Country music's biggest disruptor is back. Zach Bryan's new eight-song EP, Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs, drops Friday, October 16, 2026 via Warner Records — and it brings one of the most unexpected collaborations of the year with it: a duet with Lana Del Rey. Add a freshly announced 2027 stadium tour, and this is a week Zach Bryan fans will not forget.
Zach Bryan performs during the Quittin Time tour at Nissan Stadium, Nashville. Photo: Keith Griner/Getty Images via setlist.fm
Zach Bryan's New EP: Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs
The EP marks Bryan's first new music since January 2026, when he released With Heaven On Top, his sixth studio album, and followed it three days later with a stripped-down acoustic companion version. That 25-song album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in both the United States and Canada and topped Billboard's Top Streaming Albums chart — every single one of its 25 songs charted. For a songwriter who built his career outside Nashville's establishment orbit, it was a coronation moment.
Bryan started teasing this EP back in July, posting raw snippets — just him, his guitar, and simple ambience, in the same spirit as the early recordings that launched him. By August, he was telling packed crowds from the stage that new music was on the way. Now the eight-song set is here, and the tracklist reads like a greatest-hits collection of everything Bryan does well.
The Tracklist: 8 Songs, Two Massive Collaborations
The EP runs eight tracks deep, mixing brand-new originals with songs fans have already heard live:
1. "Lodi When"
2. "Robot Killed The Working Man"
3. "Lies" ft. Lana Del Rey
4. "Dog Days"
5. "Backwards"
6. "Is The Blue Tangled in You?"
7. "Plainsman" ft. Turnpike Troubadours
8. "You'll Get By"
The headline collaboration is "Lies," a duet with Lana Del Rey — a pairing that marries Bryan's raw Oklahoma folk-country grit with Del Rey's noir-pop ache. It's the kind of crossover that sounds improbable on paper and inevitable once you hear how both artists write: heartbroken, cinematic, and allergic to irony. Expect this to be the song everyone argues about on day one.
Equally meaningful is "Plainsman," which features fellow Oklahomans Turnpike Troubadours — a band Bryan has repeatedly cited as one of the biggest influences on his early career. This is a full-circle moment: the kid from Oologah who came up idolizing Turnpike now making music alongside them.
Two tracks will already be familiar to anyone who's caught Bryan live this year: "Robot Killed The Working Man" and "Backwards," both road-tested in his recent stadium setlists. That's a classic Bryan move — let the songs earn their place in front of tens of thousands of people before committing them to record.
The Numbers Behind the Moment
The scale of Bryan's run over the last seven years is hard to overstate: 66 Gold certifications, 34 Platinum or Multi-Platinum certifications, and two Diamond-certified singles — "I Remember Everything" with Kacey Musgraves and "Something in the Orange," which has moved more than 15 million song-equivalent units. From the January album, the reflective "Plastic Cigarette" peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
He's been proving the demand in person, too. His October 3 performance at Massachusetts' Gillette Stadium drew 73,538 fans — a venue attendance record. And he's been in the news for another reason this month: after years of keeping Nashville's country establishment at arm's length — no CMA Fest appearances, no CMA Awards attendance — the Grammy winner has now moved to the Nashville area, a life change that outlets have called big news for the genre.
Zach Bryan 2027 Stadium Tour: Dates, Support Acts, Presale
As if a new EP weren't enough, Bryan also announced the 2027 Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs Tour — a 23-date stadium run across North America and Australia. It kicks off April 28, 2027 at Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium and hits Chicago's Soldier Field, Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field, Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium, Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and a two-night stand at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, before closing with dates in Australia that December.
The support lineup is a statement in itself, with rotating special guests including Creedence Clearwater Revival legend John Fogerty, Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentlemen, Vance Joy, Gabriella Rose, and Emma Ogier on select dates. Bryan has promised the production is completely reworked, with sets built around the eight new EP songs plus the catalog favorites fans expect.
Tickets move fast: the artist presale begins Wednesday, October 21 at 10:00 a.m. local time, with local presales following Thursday, October 22, and the general on-sale Friday, October 23 at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Why This EP Matters
In an era when albums get longer and attention spans get shorter, Bryan is doing the opposite: eight songs, no filler, two genuinely surprising collaborations, and a tour that assumes the new material can hold a stadium. The Lana Del Rey duet will grab the headlines, but the story underneath is consistency — Bryan has released music at a relentless clip while somehow making each project feel like an event.
New music Friday just got a whole lot more interesting. And for the Twin Towerz Entertainment crew tracking both sides of the culture — the charts and the stages — this is the rare release that moves both at once.
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So here's the question: which track are you pressing play on first — the Lana Del Rey duet "Lies," the Turnpike Troubadours collaboration "Plainsman," or one of the live-tested originals? Tell us in the comments.
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