Shaboozey is heading back with a new album built like a Western and driven by revenge. The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales arrives July 31, and the first single, “Born to Die,” is set for April 24.
The release is Shaboozey’s first full-length project since 2024’s Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, the album that pushed him into the mainstream. This time, he is framing the record less as a self-portrait and more as a story cycle. “Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going was a journal entry and an opportunity for the world to get to know more about me as a person,” he said. “But now I want to show the world who I am as an artist and storyteller.”
That shift is built into the concept. Shaboozey described The Outlaw Cherie Lee as “a Western about revenge told continuously through every song,” and early visuals back that up with a burning frontier town and a narrative that moves through multiple characters. The trailer’s voiceover puts the stakes bluntly: “There’s a hefty price to pay for revenge.”
The project has been years in the making and went through many iterations before landing in its final form, a sign that Shaboozey was not just assembling another follow-up to a breakout run. He has already shown how easily he can move between country, Americana and hip-hop, including on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, and his chart-topping streak with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” made him one of the most visible crossover voices in the genre space.
What remains unknown is the rest of the record. The full tracklist and any guest features are still under wraps, leaving “Born to Die” as the first real clue to how far Shaboozey is willing to push the story when the album lands at the end of July.
