WYATT FLORES’ DEBUT ALBUM WELCOME TO THE PLAINS OUT NOW
Performs “Oh Susannah” On “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Performing At C2C: Country to Country Festival In March 2025
Designed by Chloe Tyler
NASHVILLE, TN. – (For Immediate Release) – Rising country artist Wyatt Flores released his highly anticipated full-length debut album, Welcome To The Plains, on Friday (18/10) via Island Records. Stream/download here.
In celebration of the new music, Flores made his late-night television debut on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” performing his new song, “Oh Susannah”. Watch here. Additionally, Flores is the latest addition to Apple Music’s Up Next program—their global artist initiative geared towards identifying, showcasing and elevating rising talent. Watch the exclusive Apple Music Wyatt Flores Up Next film here and listen to his interview with Kelleigh Bannen here.
Produced by Beau Bedford (Orville Peck, Shane Smith & The Saints) and recorded between Los Angeles and Asheville, Welcome To The Plains details Flores’ journey as he balances the struggle of leaving his hometown of Stillwater, OK with the highs and lows of life on the road. Across these 14 tracks, including songwriting collaborations with Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor and Aaron Raitiere, Flores delivers the grounded and sincere storytelling he’s celebrated for, seamlessly blending traditional country and folk sounds.
Reflecting on the album, Flores shares, “It’s an album about home and a search for happiness. It’s an album about Stillwater, Oklahoma, and all the other little towns that have raised people like you and me. It’s an album about my family, and the people and places in my life who have defined who I am today. This album is happy on one side and heartbreak on the other, and whoever you are, I hope you find something you love in here.”
Welcome To The Plains also features packaging created by Flores’ long-time artistic collaborator, Chloe Tyler, that uniquely interprets the music and his story, including a 12-page booklet that features photos, original hand-painted artwork, album insights and much more. “Since ‘Please Don’t Go’ Chloe has visualised the artwork through her interpretation of my music,” Flores shares. “My music wouldn’t be the same without her vision alongside it. There are no words to describe how seamlessly the artwork and vinyl for Welcome to the Plains encompasses my voice, and I’m so grateful she’s always been able to tell the story of my music through her art.”
Watch the pair discuss the project on the debut episode of Flores’ new podcast, “Wyatt Flores and Friends”. The podcast will feature Flores in conversation with collaborators and meaningful people in his life and will air each week on YouTube.
Flores has also been announced as a performer at C2C: Country to Country Festival in March 2025, where he will be hitting London, Glasgow, Belfast, Berlin and Rotterdam. Full UK/EU dates below and details can be found at www.wyattfloresmusic.com/
UK/EU Tour Dates
7th March 2025 – Berlin, Germany (C2C Festival) – Uber Eats Music Hall
8th March 2025 – Rotterdam, Netherlands (C2C Festival) – RTM Stage
14th March 2025 – London, UK (C2C Festival) – The O2 Arena
15th March 2025 – Belfast, UK (C2C Festival) – SSE Arena
16th March 2025 – Glasgow, UK (C2C Festival) – OVO Hydro
(Credit: Natalie Rhea)
ABOUT WYATT FLORES:
Born and raised in Oklahoma, the Mexican-American artist has established himself as one of country music’s most vital voices with his three previous EPs, including Half Life, which was released earlier this spring. Receiving widespread critical attention, The New York Times praised, “Wyatt Flores…Has a Superpower: Tapping Emotions,” while NPR Music declared, “a fantastic record…he is making a big splash out there” and Holler proclaimed, “Flores at his gloriously life affirming, existential best.”
Further adding to his breakout year, Flores has been recognised as one of Rolling Stone’s 25 “Future of Music” artists, received a nomination for Emerging Act of the Year at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards, was selected as Amazon’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year, included in Spotify’s Hot Country Class of 2024 and CMT’s Listen Up class, and made his Grand Ole Opry debut. Additionally, Flores has garnered over 325 million streams to date, saw his 2022 breakout single, “Please Don’t Go”, scale the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and had his song “Before I Do” with Jake Kohn featured on the soundtrack for the new Twisters movie.