Country Star Ashley Cooke Sets Release of Self-Titled Sophomore Album

Ashley Cooke will release her self-titled sophomore album on August 14 via Big Loud Records. On Friday, May 8, the singer-songwriter will give fans a sneak peek at ashley cooke with the premiere of her all-new song “high school sweetheart.” Go here to pre-order/pre-save ashley cooke now.

“This record feels like a coming-of-age record disguised as a relationship album. I wrote a lot of it dead in the middle of real-life situations where I learned quite a bit about myself, so you're getting the real, unpolished, recently-realized-truths in 15 tracks,” shares Cooke. The latest entry in Cooke's catalog follows "ace," her 2025 project whose title comes from her longtime nickname, and her 2023 full-length "debut shot in the dark."

"ashley cooke" was co-written alongside Liz Rose, Lori McKenna, and Ashley Gorley, and came to life with the help of producer Dann Huff (Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift) and guitarist Ilya Toshinskiy (Kelsea Ballerini, Tim McGraw). 

Ahead of her forthcoming album, Cooke will co-host and perform at “ACM Next Wave: Country's Beach Bash," an Academy of Country Music Awards Week event slated for May 16 at Mandalay Bay Beach in Las Vegas. This summer, she will also take the stage at Hoofbeat Festival in Cadott, WI. For more info on all upcoming live dates, visit here.

About Ashley Cooke

Ashley Cooke made her debut with 2023's shot in the dark and scored her first Country radio No. 1 with “your place," a Gold-certified, Billboard Hot 100-charting hit that later won a 2024 CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Female Video of the Year. She's since garnered nominations for New Female Artist of the Year at the ACM Awards and Best New Country Artist at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.

Cooke has collaborated with major artists ranging from pop superstar Joe Jonas (“all I forgot”) to country hitmaker Brantley Gilbert (“Over When We're Sober”). She has toured with Luke Bryan, Parker McCollum, Kane Brown, and recently hit the road as support for Jon Pardi's HONKYTONK HOLLYWOOD TOUR.

Cooke made a cameo appearance in March on CBS' Marshals (the newly launched spinoff of the blockbuster Western saga Yellowstone), before heading overseas for C2C: Country to Country 2026.

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