Lee Brice Doubles Down on Small-Town Joy With 'What You Know About That'

Lee Brice released "What You Know About That," a rowdy country anthem with an official music video, as the latest single from his album Sunriser, which arrived October 2 through Curb Records. He wrote the song with Brian Davis and Andy Sheridan.

The premise is simple. Brice sings about the Friday night that follows a long week of work: an old pickup truck, a back road, Alan Jackson on the radio, and no reason to check the time.

"This song's got dirty boots and gasoline veins," Brice said of the track. The line fits the imagery he draws on — fishing along the riverbank, riding around in a dad's old square-body truck, hearing a familiar Alan Jackson song while driving nowhere in particular.

What does the song actually celebrate?

Hard work first, then release. "What You Know About That" is about working hard, finding time for the people you love, and enjoying the freedom that arrives when the day's responsibilities are finally behind you. There's a real affection in it for people who get up every morning, put in the hours, and still make room for a little fun.

The small details carry the weight. Brice's point is that memories which seem completely ordinary while you're making them become the stories you keep telling for the next 20 years. An old truck isn't just transportation when it's the vehicle you grew up riding around in; a song on the radio becomes part of the memory of a particular road, summer or person.

The single also lets Brice lean into his more playful, energetic side, a register he's shown he can handle throughout his catalog of familiar-experience songwriting.

Where does it fit in Brice's bigger picture?

Sunriser is a concept album about people whose days begin long before most of the world is awake. Brice names them directly: firefighters heading out for an early shift, nurses coming home after working through the night, truck drivers keeping the country moving, exhausted parents getting up to care for their children.

He works through that theme in songs about faith, love, heartbreak and resilience, giving different sides of everyday life their own place in the record's story. Recent releases including "Cry," "Country Nowadays," "Truck Bed Mixtape" and "Killed The Man" have shown that range, while "What You Know About That" brings the album's most carefree spirit.

Can you hear it live?

Yes. Brice is taking the Sunriser material across the United States on his Sunriser Tour throughout 2026, playing these songs for the very audiences whose experiences helped inspire them.

The takeaway is straightforward. Country music has always understood the emotional charge of ordinary objects and rituals, and Brice knows that after a week of getting things done, a little time spent doing absolutely nothing useful can be pretty wonderful — which is exactly what he's bottled in this single.