PREMIERE: Wiley Gaby Has Had Enough In "IDGAF No More"

Wiley Gaby is one of the best singers in country music – hands down. Gaby, whom you may remember as Goldenchild, is preparing his self-titled album, and "IDGAF No More" hints at what's to come. Gaby's choir boy tenor hits back on toxic masculinity with this country anthem that belongs in the upper echelon of songs that make you want to lift both fingers high in the air.

The single arrives via Dial Back Sound, the Mississippi indie label helmed by Matt Patton of Drive-By Truckers and The Dexateens. Patton also co-produced and played bass on the track. Co-produced by Starlin Browning (who also engineered and mixed the track), Wiley Gaby, and Matt Patton, “IDGAF No More” brings together a hand-picked cast of Americana, rock, and indie-country virtuosos.

Browning and Patton assembled a band that treats the song with both muscle and restraint: Kell Kellum (The Great Dying) on pedal steel, Bradley Gordon (Oxford-based visual artist and musician) on drums, Jay Gonzalez (Drive-By Truckers) on keys, and Ryan Jewell (Rylee Walker) on additional percussion and synths—adding a subtle shimmer beneath the grit. The song also features electric guitar from Marissa Paternoster (Screaming Females, Noun)—named one of Rolling Stone’s 150 Greatest Guitarists in 2023—and harmony vocals from Gaby’s lifelong collaborator Teresa Jiménez.

“It’s a collaboration of chosen family—both new and familiar,” says Gaby. The track was mastered by Clay Jones (Modest Mouse), giving the recording its punch and polish.

Raised in the woods of Wakulla County, Florida, he writes from a life lived between church pews and Brooklyn dive bars, small-town shame and hard-won pride.

"This is a country fuck-you song aimed squarely at the patriarchy," says Gaby. "It's about the moment when survival turns into self-love, when living for others finally gives way to living—and loving—yourself."

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