I'm the Problem (Morgan Wallen album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = I'm the Problem
| type = studio
| artist = Morgan Wallen
| cover = I'm the Problem album - Morgan Wallen.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2025|05|16}}
| recorded = 2023–2025
| studio = Morgan's farm (Nashville)
| genre = * Country
| length = 116:46
| label = * Big Loud
| producer = * Charlie Handsome
- Jacob Durrett
- Joey Moi
| prev_title = One Thing at a Time
| prev_year = 2023
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = I'm the Problem
| type = studio
| single1 = Lies Lies Lies
| single1date = July 5, 2024
| single2 = Love Somebody
| single2date = October 18, 2024
| single3 = I'm the Problem
| single3date = January 31, 2025
| single4 = Just in Case
| single4date = March 31, 2025
| single5 = What I Want
| single6 = I Got Better
| single6date = June 23, 2025
}}
}}
I'm the Problem is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was released through Big Loud, Republic, and Mercury Records on May 16, 2025. The album features guest appearances from Tate McRae, Eric Church, Hardy, Ernest, and Post Malone. Production was handled by Joey Moi, Charlie Handsome, and Jacob Durrett. Unlike Wallen's previous album that was recorded in the Abbey Road Studios, I'm the Problem was recorded and written in his farm outside of Nashville, Tennessee.{{Cite web |last=IHeartCountry |title='I'm The Problem': Morgan Wallen reveals 'most personal' part of the album |url=https://www.iheartcountry.co.nz/music-news/im-the-problem-morgan-wallen-reveals-most-personal-part-of-the-album/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=IHeartCountry |language=en}}
I'm the Problem consists of 37 tracks and has a running time that is nearly 117 minutes long. This became Wallen's longest running album and his album to feature the most tracks, surpassing One Thing at a Time. Additionally, I'm the Problem spawned nine singles and promotional singles: "Lies Lies Lies", "Love Somebody", "Smile", the title track, "I'm a Little Crazy", "Just in Case", "I Ain't Comin' Back", "Superman", and "What I Want".{{Efn|The tracks listed are listed in chronological order from which was released first to the most recent released. "Lies Lies Lies", "Love Somebody", "the title track", "Just in Case", and "What I Want" we're all released as singles. "Just in Case" was first released as a promotional single but later released as a single. "What I Want" was released as a single hours after I'm the Problem released.}}{{Efn|"Smile", "I'm a Little Crazy", "I Ain't Comin' Back", and "Superman" we're all released as promotional singles. Being listed in chronological order, "Smile" was released first while "Superman" was most recently released.}} Six of the tracks listed above debuted or reached the top-ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 prior to the album's release, eclipsing the conjoint record held by Red and Hollywood's Bleeding by Taylor Swift and Post Malone respectively.{{Efn|"Just in Case" became the fifth US Billboard Hot 100 top-ten hit from I'm the Problem before it's release, eclipsing the conjoint record held by Red and Hollywood's Bleeding by Taylor Swift and Post Malone respectively. "I Ain't Comin' Back" would further extend the record to six top-ten hits prior to release.}} "Love Somebody" and "What I Want" each debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Wallen's third and fourth chart-toppers on the respective chart, alongside his second and third number-one debuts.{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=May 27, 2025 |title=Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae's 'What I Want' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/morgan-wallen-tate-mcrae-what-i-want-hot-100-number-1-debut/ |access-date=May 27, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}}
Similarly to Wallen's previous album, I'm the Problem garnered mixed reviews from music critics.{{Cite web |last=Garvey |first=Meaghan |title=Morgan Wallen: I'm the Problem |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=Johnston |first=Maura |date=2025-05-17 |title=Morgan Wallen Is America's Problem |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-review-1235341551/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Nonetheless, the album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and has yet to depart from the top spot after seven weeks, thus marking Wallen's third consecutive number-one album on the respective chart. The album moved over 493,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week, with 133,000 pure sales, overtaking the Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow as the largest debut week of the year.
Background and singles
On March 3, 2023, Wallen released his third studio album One Thing at a Time.{{Cite web |title=MORGAN WALLEN'S THIRD ALBUM: ONE THING AT A TIME OUT MARCH 3 {{!}} Morgan Wallen |url=https://morganwallen.com/home/morgan-wallens-third-album-one-thing-at-a-time-out-march-3/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |language=en-US}} The album received mixed reviews from music critics, many considering the album as too monotonous.{{Cite web |last=Attard |first=Paul |date=2023-03-03 |title=Morgan Wallen 'One Thing at a Time' Review: A Protracted Bender |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time-album-review/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Slant Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |title=Morgan Wallen: *One Thing at a Time * |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time {{!}} Holler |url=https://holler.country/reviews/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=holler.country |language=en}} Despite the mixed critical reception, the album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart, remaining there for nineteen non-consecutive weeks throughout 2023 and 2024, eventually becoming the year-end number one album of 2023.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time-top-album-of-2023-1235491464/|title=Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time Is Top Billboard 200 Album of 2023|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|magazine=Billboard|date=November 13, 2023|access-date=January 24, 2025}} The album also holds the record for the second-most weeks spent atop the US Top Country Albums chart with 86 weeks.
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of One Thing at a Time, Wallen released the Abbey Road Sessions.{{Cite web |title=MORGAN WALLEN – ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS {{!}} Morgan Wallen |url=https://morganwallen.com/home/morgan-wallen-abbey-road-sessions/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |language=en-US}}{{cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=March 3, 2024 |title=Morgan Wallen surprise-releases Abbey Road Sessions |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/morgan-wallen-abbey-road-sessions-one-thing-at-a-time-1234979879/ |access-date=January 24, 2025 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} The Abbey Road Sessions included an acoustic rendition of "Lies Lies Lies", the lead single from I'm the Problem—which was released on July 5, 2024.{{cite web |last=Varvaris |first=Mary |date=June 11, 2024 |title=Morgan Wallen To Officially Drop "Lies, Lies, Lies" On July 4th |url=https://countrytown.com/news/morgan-wallen-to-officially-drop-lies-lies-lies-on-july-4th/ghI4lJeWmZg/11-06-24 |access-date=June 16, 2024 |website=Countrytown}}{{Cite web |last=Dukes |first=Billy|date=2024-07-05 |title=LISTEN: Surprise! Morgan Wallen Releases New Song 'Lies, Lies, Lies' |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/morgan-wallen-new-music-lies-lies-lies/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Taste of Country |language=en}} The Abbey Road Sessions additionally included a cover version of Nothing but Thieves' "Graveyard Whistling", and featured digital collections and live recordings of all 36 tracks from One Thing at a Time, namely from studio number-two.{{Cite web |title=Morgan Wallen Abbey Road Sessions |url=https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/morgan-wallen-abbey-road-sessions-3423#:~:text=Coinciding%20with%20the%20one-year,Nothing%20But%20Thieves'%20Graveyard%20Whistling. |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Abbey Road |language=en-GB}}{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=2024-03-03 |title=Morgan Wallen Releases 'Abbey Road Sessions' on One-Year Anniversary of 'One Thing at a Time' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/morgan-wallen-abbey-road-sessions-1235620810/#:~:text=More%20Stories%20by%20Ashley&text=Morgan%20Wallen's%20Abbey%20Road,at%20London's%20Abbey%20Road%20Studios. |access-date=2025-05-10 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Predating the release of the album's second single, "Love Somebody" was teased by Wallen on his various social media accounts.{{Cite web |title=Morgan Wallen Teases Uptempo New Song, 'Love Somebody' {{!}} Holler |url=https://holler.country/news/breaking/morgan-wallen-teases-uptempo-new-song-love-somebody/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=holler.country |language=en}} Wallen additionally performed the song before release during his One Night at a Time Tour, which garnered positive reception.{{Cite web |last=Kissner |first=Kevin |date=2024-09-01 |title=Morgan Wallen Performs Unreleased Song for First Time [Watch] |url=https://kygo.com/morgan-wallen-performs-love-somebody/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=98.5 KYGO |language=en}} "Love Somebody" released on October 18, 2024, serving as the album's second single.{{Cite magazine |last=Nicholson |first=Jessica |date=2024-10-18 |title=Morgan Wallen Releases New Song, 'Love Somebody': Stream It Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-love-somebody-stream-1235804825/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=How Morgan Wallen Takes An Unexpected 'New Approach' On 'Love Somebody': 'I Wanted To Try Something Different' |url=https://country.iheart.com/content/2024-10-18-how-morgan-wallen-takes-an-unexpected-new-approach-on-love-somebody/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=iHeartCountry Radio |language=en}} Additionally, "Love Somebody" debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100 dated November 2, 2024, becoming Wallen's third number one on the respective chart,{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=2024-10-28 |title=Morgan Wallen's 'Love Somebody' Launches at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/morgan-wallen-love-somebody-hot-100-number-one-debut/not-just-anybody-at-no-1/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} and the 81st song to debut atop the chart in history.{{Cite magazine |author= |date=2025-02-03 |title=Here Are All the Hits That Have Debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/billboard-hot-100-number-1-song-debuts-426225/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ahlgrim |first=Callie |title=Only 83 songs have debuted at No. 1 in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 — here they all are |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/every-no-1-song-debut-billboard-hot-100#83-4-x4-by-travis-scott-83 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}
On December 31, 2024, coinciding with New Year's Eve, Wallen surprise-released the promotional single "Smile".{{Cite web |title=Wallen surprises with "Smile" |url=https://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=14437 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=www.countrystandardtime.com}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2024-12-31 |title=Morgan Wallen Surprise Drops Introspective Ballad 'Smile': Listen |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-surprise-single-smile-listen-1235867128/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{cite web |date=December 31, 2024 |title=Wallen surprises with "Smile" |url=https://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=14437 |access-date=January 24, 2025 |website=Country Standard Time}} The promotional single was released alongside an official music video, becoming Wallen's eighth song to feature a music video.{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=2024-12-31 |title=Morgan Wallen Leads New Year Countdown in 'Smile' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/morgan-wallen-new-single-smile-1235222034/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Chua |first=Jeremy |title=Morgan Wallen drops new heartbreak song 'Smile': Watch the music video |url=https://abcnews.go.com/culture/story/morgan-wallen-drops-new-heartbreak-song-smile-music-video/?id=117228127 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=ABC News |language=en}} Exactly one month later on January 31, 2025, Wallen released the third single from the album, being the title track.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-24 |title=Morgan Wallen says 'I'm the Problem' as he launches new single, tour and fourth album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-01-24/morgan-wallen-tour-presale-new-album-im-the-problem |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} The title track was first teased on Wallen's Instagram as "I Guess", and received positive reception from fans.{{Cite web |last=Piner |first=Chris |date=2024-01-13 |title=Listen: Morgan Wallen Teases Unreleased Ballad "I Guess" |url=https://americansongwriter.com/listen-morgan-wallen-teases-unreleased-ballad-i-guess/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Liptak |first=Carena|date=2024-01-15 |title=Hear Morgan Wallen's 'I Guess,' a Moody Unreleased New Song |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/morgan-wallen-i-guess-unreleased-song/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Taste of Country |language=en}} Then on March 21, 2025, Wallen released two promotional singles: "Just in Case" and "I'm a Little Crazy".{{Cite magazine |last=Nicholson |first=Jessica |date=2025-03-21 |title=Morgan Wallen Releases 2 New Tracks as He Gears Up for 4th Studio Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-new-songs-just-in-case-im-a-little-crazy-1235928329/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Benton |first=Beau |date=2025-03-24 |title="Just in Case" & "I'm A Little Crazy" Off I'm the Problem out now! |url=https://bigloud.com/just-in-case-im-a-little-crazy-off-im-the-problem-out-now/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Big Loud |language=en}} The former song caused Wallen to break the record for the most top-ten hits from an album before the album's release, with "Just in Case" debuting at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 dated April 5, 2025.{{Efn|"Just in Case" became the fifth US Billboard Hot 100 top-ten hit from I'm the Problem before its release, eclipsing the conjoint record held by Red and Hollywood's Bleeding by Taylor Swift and Post Malone respectively.}}{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=2025-03-31 |title=Kendrick Lamar & SZA's 'Luther' No. 1 on Hot 100 for Sixth Week, while Morgan Wallen's "Just in Case" debuts at No. 4 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/kendrick-lamar-sza-luther-hot-100-number-one-sixth-week/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Wallen released "Just in Case" as the album's fourth single on March 31, 2025, due to high-demand from fans.{{Cite web |author=U.S. Radio Updater |date=March 31, 2025 |title=Morgan Wallen's 'Just In Case' is now going for immediate airplay at US Country Radio, impacting the format today|url=https://x.com/USRadioUpdater/status/1906697437122535646 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250407113040/https://x.com/USRadioUpdater/status/1906697437122535646 |archive-date=2025-04-07 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=May 2025}}
Following the rave critical reception from Wallen's duet with Post Malone on "I Had Some Help", Wallen and Malone began to tease another collaboration.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2025-04-15 |title=Post Malone and Morgan Wallen tease new collaboration 'I Ain't Coming Back' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/post-malone-and-morgan-wallen-tease-new-collaboration-i-aint-coming-back-3855233 |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |date=2025-04-15 |title=Morgan Wallen and Post Malone Team Back Up for New Single 'I Ain't Comin' Back' |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/morgan-wallen-post-malone-team-back-up-i-aint-comin-back-1236370228/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} The collaboration with Post Malone, being the third promotional single from the album "I Ain't Comin' Back", released on April 18, 2025.{{Cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=2025-04-18 |title=Morgan Wallen and Post Malone Team Up on 'I Ain't Comin' Back' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/morgan-wallen-post-malone-i-aint-comin-back-1235320476/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} On the US Billboard Hot 100 dated May 3, 2025, "I Ain't Comin' Back" debuted at number eight on the chart, further extending the record for the most top-ten hits from an album before release.{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Morgan Wallen Beats His Own Billboard Record |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/04/30/morgan-wallen-beats-his-own-billboard-record/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=2025-04-28 |title=Kendrick Lamar & SZA's 'Luther' Leads Hot 100 for Landmark 10th Week, while Morgan Wallen and Post Malone's "I Ain't Comin' Back" debuts at No. 8 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/kendrick-lamar-sza-luther-number-1-hot-100-10th-week/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} On May 9, 2025, a week prior to the album's release, Wallen released the fourth promotional single from the album, being "Superman".{{Cite web |title="Not saying this is perfect, but I am very proud of it": Morgan Wallen to Release 'Superman' This Friday 9 May {{!}} Holler |url=https://holler.country/news/breaking/not-saying-this-is-perfect-but-i-am-very-proud-of-it-morgan-wallen-to-release-superman-this-friday-9-may/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=holler.country |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Morgan Wallen Teases New Song Dedicated To Son; "Superman" |url=https://www.knoxvillewolf.com/2025/02/25/morgan-wallen-teases-new-song-dedicated-to-son-superman/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=100.3 The Wolf |language=en-US}} Wallen revealed that he wanted the respective song to "have its own moment" since he wrote the song for his at-the-time three-year-old son, Indigo "Wilder" Wallen.{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Casey |date=2025-05-09 |title=Morgan Wallen Releases Heartfelt New Song Dedicated To His Son – "Superman" |url=https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2025/05/09/morgan-wallen-releases-heartfelt-new-song-dedicated-to-his-son-superman/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Whiskey Riff |language=en-US}}
"I'm the Problem" debuted at number one in the United States with 493,000 units sold in its first week. The album's debut marked the largest of the year, and it broke various streaming and sales record upon its arrival. The project also reached number one in various countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Scotland, with some marking Wallen's first number one debut in the region. 36 of the 37 tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and all tracks debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart.
To coincide with the album release on May 16, 2025, "What I Want" the duet with Tate McRae was released to pop radio as the album's fifth single.{{Cite magazine |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=2025-05-16 |title=Here's Who Brought Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae Together for Their Pop-Country Duet |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-tate-mcrae-what-i-want-how-it-happened-1235974100/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Release and promotion
On January 26, 2024, he revealed that he would start recording his next album towards the end of February 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time-top-album-of-2023-1235491464/|title=Morgan Wallen Will Begin Recording His New Album "at the End of February"|last=Mower|first=Maxim|website=Holler.|date=January 26, 2024|access-date=January 24, 2025}} In a statement on January 24, 2025, nearly a year later, Wallen expressed his gratitude for his fans and announced that he was still working on new music.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/morgan-wallen-announces-new-album-im-the-problem-unveils-2025-tour-dates-8779747|title=Morgan Wallen Announces New Album I'm the Problem and Unveils Star-Studded 2025 Stadium Tour Dates After Difficult Year|last=DeSantis|first=Rachel|magazine=People|date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 24, 2025}} He revealed his next album to be titled I'm the Problem.{{cite magazine|url=https://eu.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/01/24/morgan-wallen-new-album-tour-im-the-problem-2025/77924427007/|title=Morgan Wallen announces new I'm The Problem album and 2025 tour. What to know|last=Dowling|first=Marcus K.|magazine=The Tennessean|date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 24, 2025}} The news also included the announcement of the release of the title track on January 31, previously teased on January 13, 2024, with the caption "I guess".{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/is-morgan-wallen-releasing-music-in-2024/|title=Is Morgan Wallen Releasing New Music In 2024?|last=Armstong|first=Megan|website=Uproxx|date=January 15, 2024|access-date=January 24, 2025}} Wallen previewed two other tracks titled "Superman" and "I'm a Little Crazy" in February and March 2025, both set to appear on the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/morgan-wallen-im-a-little-crazy-song-teaser-1235917066/|title=Morgan Wallen Opens Up About His Anxieties in 'I'm a Little Crazy' Song Teaser: Listen|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|magazine=Billboard|date=March 6, 2025|access-date=March 7, 2025}}
Wallen will tour stadiums throughout North America to promote the album later in 2025.{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/morgan-wallen-admits-i-m-the-problem-on-new-album-north-american-tour|title=Morgan Wallen Admits I'm the Problem on New Album, North American Tour|last=Lapierre|first=Megan|website=Exclaim!|date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 24, 2025}} The 19-date tour includes stops in ten cities and will run from June 20 to September 13, 2025.{{cite magazine|url=https://ca.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-sets-new-album-and-tour-for-2025-including-dates-in-toronto-and-edmonton|title=Morgan Wallen Sets New Album and Tour for 2025, Including Dates in Toronto and Edmonton|last=Newman|first=Melinda|magazine=Billboard Canada|date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 24, 2025}} Guests include Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Koe Wetzel, Gavin Adcock, Corey Kent, Ella Langley and Anne Wilson.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/morgan-wallen-new-album-im-the-problem-tour-1235245366/|title=Morgan Wallen will bring new album I'm the Problem on North American tour|last=Paul|first=Larisha|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 24, 2025|access-date=January 24, 2025}} On March 14, 2025, Wallen revealed through an Instagram post that the album was finished, and teased a track titled "Just in Case".{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2025-03-20 |title=Morgan Wallen Sets Release Date for 'I'm The Problem' Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-release-im-the-problem-album-1235926979/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Critical reception
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According to the review aggregator Metacritic, I'm the Problem received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 from six critic scores.
Commercial performance
= United States =
In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. It moved 493,000 album-equivalent units in its opening week, including 133,000 pure album sales, overtaking the Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow as the largest debut week of the year. This extended Wallen's record as the country artist with the most debuts atop the Billboard 200.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235980643/|title=Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem Album Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Year's Biggest Debut|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=May 25, 2025|access-date=May 26, 2025}} On the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated May 31), 36 of the 37 tracks from the album charted, alongside his hit collaboration "I Had Some Help". This gave the country star the record for the most tracks charted simultaneously, breaking the previous record held by himself (36). Wallen also became the only artist history to hold all tracks inside the top 10 of the Hot Country Songs chart. The project generated 462.63 million on-demand official streams in its first week, marking the largest streaming debut for a country album in 2025. It sold 286,000 units in its second week,{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-second-week-number-one-chart-1235986886/ | title=Morgan Wallen's 'I'm the Problem' Claims Second Week Atop Billboard 200 Chart | magazine=Billboard }} 246,000 units in its third week,{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-problem-number-one-third-week-billboard-200-1235992457/ | title=Morgan Wallen's 'I'm the Problem' Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 | magazine=Billboard }} 209,000 on its fourth week, 186,000 on its fifth week,https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-tops-billboard-200-fifth-week-1236004738/ 176,000 on its sixth weekhttps://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-problem-sixth-week-no1-billboard-200-1236010228/ and 173,000 on its seventh week.https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-billboard-200-no-1-seven-weeks-1236014613/ As of July 7, 2025, the album has earned 1,769,000 units.
= Worldwide =
In the United Kingdom, I'm the Problem debuted atop the UK Albums Chart by the Official Charts Company.{{Cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Thomas |date=2025-05-23 |title=Morgan Wallen Scores His First No. 1 on U.K. Albums Chart With I'm the Problem |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-number-1-uk-albums-chart-1235979851/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title="I Am So Grateful and Humbled": Morgan Wallen Earns First Ever UK No. 1 Album with I'm the Problem {{!}} Holler |url=https://holler.country/news/breaking/morgan-wallen-earns-first-ever-uk-no-1-album-with-im-the-problem/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=holler.country |language=en}} This marked Wallen's first number-one album in the UK, making him just the fifth artist to debut atop the chart with a country album—after Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, Beyoncé, and Post Malone.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-23 |title=Morgan Wallen secures first chart-topping album with I'm The Problem |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/morgan-wallen-im-the-problem-number-1-album/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = I'm the Problem track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title_width = 20%
| writing_width = 55%
| extra_width = 25%
| title1 = I'm the Problem
| writer1 = {{hlist|Morgan Wallen|Ryan Vojtesak|Ernest Keith Smith|Grady Block|Jamie McLaughlin}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Charlie Handsome|Joey Moi}}
| length1 = 2:57
| title2 = I Got Better
| writer2 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Smith|Michael Hardy|Chase McGill|Blake Pendergrass}}
| extra2 = Moi
| length2 = 3:24
| title3 = Superman
| writer3 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Pendergrass|James Maddocks|John Byron}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Jacob Durrett|Moi}}
| length3 = 3:08
| title4 = What I Want
| note4 = with Tate McRae
| writer4 = {{hlist|Wallen|Tate McRae|Jacob Kasher Hindlin|Vojtesak|Byron|Joe Reeves}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Handsome|Moi}}
| length4 = 3:04
| title5 = Just in Case
| writer5 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Hindlin|Josh Thompson|Pendergrass|Byron|Troy Matthew|Alex Bak}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Handsome|Moi}}
| length5 = 2:46
| title6 = Interlude
| writer6 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Pendergrass|Byron|Rocky Block}}
| extra6 = Handsome
| length6 = 0:44
| title7 = Falling Apart
| writer7 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Thompson|Pendergrass}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Durrett|Moi}}
| length7 = 3:18
| title8 = Skoal, Chevy, and Browning
| writer8 = {{hlist|McGill|Josh Miller|Joe Fox}}
| extra8 = Moi
| length8 = 3:42
| title9 = Eyes Are Closed
| writer9 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Pendergrass|Byron}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Durrett|Moi}}
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Kick Myself
| writer10 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Smith|Maddocks|Block}}
| extra10 = Moi
| length10 = 2:39
| title11 = 20 Cigarettes
| writer11 = {{hlist|Pendergrass|McGill|Miller|Chris LaCorte}}
| extra11 = Moi
| length11 = 2:40
| title12 = TN
| writer12 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Ashley Gorley|Tyler Phillips|Geoff Warburton|Byron|McGill}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Durrett|Moi}}
| length12 = 3:05
| title13 = Missing
| writer13 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Thompson|Pendergrass|McGill|Luis Witkiewitz}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Handsome|Moi}}
| length13 = 3:02
| title14 = Where'd That Girl Go
| writer14 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Pendergrass|Byron|Block|Phillips|Warburton}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Handsome|Moi}}
| length14 = 2:31
| title15 = Genesis
| writer15 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Pendergrass|Maddocks|Byron|Block|Jacob Durrett}}
| extra15 = Moi
| length15 = 3:15
| title16 = Revelation
| writer16 = {{hlist|Nicolle Galyon|Rodney Clawson|Chris Tompkins|Trannie Anderson}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|Durrett|Moi}}
| length16 = 3:29
| title17 = Number 3 and Number 7
| note17 = with Eric Church
| writer17 = {{hlist|Pendergrass|Block}}
| extra17 = Moi
| length17 = 3:15
| title18 = Kiss Her in Front of You
| writer18 = {{hlist|Vojtesak|Gorley|Byron|Phillips|Jaxson Free}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Durrett|Handsome|Moi}}
| length18 = 2:58
| title19 = If You Were Mine
| writer19 = {{hlist|Tompkins|David Garcia|Jessie Jo Dillon|Warburton}}
| extra19 = Moi
| length19 = 2:47
| title20 = Don't We
| writer20 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Gorley|Pendergrass|Byron|Block}}
| extra20 = {{hlist|Handsome|Moi}}
| length20 = 3:11
| title21 = Come Back as a Redneck
| note21 = with Hardy
| writer21 = {{hlist|Wallen|Hardy|Vojtesak|Smith|Maddocks}}
| extra21 = Moi
| length21 = 3:58
| title22 = Love Somebody
| writer22 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Hindlin|Gorley|Nicholas Gale|Shaun Frank|Martina Sorbara|Steve Mastroianni|Yaakov Gruzman|Elof Loelv|Byron}}
| extra22 = {{hlist|Handsome|Moi}}
| length22 = 3:24
| title23 = Dark Til Daylight
| writer23 = {{hlist|Tompkins|Jimmy Robbins|Block}}
| extra23 = Moi
| length23 = 3:55
| title24 = The Dealer
| note24 = with Ernest
| writer24 = Pendergrass
| extra24 = Moi
| length24 = 3:03
| title25 = Leavin's the Least I Could Do
| writer25 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Smith|Hardy|Miller}}
| extra25 = Moi
| length25 = 3:07
| title26 = Jack and Jill
| writer26 = {{hlist|Ned Cameron|Jared Mullins|Jacob Hackworth}}
| extra26 = Moi
| length26 = 3:40
| title27 = I Ain't Comin' Back
| note27 = with Post Malone
| writer27 = {{hlist|Wallen|Austin Post|Louis Bell|Vojtesak|Smith|Hardy}}
| extra27 = Moi
| length27 = 2:55
| title28 = Nothin' Left
| writer28 = {{hlist|Miller|Matt Jenkins|Greylan James}}
| extra28 = {{hlist|Durrett|Moi}}
| length28 = 2:42
| title29 = Drinking Till It Does
| writer29 = {{hlist|Thompson|Robbins}}
| extra29 = Moi
| length29 = 3:10
| title30 = Smile
| writer30 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Smith|Byron|Block|Witkiewitz}}
| extra30 = {{hlist|Handsome|Moi}}
| length30 = 3:44
| title31 = Working Man's Song
| writer31 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Pendergrass|Block|Miller}}
| extra31 = Moi
| length31 = 4:16
| title32 = Whiskey in Reverse
| writer32 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Smith|Hardy}}
| extra32 = Moi
| length32 = 3:57
| title33 = Crazy Eyes
| writer33 = {{hlist|Tompkins|J. Dillon|Miller|Daniel Ross}}
| extra33 = Moi
| length33 = 3:18
| title34 = LA Night
| writer34 = {{hlist|Tompkins|Miller|Travis Wood}}
| extra34 = {{hlist|Handsome|Moi}}
| length34 = 2:49
| title35 = Miami
| writer35 = {{hlist|Wallen|Vojtesak|Smith|Hardy|Dean Dillon|Hank Cochran|Royce Porter|Pendergrass|McGill}}
| extra35 = {{hlist|Handsome|Moi}}
| length35 = 3:25
| title36 = Lies Lies Lies
| writer36 = {{hlist|Tompkins|J. Dillon|Miller|Ross}}
| extra36 = Moi
| length36 = 3:18
| title37 = I'm a Little Crazy
| writer37 = {{hlist|Hardy|Jameson Rodgers|Hunter Phelps|Smith Ahnquist}}
| extra37 = Moi
| length37 = 3:19
}}
Personnel
=Musicians=
- Morgan Wallen – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (track 22)
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar (tracks 1–5, 7–37)
- Bryan Sutton – electric guitar (tracks 1, 30), acoustic guitar (2–5, 8–29, 32–34, 36, 37), Dobro guitar (12, 26), mandolin (21, 31, 33); banjo, guitar (31)
- Wes Hightower – background vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9, 12–15, 17–21, 23–25, 27, 31, 34, 35)
- Dave Cohen – keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7–11, 13–29, 31–37); accordion, organ (31)
- Jerry Roe – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8–15, 17–29, 31–34, 36, 37), tambourine (10, 11, 28, 31), shaker (22, 31, 33), tambourine (24, 28, 33, 34)
- Craig Young – bass (tracks 1, 19, 24, 31)
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7–17, 20–23, 25–30, 32–34, 36, 37)
- Charlie Handsome – electric guitar (tracks 2, 7), programming (3, 5, 6, 13, 14, 20, 22, 34, 35), piano (30)
- Jacob Durrett – programming (tracks 3, 12, 16, 28)
- Tate McRae – vocals (track 4)
- Joey Moi – electric guitar (tracks 16, 21), background vocals (23)
- David Garcia – programming (track 19)
- Hardy – vocals (track 21), background vocals (37)
- Chris Tompkins – background vocals (track 23)
- Jimmy Robbins – background vocals (track 23)
- Ernest – vocals (track 24)
- Post Malone – vocals (track 27)
- Luis "Wizzle" Witkiewitz – background vocals (track 30)
=Technical=
- Ted Jensen – mastering (tracks 1–35, 37)
- Justin Shturtz – mastering (tracks 22, 36)
- Joey Moi – mixing (tracks 1–5, 7–37)
- Charlie Handsome – mixing, engineering (track 6)
- Kevin Reeves – mixing (track 36)
- Josh Ditty – engineering, digital editing (tracks 1, 19, 21–24, 26, 31, 32, 34, 36)
- Ryan Yount – engineering (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7–18, 20, 25–30, 33, 35, 37); recording, engineering assistance (1, 19, 21–23, 31, 32, 34, 36); digital editing (1, 2, 4–37)
- Austin Brown – recording, engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8–19, 21, 24–33)
- Katelyn Prieboy – recording, engineering assistance (tracks 2, 5, 8–18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27–30, 33, 34, 36, 37)
- Steve Cordray – recording, engineering assistance (tracks 4, 26)
- Joey Stanca – recording, engineering assistance (tracks 20, 35, 37)
- Eivind Nordland – digital editing (tracks 1, 2, 4–37)
- Matthew McCartney – digital editing (tracks 1, 2, 4–37)
- Scott Cooke – digital editing (tracks 1, 2, 4–37)
- Ally Gecewicz – production coordination
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for I'm the Problem ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2025}} |
| scope="row"| Australian Country Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/country-albums-chart/2025-05-26|title=ARIA Top 40 Country Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=May 26, 2025|access-date=May 23, 2025}}
| 1 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Austria|39|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|125|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Morgan Wallen|rowheader=true|access-date=May 27, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Denmark|6|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|7|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=May 23, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|France|198|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|40|id=551062|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=May 23, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland3|2|date=20250523|rowheader=true|access-date=May 23, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Portugal|132|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20250523|rowheader=true|access-date=May 24, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|53|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=Morgan Wallen|album=I'm the Problem|rowheader=true|access-date=May 25, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|1|date=20250523|rowheader=true|access-date=May 23, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|UKCountry|1|date=20250523|rowheader=true|access-date=May 24, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Morgan Wallen|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Morgan Wallen|rowheader=true|access-date=June 4, 2023}} |
Notes and references
=Notes=
{{Notelist}}