King for a Day
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- Anderson East wrote this song with the husband-and-wife duo Chris and Morgane Stapleton. East explained to Billboard magazine that is it about "just being willing to go down a romantic path that you're not really sure the outcome and being willing to keep going for it."
- East was one of the opening acts in the summer of 2017 on Chris Stapleton's sold-out All-American Road Show Tour, which were the first concerts that placed him in front of larger audiences.
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