Luke Combs

Zane Lowe· Host0:00

The Zane Lowe Interview Series Man, Luke, you know, anybody who knows me and, and has listened to us speak or seen our interviews know th- knows that I have a very soft spot for you as a person, and I'm a fan of your music and- Well, thank you.

Luke Combs· Guest0:10

Yeah ...

Zane Lowe· Host0:10

I'm so glad you're back with new shit.

Luke Combs· Guest0:11

Oh, man, I'm glad to be here.

Zane Lowe· Host0:13

You look good, man.

Luke Combs· Guest0:13

Thanks, dude What's going on?

Zane Lowe· Host0:14

You seem healthy. I mean, there's a lot going on in your life.

Luke Combs· Guest0:16

A lot.

Zane Lowe· Host0:16

How are you keeping balance?

Luke Combs· Guest0:17

A lot going on, man. Uh, not a lot of free time.

Zane Lowe· Host0:20

Not a lot of free time.

Luke Combs· Guest0:20

That's how I'm keeping it balanced, you know what I mean?

Zane Lowe· Host0:22

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Luke Combs· Guest0:22

Um, yeah, man, just getting ready. Yeah, it's about to have another baby.

Zane Lowe· Host0:26

Congratulations.

Luke Combs· Guest0:27

Yeah, yeah. Thank you, man.

Zane Lowe· Host0:28

Yeah, man.

Luke Combs· Guest0:28

It's crazy.

Zane Lowe· Host0:28

Tatum Beau about to get a sibling.

Luke Combs· Guest0:29

They are, yeah.

Zane Lowe· Host0:30

It's number three.

Luke Combs· Guest0:31

And we don't know what it is.

Zane Lowe· Host0:32

I love that. We didn't either- Yeah ... actually, and I mean, no disrespect, everyone can do it their own way.

Luke Combs· Guest0:36

Sure, sure.

Zane Lowe· Host0:36

But we didn't find out either time, and I think we thought we would, and then when push came to shove, no pun intended with- Yeah ... all this.

Luke Combs· Guest0:42

[laughs] I was about to say. Nice one.

Zane Lowe· Host0:43

Uh, you know, [laughs] I think- Nice one ... I think, uh, we just thought there's a mystery to it. There's this, this part of... The life's gonna do- Yeah ... do this, and maybe we don't need to know about it, you know?

Luke Combs· Guest0:51

We found out on the first two.

Zane Lowe· Host0:53

Yeah.

Luke Combs· Guest0:53

I would've been fine with every one being a surprise, but- Mm ... um, yeah, this one, my wife was finally like, "I mean, what's it matter at this point?" [laughs] It's a lot of work. Whatever it is, it's a lot of work. How about that?

Zane Lowe· Host1:05

It's a lot of work.

Luke Combs· Guest1:05

You know?

Zane Lowe· Host1:05

It's the best work you'll ever do- Oh, yeah ... but it's a lot of work.

Luke Combs· Guest1:07

It is.

Zane Lowe· Host1:07

Um, you know, as the boys have started to, to sort of grow a little bit older, their identities are coming into play. They're moving, they're shaking, they're answering, they're loo- they're observing and having conversations with you and to some degree.

Luke Combs· Guest1:18

Yeah.

Zane Lowe· Host1:18

I mean, has it, has it kind of gotten into a little bit of a balance before number three now in terms of work/life nurturing?

Luke Combs· Guest1:24

Just in time to throw it- Yeah ... right back into full-blown chaos.

Zane Lowe· Host1:28

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Luke Combs· Guest1:28

Yeah. It's like, we've gotten to the point