Country Star, With Major No. 1 Hit, Releases New Song

By Liz Lindain Parade - Trending Stories

Updated June 12, 2026 3:03 PM

It's New Music Friday, and Zach Bryan had an exciting drop for his fans.

The country star released his new song, titled "Breakfast in Bed," which is out now, only on YouTube. Bryan uploaded the song to his YouTube channel without any formal announcement, and it has yet to be put on major streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.

"Breakfast in Bed" follows his sixth album, With Heaven on Top, for which he is currently on tour around Europe. He will return to the United States next month for a North American leg around the United States and Canada.

Born in Japan and raised in Oklahoma in a military family, Bryan started writing music in his free time while he was enlisted in the Navy. He produced and self-released two albums, DeAnn in 2019 and Elisabeth in 2020, before finishing his service and signing with Warner Records. The 30-year-old singer's third album, American Heartbreak, peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, and his single, "Something in the Orange," was Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2023, Bryan released a self-titled album, which debuted at the top spot on the Billboard 200 and includes the single "I Remember Everything (featuring Kacey Musgraves)." The collaboration earned Bryan his first Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Musical Performance.

Despite being known as a country singer, Bryan has expressed in interviews that he doesn't "want to be a country musician." During his Rolling Stone "Musicians on Musicians" conversation with Bruce Springsteen, he spoke about how he loves various types of genres, not just country, and doesn't want to be limited to one box or production style.

"I don't want to be a country musician. Everyone calls me it. I want to be a songwriter, and you're quintessentially a songwriter," Bryan told Springsteen during the interview. "No one calls Bruce Springsteen - hate to use your name in front of you - but no one calls Bruce Springsteen a freaking rock musician, which you are one, but you're also an indie musician, you're also a country musician. You're all these things encapsulated in one man. And that's what songwriting is."

Bryan continued, "When I first started making music, I told Stefan and Danny, my managers, I was like, 'I want to be in a lane where, when people look back, they can listen to my music and it's supremely whatever you were doing.' You were the only person in my head that has ever done that."

Bryan's new song, "Breakfast in Bed," is an intimate, acoustic song that touches on the themes of substance abuse, personal flaws and the battle between who a person actually is and who they believe themselves to be. The track strips away heavy production to create a quieter and calmer vibe that has become a staple of his songwriting.

The term "breakfast in bed" is a metaphor used to describe alcoholism, referencing the person's tendency to drink beer in the morning. The "Sun to Me" singer has been public about his alcohol problem, which he revealed he got help for in November 2025, and is now sober, via a now-deleted Instagram post.

Bryan shared that he used alcohol "not for the taste," but to fill the "consistent black hole in me that always needed its void filled," and to help him with the anxieties that came with fame.

"Being in the military for a decade and then thrown into a spotlight that I hadn't fully comprehended the scope of had some subconscious effects on me as a person," he wrote in his caption. "I was not content, but I also feared showing weakness because that's not who I am or how I was raised."

"Breakfast in Bed" is currently not on major streaming platforms, but its music video has been uploaded to YouTube. Bryan is currently on tour, set to perform in various venues in the United Kingdom over the next week. This Friday evening, he will be performing at the Anfield Stadium in Liverpool. Tickets and more information on his ongoing With Heaven On Tour can be found on Bryan's official website.

This story was originally published June 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM.

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