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Kane Brown Releases ‘For My Daughter’ To Celebrate First Child

Multi-Platinum, 3X AMA award-winning artist Kane Brown celebrated the arrival of his first child earlier this week. Via his Instagram, Brown first posted the news of daughter Kingsley Rose Brownโ€™s arrival on Wednesday, followed by a post late Thursday evening announcing the release of a surprise song.

Listen to โ€œFor My Daughterโ€ HERE.

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Co-penned by Brown, the song, โ€œFor My Daughter,โ€ reunites the โ€œbreakthroughโ€ (Associated Press) singer/songwriter with Tom Douglas; the two co-wrote โ€œCold Spotโ€ which is featured on Brownโ€™s Platinum multi-week No. 1 self-titled debut album. Chase McGill also co-wrote โ€œFor My Daughterโ€; McGillโ€™s first No. 1 country airplay single as a co-writer was โ€œLose It,โ€ the Platinum lead single from Brownโ€™s No. 1 Billboard 200 debuting sophomore album, Experiment.

โ€œI wrote this song when I found out we were officially going to become parents. I meant every word, and cannot wait to watch her grow up,โ€ Brown shared about โ€œFor My Daughter.โ€

Known for the raw honesty in his lyrics, the โ€œfuture of Countryโ€ (Billboard) has candidly detailed his upbringing in earlier hits, including the autobiographical viral song, โ€œLearning,โ€ from his debut album. An earlier preview of โ€œFor My Daughterโ€ on Brownโ€™s socials received millions of views in less than 48 hours.

โ€œFor My Daughterโ€ Lyrics:

Someone to play catch with out back in the yard
To pick up the pieces of your first broken heart
Someone to say slow down when you turn sixteen
I grew up without a dad Iโ€™m gonna be the best one I can be

Someone to scare the monsters, when itโ€™s dark in your room
Someone to put their foot down when you want a tattoo
Not just say I love you but show you what it means
I grew up without a dad Iโ€™m gonna be the best one I can be

They say dadโ€™s are supposed to shape you and in a way I guess mine did
I knew what I wouldnโ€™t do if I ever had a kid
They say history repeats itโ€™s self well I guess thatโ€™s up to me
I grew up without a dad Iโ€™m gonna be the best one I can be

Someone to let you fall down and teach you how to get back up
Teach you how to be sweet like mamma and how to be tough
Iโ€™ll never be perfect but sure as those lines are pink
I grew up without a dad Iโ€™m gonna be the best one I can be

(Repeat chorus)

I canโ€™t change the past but the past has sure changed me
I grew up without a dad Iโ€™m gonna be the best one I can be
Yeah Iโ€™m gonna be a dad and Iโ€™m gonna be the best one I can be

Written by Kane Brown, Tom Douglas, and Chase McGill 

With his No.1 Billboard 200 release, Experiment, Kane Brown became the only male country artist in more than 24 years to debut at the top of the Billboard 200, and only one of three country artists to top the Billboard 200 chart all year (2018). 

An โ€œartist to pay attention toโ€ and โ€œthe future of countryโ€(Billboard), Brown was named a Breakthrough Artist of the Year by the Associated Press and one of โ€œ31 People Changing the Southโ€ (Time ). The AMA, ACM and Peopleโ€™s Choice Award winning and nominated artist is one of only five country acts with multiple 4X Platinum hits (joining Luke Bryan, Florida  Georgia Line, Sam Hunt and Taylor Swift). Brown first topped the Billboard Top Country Albums chart with the release of his self-titled debut album (2016) and again with the release of Kane Brown Deluxe Edition (2017), which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Top 5 on Billboard 200.

With his debut album, Brown made history by becoming the first artist to top all five Billboard country charts with his breakthrough No. 1 Top Country Album; No. 1 debuting Country Digital Song, the 4X Platinum โ€œHeaven,โ€ and No. 1 Country Airplay, Hot Country Song and Country Streaming Song, the 4X Platinum โ€œWhat Ifsโ€ featuring Lauren Alaina. Brown recently earned his fourth consecutive No. 1 single at country radio with โ€œGood As Youโ€ off his album Experiment. 

Brownโ€™s current single, โ€œHomesick,โ€ continues to rise on country radio charts simultaneously with his first Top 20 pop single, โ€œOne Thing Right,โ€ a collaboration with internationally renowned DJ, Marshmello. For more on Kane Brown, visit KaneBrownMusic.com.