Brett Kissel

Late 2020 and early 2021 brought creative days, but “It didn’t start off that way," he says.

"And my brother, who was older than me, we just stopped to listen, in awe. I was on the radio, as an 11-year-old..."

"People are meeting online all the time, and everybody's got baggage..."

For starters, this rising country star is the proud papa of three children.

"So we wrote this song in 45 freaking minutes. And we were feeling great about it, but ..."

"I told myself, 'Remember where you are in this moment, because you just heard a life-changing song.' And life-changing it was ..."

Which one's your favorite?

We're betting on big years for these rising stars in 2020.

"Crossing things off a bucket list. Traveling more. Doing more things. I'm really happy that that's part of the culture right now ..."

Hunt will perform on 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve' to ring in 2020.