Corey Kent's 'Empty Words' Becomes His Second Current Single on Country Radio

Corey Kent has a second song gaining momentum on country radio. According to Billboard, his track "Empty Words" is now his second concurrent release.

How Did This Happen?

The song wasn't being formally worked to radio by his label, RCA. Its journey began when a radio programmer challenged stations to take a risk and play it. Kent remembers, "We had Denver, Nashville, Dallas — like, big, big markets — adding it before we asked them to add it. We didn't anticipate it being a radio single." Concert-goers also responded with intensity. "It just became an accidental sing-along," Kent says. "I mean, people are screaming this song."

Who Wrote 'Empty Words'?

The song was born from a four-day writing retreat at a family property in January 2025. Kent co-wrote it with Joybeth Taylor, Matt Roy, Lydia Vaughan, and writer-producer Austin Goodloe. Goodloe had created an instrumental track before the retreat. "I basically had a session by myself for a song that didn't exist," he says, "but I knew that the vibe felt great." The group built the song around a hook pairing "empty bed" with "empty words." Roy highlighted a favorite lyric from the session: "It took us a second to get that 'howl' line... 'Been crying wolf so long/ She don’t want to hear me howl.'"

This organic success gives Kent a notable presence on the charts. His collaboration with Koe Wetzel, "Rocky Mountain Low," is currently No. 4 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.