Unlearn (album)
Unlearn is the debut studio album by Canadian country music singer-songwriter Griffen Palmer. It was produced by Joey Moi and released on April 28, 2023 via Big Loud Records. The album includes Palmer's debut single "Second Guessing".
Background
Palmer began writing songs in preparation for his debut album four years prior to its eventual release. He wrote every track on Unlearn with Geoff Warburton, with the two being the only songwriters on every track except "Second Guessing". Palmer told Front Porch Music on their "On the Front Porch" podcast that he did not set out to solely record songs that he and Warburton had written for Unlearn. He chose to record "25 to Life" and continued to select other songs from total of around 200 songs he had written, with the final ten tracks simply happening to songs he and Warburton had written together. Palmer said that he "tried with every song to make it a little snapshot of a period at least of life that I went through and hopefully that other people went through as well".The album's lead single "Second Guessing" was the first song Palmer in January 2023 released after signing with Big Loud. He pitched the original version of the song to American duo Florida Georgia Line on the television series Songland in 2020, while competing against three other songwriters. The duo chose to record the final version for their 2021 studio album Life Rolls On. Palmer elected to record his own version as it was "such an important part of his story as an artist". "25 to Life" and the title track "Unlearn" were later released as promotional singles, with the latter track being released concurrently with the announcement of the album in March 2023. Palmer described "Unlearn" as the "most personal track" on the album, which is why he elected to make it the title track.