Morgan Wallen sets new Spotify records with 'I'm the Problem'

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Morgan Wallen’s latest album I’m the Problem has set new records on Spotify—just two years after the country singer was shadow banned from editorial playlists.

The 2021 racial slur incident led to Spotify and several country music awards bowing out of platforming the singer. The industry fallout was pretty universal, with radio stations stopping spins of his tracks, his label put him on ice, and Spotify refused to feature his songs on their country editorial playlists. Now in 2025, Wallen is setting new records.

Spotify began reintegrating and even promoting Morgan Wallen’s music in 2023. His album One Thing at a Time dominated the charts that year and now he’s back with his fourth studio album I’m the Problem. That album has shattered records on Spotify, becoming the most-streamed country album of 2025 in just 24 hours. Spotify officially recognized the achievement, declaring that Wallen made country history yet again.

I’m the Problem features 37 tracks, cut down from 50, Wallen reveals. “There were three styles on the last album that I had in my head, and I went with that same approach with this album,” Wallen says. “We had straight up country songs, which I always do, and then we had more of an alternative-indie approach on a few of them. Those songs end up being a little bit countrified, just because that’s who we are and that’s how we do them.”

“And then the more cross-genre approach might end up on a multi-genre ratio station, just because of all the influences that I’ve had throughout my life, listening to every single type of music. I think I’ve stuck to that approach with I’m the Problem, getting an anchor song for each style and once we have those anchor songs dialed in, we fill up those buckets.”

“We recorded around 50 songs for this album and ended up cutting 13,” Wallen reveals. “I feel like we accomplished what I had in mind, and a huge shout out to my close collaborators on this too. They came in ready and fired up every single day, and they inspire me as much as anything else.”

I’m the Problem features 37 tracks including collaborations with notable artists including Tate McRae, Eric Church, HARDY, and Post Malone.