Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson joined forces on “Never Say Never,” their duet that sees an on-again-off-again couple slipping back into their irresistible romance, at the 2022 CMT Music Awards — and they got rained on by the end of it. It marked one of two live performances of the song that day, following a Good Morning America performance Monday morning (April 11). The award-winning country artists premiered an eerie music video earlier this year, portraying a spark between a jail officer and a prison inmate ignite an attempt to escape. Swindell and Wilson trade off lines in the song, singing:
“I never say never with you/ I end up together with you/ It's hell and it's heaven with you, baby/ Anything's possible/ The highs are unstoppable/ It's so uncontrollable, it's crazy/ We say we won't and then we do/ You're all I want/ I never say never with you”
Shortly after sharing the music video, Swindell and Wilson went live on social media to reflect on what it was like to film on prison grounds. Wilson said it was “scary,” and Swindell recalled that it was especially chilling when the heat wasn’t on: “Obviously nobody’s there, it’s run-down, it’s freezing cold.”
“Never Say Never” is one of 13 tracks Swindell included on his fourth album, Stereotype, which released on Friday (April 8). It’s packed with fan-favorite tracks like “I’m Gonna Let Her,” “Single Saturday Night,” “Some Habits,” “Down to the Bar” and others. See the track list here:
- “Stereotype”
- “Every Beer”
- “Never Say Never” with Lainey Wilson
- “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”
- “Sayin’ You Love Me”
- “I’m Gonna Let Her”
- “Down to the Bar” feat. HARDY
- “How Is She”
- “Miss Wherever”
- “Single Saturday Night”
- “Some Habits”
- “Girl Goes Crazy”
- “Walk on Whiskey”
Relive Swindell’s rainy performance with Wilson here:
Re-watch Swindell’s chilling music video with Wilson here: