
The first single from Southern Style, the equally alliterative "Homegrown Honey," was released last August. Co-written by Rucker with Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley and songwriter-producer Nathan Chapman, the tune reached Number 13 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.
"It's a little different for me," Rucker tells Rolling Stone Country of the track. "It's not one of those family songs — it's really a country party song. It's talking about some country girl who lives in New York City. It's got hooks galore."
The new album teams the singer-songwriter once again with producer Frank Rogers, who has been at the helm of all three of his previous studio albums as a country artist. "Frank does great Darius records," Rucker raves. "I can't go in to record with the attitude that I want to sound different. It's all about the songs for me. I want great songs. And if we have great songs, then Frank is the genius and does what he does."