2026, with Dann Huff once again taking the helm for the production, while Green himself also co-produces for the first time.
A sprawling 19-song collection being released on Green's longstanding label home of Nashville Harbor Records, That's Just Me sees the Alabama native teaming up with a mix of some of his recent tour-mates, Hannah McFarland and Jake Worthington, as well as a couple of childhood heroes, Alabama's Randy Owen and Brooks & Dunn. One of the most buzzed-about songs ahead of the album's release was - inevitably - ‘P.O.S.’, which Green first teased on the same day Megan Moroney released ‘Who Hurt You?’, a song widely believed to be about their romance.
Tracklist, Lyrics & Songwriters
My Way (Riley Green)
That’s Just Me (Riley Green)
Don’t Come Any Closer (Riley Green, Randy Montana, Erik Dylan)
Go Again (with Hannah McFarland) (Riley Green)
Imagine That (Riley Green, Jonathan Singleton, Ray Fulcher)
Got That From You (Riley Green, Rhett Akins, Erik Dylan, Nick Walsh)
Bartender In Destin (Sam Banks, Nick Walsh)
Beach Happy (Randy Montana, Jeremy Stover, Corey Crowder)
Think As You Drunk (Riley Green, Jessi Alexander, Erik Dylan, Wyatt McCubbin, Scott Emerick, Toby Keith)
Well Well Whiskey (with Jake Worthington) (Riley Green)
P.O.S. (Riley Green, Randy Montana, Erik Dylan, Drake White)
Runs In The Family (Riley Green, Jessi Alexander, Jameson Rodgers)
Pave All Them Red Dirt Roads (with Brooks & Dunn) (Riley Green, Dallas Davidson)
Lookout Mountain (with Randy Owen of Alabama) (Riley Green, Erik Dylan, Randy Montana, Drake White)
Seven Second Ride (Jimi Bell, Tucker Bethard, Jonathan Singleton)
Radio Road (Riley Green, Erik Dylan)
Ol’ Stray Dog (Erik Dylan, Jon Randall)
More Of A Man Than Me (Riley Green)
Ten Pairs of Boots (Joe Fox, Seth Ennis, Chase McGill, Josh Miller)
Songs Released Before The Album
Bartender in Destin (July 11th, 2025 - acoustic version released on the Midtown Sessions EP)
Ol’ Stray Dog (November 7th, 2025 - released as an Apple Music ‘Lost & Found’ exclusive)
My Way (April 17th, 2026)
Think As You Drunk (May 28th, 2026)
Go Again (with Hannah McFarland) (July 3rd, 2026)
Imagine That (July 31st, 2026)
That's Just Me (August 26th, 2026)
Featured Artists
Hannah McFarland
After delivering two stellar duets with Ella Langley, Green continued with this style of song by recruiting Hannah McFarland for ‘I Just Need You’ from his Don't Mind If I Do deluxe album. After this intricate, pared-down collaboration and a lengthy stint on tour together, the duo teamed up again for the similarly romantic, ‘Go Again’.
Jake Worthington
A neo-traditional prodigy in the mould of Zach Top, Jake Worthington - like McFarland - joined Green out on the road during his 2025 Damn Country Music and 2026 Cowboy As It Gets tours. Green and Worthington have a shared penchant for classic country, making their ‘Well Well Whiskey’ collaboration feel like a no-brainer.
Brooks & Dunn
Green spends a significant portion of That's Just Me paying tribute to his roots, epitomised by ‘Think As You Drunk’, which interpolates Toby Keith's ‘As Good As I Once Was’, and ‘Pave All Them Red Dirt Roads’, which interpolates Brooks & Dunn's ‘Red Dirt Road’.
The ‘Neon Moon’ legends make an appearance at the end of ‘Pave All Them Red Dirt Roads’, making it feel like a passing of the baton to one of modern country's next stars.
Randy Owen
Similarly to Green's Brooks & Dunn collaboration, it's undoubtedly a bucket-list moment getting Alabama's frontman, Randy Owen, to sing with him on ‘Lookout Mountain’.
And what better thing for two good ol’ boys from Alabama to sing about than a heartbreak story that revolves around one of the state's most recognisable natural landscapes.
What Has Riley Green Said About That's Just Me?
In an official statement released in tandem with the album's announcement, Green explained, “This record came together during a pretty big season of life for me. I was out on the road on the biggest tour I’ve ever had, writing and recording while a lot was changing at the same time. There are songs on here that are more emotional, some that are made for having a good time with your buddies, and others that come from real moments I was living through. I never wanted it to feel like one thing, I wanted it to feel like me, and all the different sides that come with that”.
During an interview with Pat McAfee for Spotify ahead of the album's arrival, Green touched on how, despite his explosion in popularity and global success, he wanted to return home to ensure he was still writing from the same place he was on previous records.
Green candidly outlined, “I feel like every year that things are going well and it grows and things get bigger, I always tend to make sure I find a way to write from that same place that got me here, which is that small town in Alabama where I grew up. So I always try to go home and write, you know, at least four or five songs going to be on every record from that mindset, of just like, you know, how I grew up and my family values and things that, like I said, I wrote about from the beginning”.
Green also stressed how he was keen to explore some new musical directions on this album, “And then, every record I want to try to push myself musically a little bit into, you know, something that I'm not necessarily comfortable with. You know, my last record, it was ‘Worst Way’. I hadn't really written a love song, you know, and that one was a little forward. I remember writing it and I thought, ’Man, is this okay?’ You know, is it going to work? And it became a big song for me. So musically, I tried to do some things that are a little out of my comfort zone on this record”.
How It Follows Don't Mind If I Do
Green has been open throughout the rollout for That's Just Me that he has tried to return to the songwriting mindset and approach of his early material for this project, which means that fans can expect that same stripped-back, intimate storytelling and Alabama-inspired imagery from his previous release, Don't Mind If I Do.
But there's no question that Green is at a dramatically different place in his career as he releases That's Just Me, compared to where he was two years prior with Don't Mind If I Do. When releasing that project, he had three Country Radio No. 1s to his name.
Since then, he's amassed four more chart-toppers, including two monster hits in the form of the retro ‘you look like you love me’ with Ella Langley and the viral ‘Worst Way’, as well as appearing in Marshals and starting a new role as a judge on The Voice.
Sound & Themes
The success of ‘Worst Way’ in particular means That's Just Me arrives against an interesting backdrop, with many new listeners associating Green with romantic, sensual odes like this. But as he has underlined many times himself, this was an anomaly in his catalogue, calling ‘Worst Way’ one of the first love-songs he'd ever written (although Day One fans fondly remember ‘When She Comes Home Tonight’).
It means that Green is challenged with appeasing these new ‘Worst Way’ fans on That's Just Me, while staying true to the sound and aesthetic he's cultivated over the years.
Based on the lead singles, he's striking a balance between the charming, sweet-talking Lothario of ’Worst Way’ and the rugged, camo-adorned duck-hunter his earlier fans know him as. The key question is whether these two personas can comfortably co-exist on the same record, or whether one half of his fanbase loses out.
Where to Listen
Riley Green's That's Just Me will be available to stream via all platforms, such as Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and Amazon Music, from Friday, September 18th 2026.
Fans can purchase That's Just Me CDs and a variety of Vinyl variants from Green's official store HERE. CDs and Vinyls are also available via Amazon and a host of other independent record stores and major retailers, such as Target (US), HMV (UK) and more.
