Everything You Wanted to Know About ‘A Lot More Free’ Singer-Songwriter Max McNown
23-year-old Oregon-raised, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Max McNown has had an incredible rise to fame over the last couple of years, and he's just getting started.
Max first moved from Oregon to Southern California to pursue his musical dreams, going viral with his busking videos, before relocating to Nashville. His unforgettable 2023 hit single "A Lot More Free" has been streamed more than 55 million times and counting, and after his Grand Ole Opry debut in August, he released his latest EP, Willfully Blind, last month. Consisting of five original tracks, plus two acoustic variations, the EP dives deeper than ever into Max's artistry as a storyteller, seamlessly blending elements of country and folksy Americana with indie sounds to create something uniquely Max. If you're as obsessed as we are, keep scrolling to discover everything Max shared with us as our latest Man Crush Monday.
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Name: Max McNown
Hometown: West Linn, Oregon
Birthday: July 20
Fun Facts:
1. Max's favorite thing about himself is the color of his eyes.
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2. He'll always have fond memories about his mom's lasagna.
3. He's a middle child.
"So I get along with most people as the mediator."
-Max McNown
4. Who would Max want to cast as himself if a movie were made about his life?
"Miniature Andrew Garfield or normal-sized Tom Cruise."
-Max McNown
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5. The scariest thing he's ever done was night diving in Jamaica.
6. Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman is his favorite musician of all time.
7. He says he's not great at golfing, but he'd love to get better at it
8. The one thing he can't stop doing on his phone is scrolling through social media.
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9. If he got the opportunity to live in another decade, he might pass it up entirely.
"I love my life and the time it takes place in. It'd be cool to visit the Roman Empire, though."
-Max McNown
10. He says he was a massive gamer for a large majority of his life.
"My favorite video game of all time is Ark: Survival Evolved."
-Max McNown
11. To Max, staying humble is one of the most important things.
"I do my very best to keep humility at the forefront of my life. My goal is to never take for granted the people around me who make my life truly great."
-Max McNown
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