Two and a half years of self-reflection, transitions, and high standards helped Dustin Lynch find his Clean Slate, the 7th studio album from the “How You Been” singer.

To celebrate, Lynch joins Rob + Holly this week on the Friday Night Takeover, explaining how the rise of pool party DJ sets helped reinvigorate his passion for creating Country music.

“This is 2 and a half years of just being patient,” shares Lynch. “I could have put out and packaged together songs and put out an album 10 times over, but I hold myself, and my producers, everybody I collaborate with, we just want to hold ourselves to a high standard, and the bar is high.”

A change in producers and the search for great songs took time for Dustin, wanting to make sure he got it right. “I'm really proud of ‘Clean Slate’ and my goal is, that there's a few songs that hit people in a great way and help them out however they see fit”

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The whole process and the emergence of his DJing career, has given Lynch new life and drive in Country music.

“it's been an awesome ride,” he says. “What's changed in my life, through this process is, I'm more fired up right now, because I think I've had the luxury of taking my time with this album while also getting to make a new type of music 15 years into my Country career.”

“It's kind of reinvigorated my chase of Country songs and I'm so fired up y'all.”

For more from Dustin Lynch, listen to the full conversation above, and check out the Friday Night Takeover with Rob + Holly on your favorite Audacy Country station.

Clean Slate is now available everywhere.

Dan + Shay join Rob + Holly to talk about their latest album, 'Young,' and how the inspiration for the project made them scrap a completely different album. Don't miss more from Dan + Shay on the 'Friday Night Takeover' on your favorite Audacy Country station.

This week on the Friday Night Takeover with Rob + Holly, Corey Kent guides us through the creative journey behind his new album, Heartland Rock and Roll, now available everywhere. The “Empty Words” singer shares how taking a slower, more intentional approach to songwriting and returning to his core musical influences yielded the fastest-climbing and most successful singles of his career.

“What's funny is over the slowest process that I've ever had creating a record, the fastest results are coming from it,” shares Kent.

Corey reveals behind-the-scenes stories about key collaborations and industry relationships, including how Koe Wetzel made his way onto “Rocky Mountain Low.”

“We didn't tell managers or record labels or anybody, and we went, booked the studio ourselves, put up our own money for the song, booked the videographer, just went and cut the song, and then we turned it in and we're like, ‘hey, we did a duet together, and you guys should put this out.’”

To hear more from Corey Kent about balancing music with fatherhood, advice from Jason Aldean, and his experience hearing the album on vinyl, check out the full interview above, and on the Friday Night Takeover with Rob + Holly. Heartland Rock and Roll is now available everywhere.