Luke Combs launched a snippet of a brand new tune about his two sons — which got here as a robust shock to his spouse, Nicole Combs.
The nation celebrity, 34, uploaded a clip of a tune known as “The Man He Sees in Me” through Instagram on Wednesday, March 13, asking his 6.1 million followers: “Is that this on course y’all?”
The tune, which makes reference to Luke’s life as a father to sons Tex, 20 months, Beau, 6 months, was met with a flood of feedback from followers expressing their approval, however no person had an even bigger response than Luke’s personal spouse.
“You’ll be able to’t simply drop this and never inform me,” Nicole, 31, wrote within the feedback part of the publish. “Blindsided and EMOTIONAL.”
Within the snippet, Luke croons about one in every of his sons in “Walmart boots and a camouflage hat,” because the singer will get candid about his worry of residing as much as their expectations.
“Nicely I hope he by no means finds out that I didn’t hold the moon / And I’ve by no means scared a monster out the closet in his room,” Luke sings. “Some day between him leaving residence and driving on my knee / Perhaps I’ll lastly be the person he sees in me.”
The ballad additionally earned raves from a few of Luke’s nation music friends. “World on Hearth” singer Nate Smith commented, “I like this Luke!!!!!!!,” whereas Cole Swindell merely wrote, “Lord. 🙌.”
Luke first teased “The Man He Sees in Me” throughout an acoustic efficiency he posted through Instagram in January.
“What’s up, guys? It’s Luke right here on dad obligation once more,” he launched the video with one in every of his sons audible within the background. “Again from my searching journey. Beau’s over there doing tummy time expressing himself. Tex is taking a nap. I received the infant monitor over right here. Nicole’s on the treadmill.”
Luke continued, “Y’all stated you want dad songs. So, I received an entire bunch of them lined up.”
His spouse expressed her love for the tune again then too, commenting on the publish with three hearth emojis.
Whereas it seems Luke has now recorded a studio model of “The Man He Sees in Me,” he has not but introduced any plans for the tune’s launch.
Luke’s most up-to-date album, Gettin’ Outdated, launched in March 2023, featured his cowl of Tracy Chapman’s “Quick Automobile,” which he carried out with the legendary singer on the sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards in February.
Subsequent, Luke embarks on his Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Outdated Tour, which kicks off April 12 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.