The duo have been fairly quiet on social media since the start of 2025. Last year ended with them releasing a double Christmas album on October 18th, which I will discuss in a lot of detail over the course of the weeks and months to come.
However the silence was broken on Dan + Shay's Instagram story on May 7th, the day before they attended and performed on the 60th edition of the Academy Of Country Music Awards. Stay tuned for a review of their performance on the show in an upcoming post. In the story, the camera was panning around the studio and showed Dan + Shay as well as Ashley Gorley, one of the songwriters they collaborate with. My screenshots below only captured Shay and Ashley. The story was was captioned "dan + shay have been quiet on social media, wonder what they've been up to..." Underneath that caption they provided an answer to the recent silence that read "trying to get the guitar pick out of this guitar (and writing lots of songs that we are very excited about)."
Dan + Shay's current single "Always Gonna Be" from their "Bigger Houses" was released to country radio on March 3rd. According to the website Country Insider, the track was added at 59 country radio stations. With a couple of stations adding it prior to release day, the song was on the playlist at a grand total of 61 country radio stations on release date, making it the most added song that day. It was written by Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney along with their co-writers. Ashley Gorley, Jordan Minton, and Jordan Reynolds.
This song is really special to the duo and to me as a fan and I really hope that it makes its way to number one at country radio sometime this year. I will continue to watch it get adds each week and start to climb up the chart. I will post status updates as these things happen. Stay tuned for a detailed look at "Always Gonna Be" in an upcoming post!
While I think the duo will wait to release new music until "Always Gonna Be" potentially hits number one, you never know when or if they will release new music prior to that happening. They released the "Bigger Houses" album on September 15, 2023. There is usually a two year or more cycle in between albums, so I think there could be an announcement and release date for their sixth studio album later this year. However since they did release their double Christmas album at the end of last year which was a lot of new holiday music, I think they might wait longer to release another full length regular studio album. And as far as tours go, my speculation is that there could be a Christmas tour to promote that album from last year. If that happened, I think it would be toward the end of the year. These are only my speculations on what may or may not happen in the coming months. Once I have more updates on what their plans are for later this year, I will pass them along to you!
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| Screenshot From Dan + Shay's Instagram Story |
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| Screenshot From Dan + Shay's Instagram Story |
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