Luke Bryan Opens Up About Heartache In Emotional Ballad: 'I Liked Loving You'

Luke Bryan delivered one last track from his upcoming studio album before the full project arrives later this month.

Bryan released “a favorite from the album,” a ballad called “I Liked Loving You,” on Wednesday (September 9). The song arrives after the five-time Entertainer of the Year shared sneak peeks of unreleased music on social media and allowed fans to vote. “I Liked Loving You” — written by Jimi Bell, Kyle Sturrock and Jimmy Robbins — is the song Bryan said “he’s most vocally proud of on this album,” according to a press release.

“When I heard this song, I knew it was special,” Bryan said in a statement. “I really spent a lot of time working on how I was going to approach it in the studio, and I love what I was able to do when I stepped up to the microphone. This song has heartbreak all over it. And when you think about the words and the production, I think the guys who wrote it did an amazing job. They just crushed it on this one. I’m really proud of how this turned out.”

“I Liked Loving You” is one of 12 tracks that appears on Signs, Bryan’s upcoming studio album. So far, the American Idol judge has released the title track, “Fish Hunt Golf Drink,” “Made It A Memory,” “Word On The Street,” and “Country And She Knows It.”

1. “Finders Keepers,” feat. Luke Combs – Written by Jimi Bell, Beau Bailey, Sam Ellis
2. “Country And She Knows It” – Written by Josh Miller, Parker Welling, Matt Dragstrem
3. ‘Word On The Street” – Written by Payton Smith, Josh Thompson, Justin Ebach
4. “Signs” – Written by Jody Stevens, Patrick Murphy, Jason Duke, Tommy Cecil, Jon Mills
5. “Fish Hunt Golf Drink” – Written by Luke Bryan, Matt Dragstrem, Chase McGill
6. “Made It A Memory” – Written by Matt Alderman
7. “Woods” – Written by Jameson Rodgers, Josh Thompson, Matt Dragstrem, Taylor Phillips
8. “Down Goes The Whiskey” – Written by Jeb Gipson, Whitney Duncan, Jonathan Singleton
9. “Crooked Rows Of Corn” – Written by Luke Bryan, Josh Thompson, Chase McGill, Matt Dragstrem
10. “I Like Loving You” – Written by Jimi Bell, Kyle Sturrock, Jimmy Robbins
11. “Killer” – Written by Davis Corley, Mark Addison Chandler, Nate Kenyon
12. “Praying By The Rules” – Written by Blake Bollinger, Chris Lucas, Nate Kenyon, Preston Brust

Signs will follow Mind Of A Country Boy (2024), Born Here Live Here Die Here Deluxe (2021), Born Here Life Here Die Here (2020), What Makes You Country (2017), Kill The Lights (2015), Crash My Party (2013), Tailgates & Tanlines (2011), Doin’ My Thing (2009) and I’ll Stay Me (2007). Bryan is also continuing his “Word On The Street Tour,” his “Farm Tour,” and his co-headlining run of shows with Jason Aldean. Scroll below to see Bryan’s list of upcoming tour stops.

“This record is a little bit of everything that shaped me,” Bryan said in the Signs album trailer. “It’s heartbreak and healing, backroads and barstools. It’s the signs you miss and the ones you can’t ignore. It’s the nights that went wrong and the ones you wish you could live again. It’s where I come from, the woods, the fields, the people, and how love, loss, and time have a way of straightening you out or crooking your rows of corn for good. These are my signs.”

Signs will release on September 18. Watch Bryan perform “I Liked Loving You” here:

Farm Tour 2026 schedule

9-17           Latrobe, Pennsylvania        1846 Farms

9-18           Millersport, Ohio                 Miller Family Farm

9-19           Brookston, Indiana              Prairie View Farms

9-20           Allegan, Michigan               John Schaendorf Dairy

“Word On The Street Tour” Schedule plus “Double Down Tour,” Festivals

9-10                Tampa, FL                   MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

9-12                West Palm Beach, FL   iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

**9-24             Nashville, TN              Bridgestone Arena      LUKE BRYAN & FRIENDS

9-26                East Troy, WI             Alpine Valley Music Theatre

10-10                  Auburn, WA                White River Amphitheatre

10-11                  Airway Heights, WA    BECU Live at Northern Quest

*12-11             Las Vegas, NV            Allegiant Stadium                              *Double Down Tour

+ festival or event show

*Double Down Tour with Jason Aldean