About

Max McNown creates the kind of songs that perfectly soundtrack our most intimate moments: times of intense heartache and tremendous loss, immense upheaval and life-changing revelation. Within just a year of teaching himself to play guitar, the Oregon-bred, Nashville-bound musician turned out three EPs and 22M+ streams, spotlighting his emotionally potent yet nuanced lyrics—an element beautifully displayed on his breakout single “A Lot More Free,” a track that landed on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart and greatly expanded his grassroots following. Anchored in the charmingly warm vocal presence he partly honed by busking at the beach in Southern California, McNown’s debut album Wandering brings an even deeper sense of purpose to his songwriting—and, in turn, reveals his extraordinary capacity to ease the mind and strengthen the soul. When wrestling with inevitable moments of self-doubt in the creative process and his fast moving career, McNown looks back to insight shared by his mother. “When I was younger I sang around the house all the time—I’d sing in the shower or before I went to bed, I’d always sing in the car,” he says. “My mom used to tell us growing up that singing means you have a happy heart. Even if the song’s about something difficult or painful, I still have a happy heart when I sing.

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Ranked by empirical percentile of lifetime views/day among previous, duration-similar uploads. P50 is the baseline.

Scored 49 of 50 recent uploads.

Done For

P100 · 197.0x

P50 baselineP100 · 197.0x

1.9M total views7796.1 views/dayExpected 39.6/dayCompared with 25 earlier uploadsFeb 26, 2026

World Change Me

P100 · 87.1x

P50 baselineP100 · 87.1x

966.6K total views3448.0 views/dayExpected 39.6/dayCompared with 24 earlier uploadsJan 22, 2026

Forever Ain't Long Enough

P100 · 63.2x

P50 baselineP100 · 63.2x

1.5M total views3162.5 views/dayExpected 50.1/dayCompared with 3 earlier uploadsJul 17, 2025

Not Falling Out (with Carly Pearce)

P100 · 42.1x

P50 baselineP100 · 42.1x

73.7K total views10022.0 views/dayExpected 238.3/dayCompared with 49 earlier uploadsOct 22, 2026

Comets

P97 · 39.5x

P50 baselineP97 · 39.5x

290.0K total views4578.3 views/dayExpected 115.8/dayCompared with 31 earlier uploadsAug 27, 2026

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