After All the Bars Are Closed
| "After All the Bars Are Closed" | ||||
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| Single by Thomas Rhett | ||||
| from the album About a Woman | ||||
| Released | February 18, 2025 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Valory | |||
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| "After All the Bars Are Closed" on YouTube | ||||
"After All the Bars Are Closed" is a song by American country music singer Thomas Rhett. It set to be released on February 18, 2025, as the second single from his seventh studio album, About a Woman. The song is written by Rhett, Julian Bunetta, John Byron, Jaxson Free and Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and produced by Bunetta and Dann Huff.
Contents
[edit]"After All the Bars Are Closed" expresses about a night out with a new lover he met in a bar.[1][2]
Reception
[edit]HollerCountry writer Maxim Mower compared compared it to the first single "Beautiful as You" from About a Woman, and felt that it "a comforting guitar riff gains prominence, with the easygoing composition cushioning Rhett's evocative delivery".[3]
Music Video
[edit]The music video was released at the same time as the song's first release on August 9, 2024.[4] It shows Rhett and his friends having a good old-fashioned good time at a bonfire once for the night.[5]
Live performances
[edit]Rhett performed "After All the Bars Are Closed" playing on his acoustic guitar at The Tonight Show in August 2024.[4]
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from YouTube.[6]
- Thomas Rhett – vocals
- Julian Bunetta – drums, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, producer, programming, recording
- Dann Huff – banjo, electric guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar, producer
- Buckley Miller – recording
- Zach Kuhlman – recording
- Jeff Gunnell – engineer
- Alex Ghenea – mixing
- Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordination
- Ilya Toshinskiy – acoustic guitar
- Kris Donegan – electric guitar
- Derek Wellsc – electric guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Mark Hill – bass
- Charlie Judge – keyboards
- Jaxson Free – drums, programming
- Harrison Tate – mastering engineer
- Nathan Dantzler – mastering engineer
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United States | August 9, 2024 | Valory | [7] | |
| February 18, 2025 | Country radio | Valory |
References
[edit]- ^ Chua, Jeremy (August 9, 2024). "Thomas Rhett has romantic plans "After All the Bars Are Closed" | ABC Audio Digital Syndication". digital.abcaudio.com. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
- ^ "Hear Thomas Rhett's New Song 'After All The Bars Are Closed'". www.antimusic.com. August 9, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
- ^ Mower, Maxim. "'After All The Bars Are Closed' by Thomas Rhett - Lyrics & Meaning". holler.country. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
- ^ a b Lorge, Melinda (August 22, 2024). "Thomas Rhett Closes Out 'Fallon' With 'After All The Bars Are Closed'". Countrypolitan Magazine. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
- ^ "Will Thomas Rhett Lead the Most Week's Popular Country Videos?". Taste of Country. August 10, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
- ^ After All The Bars Are Closed. August 8, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ Spotify, August 9, 2024, retrieved February 9, 2025