John Paul White Promises He’s Not Leaving in New Video for “The Long Way Home”

Grammy Award winner John Paul White is premiering the video for “The Long Way Home,” the first single from his upcoming solo album The Hurting Kind, via Paste.

“It’s the one song that has the distinction of making my kids cry,” White notes of the song. “I didn’t see this song as tugging at any heart strings, but when I played it, especially for my 11 year-old, he was tearing up. Especially the line, ‘Don’t you dare kiss me goodbye’ in the bridge. That’s the one that always gets him. I didn’t see that coming, but he knows how much it hurts to leave. My kids know I have to play music, and they love that I do it. They’re very supportive, but thankfully they don’t want me to leave.”

The Hurting Kind is due April 12 via Single Lock Records. The Record Store Day vinyl edition of The Hurting Kind, featuring a bonus 7” record, is available starting April 13 only at independent record stores. See recordstoreday.com for more information.

“I approached this album differently on the songwriting side before I ever got into the studio,” says White. “I really wanted there to be a torch song quality to it, the classic timeless quality. To not be afraid of the big note, and not be afraid of the drama.”

Pre-order The Hurting Kind here.

The Hurting Kind tracklist:

1. The Good Old Days
2. I Wish I Could Write You a Song
3. Heart Like a Kite
4.  Yesterday’s Love
5.  The Long Way Home
6.  The Hurting Kind
7.  This Isn’t Gonna End Well (featuring Lee Ann Womack)
8.  You Lost Me
9.  James
10.  My Dreams Have All Come True