See Outrageous Outlaw Wheeler Walker Jr.’s New NSFW Video
Wheeler Walker Jr., the deviant, dick-swinging country character who turned heads with last year’s polarizing debut Redneck Shit, has announced a new album. Titled Ol’ Wheeler, the record reunites the hairy-chested, shit-talking Walker with Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb, who, this time, adds a touch of Eighties-era Hank Williams Jr. to Walker’s twang-trash sound.
Lead single “Pussy King” boasts Bocephus horns, gospel choir harmonies and Walker’s chauvinistic braggadocio. “All the panties drop down whenever I sing, I’m a country legend, I’m the pussy king,” sings Walker, who says he landed on his new Trump Era moniker while contemplating music royalty.
“Elvis was ‘The King’ and Michael Jackson was the ‘King of Pop’ – this was the only thing left,” he tells Rolling Stone Country.
Walker released a new lyric video for the song today, which sums up his wholly offensive aesthetic in under four minutes. It’s colorful, crass and decidedly NSFW.
Upon its release last February, Redneck Shit topped the Billboard Comedy Albums chart and landed, unexpectedly, inside the Top 10 of the Country Albums chart. Ol’ Wheeler will be released June 2nd and is available for pre-order.
Quips Walker: “Whether your magazine admits it or not, Ol’ Wheeler is the best country album of the year.”
Walker – the alter-ego of comic Ben Hoffman – was a surprise guest at a tribute to Loretta Lynn at the Troubadour in Los Angeles last weekend, turning in a faithful version of “Fist City” to a crowd of bemused onlookers including Brandy Clark, Kesha, John Carter Cash and Rory Feek.