What Not To

What Not To
Studio album by Tucker Wetmore
Released	April 25, 2025 (2025-04-25)
Studios	Sound Stage (Nashville) Card Tables (Nashville) Blackbird (Nashville) Westlake (West Hollywood)
Genres	Country country pop
Length	56:26
Labels	Back Blocks EMI Nashville
Producer	Chris LaCorte
Tucker Wetmore chronology
Waves on a Sunset (2024) What Not To (2025) Sunburn Mixtape (2026)
Singles from What Not To
"3,2,1" Released: March 10, 2025 "Brunette" Released: January 12, 2026

What Not To is the debut studio album by American country music singer Tucker Wetmore. It was released on April 25, 2025, and produced by Chris LaCorte. It includes the singles "3,2,1" and "Brunette". "Wine into Whiskey" and "Wind Up Missin' You", Wetmore's earlier hits from his extended play Waves on a Sunset, re-appeared on the album.

Background

Wetmore released "Wind Up Missin' You" in 2024, which became his first number one hit on Billboard's Country Airplay and helped him gain recognition. In February 2025, he announced the release of his debut studio album, What Not To, followed the next day by the single "3,2,1". In March of the same year, "Casino" was released as the last promotional single from the album.

Critical reception

Entertainment Focus' James Daykin described the album as introspective, and said it "combining dramatic storytelling with slick modern country production, delivering a record that feels both deeply personal and widely relatable".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.

• Tucker Wetmore – vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8–11, 14)
• Dave Clauss – recording (1–6, 8–14, 16, 17, 19), mixing (1, 4–8, 10–14, 16–19)
• Chris LaCorte – production (1–14, 16, 17, 19), additional recording (1–6, 8–14, 16, 17, 19), background vocals (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12), music programming (2, 5–8, 10–12, 14), percussion (3); guitar, bass, recording (7); synthesizer (8–12, 14, 19), electric guitar (10–12, 14), acoustic guitar (11, 14, 17), Dobro (12), mandolin (17), Mellotron (19)
• Andrew Mendelson – mastering (1–14, 16, 17, 19)
• Nick Zinnanti – editing (1–14, 16, 17, 19)
• Alyson McAnally – production coordination (1–14, 16, 17, 19)
• Alex Wright – synthesizer (1–4, 8, 10–12, 14, 16), Wurlitzer (2, 5, 17), Hammond B3 (4–6, 11), piano (4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 16, 19), keyboards (7)
• Nathan Keeterle – electric guitar (1–6, 8–14, 16, 17, 19)
• Sol Philcox-Littlefield – electric guitar (1–6, 8–11, 13, 14, 19)
• Tim Galloway – high-strung acoustic guitar (1–4, 9, 10), banjo (1, 5), mandolin (1), acoustic guitar (2–6, 8, 9, 11–14, 19), bouzouki (2, 4, 8)
• Nir Z – percussion (1, 5, 6), drums (4, 6)
• Zach Kuhlman – recording assistance (1, 5, 6, 12, 17)
• Tony Lucido – bass (2–6, 8–14, 16, 19)
• Jerry Roe – percussion (2, 8, 16, 19), drums (3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19)
• Justin Schipper – Dobro (2, 10), steel guitar (3, 8–10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19)
• Maddie Harmon – recording assistance (2, 3, 8, 9, 19)
• Jeff Braun – mixing (2, 3, 9), music programming (2, 9)
• Will Kienzle – recording assistance (4)
• Aaron Sterling – drums, percussion (7)
• Lucien Patten – recording assistance (10, 11, 13, 14)
• Danforth Webster – additional recording (10, 14)
• Todd Lombardo – acoustic guitar (12, 16, 17)
• Jared Keim – drum programming, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, keyboards, background vocals, production, recording, mixing (15)
• Justin Ebach – production, recording, music programming (18)
• Rob McNelley – guitar (18)
• Steve Mackey – bass (18)
• Justin Shturtz – mastering (18)
• Jessi Alexander – background vocals (19)
• Tanner Johnson – photography
• Sutton Davison – art direction, packaging design

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