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 four singles: "Wine into Whiskey", "Wind Up Missin' You", "3,2,1", and "Brunette".
Background Wetmore released "Wind Up Missin' You" in 2024, which became his first number one hit on Billboards 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
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for What Not To Chart (2025–2026) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 67 Australian Country Albums (ARIA) 12
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for What Not To Chart (2025) Position US Billboard 200 175 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 42
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