All The Way

Album: I Hope You're Happy (2025)
Charted: 4
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Songfacts®:

  • If you've ever wondered what it would sound like if Nashville took a road trip to Houston and decided to make a pit stop somewhere emotionally devastating, you might find your answer in "All the Way," a collaborative single by rapper BigXthaPlug and country singer Bailey Zimmerman.
  • "All The Way" explores the emotional turmoil of an on-again, off-again relationship. BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman plead for a clean break - not out of spite, but because dragging around half-dead feelings like emotional luggage is exhausting.
  • BigXthaPlug co-wrote the song with Jenna Johnson, KK Johnson, BandPlay, Ben Johnson, Austin Shawn, and Charles Forsberg II. The rapper approached Zimmerman with a demo, who was immediately hooked by the track's potential.

    "I got in the studio, cut the song, and sent it back to him," Zimmerman told Complex.
  • The genre-blending production combines both artist's worlds. You've got steel guitars and acoustic strums on one side, trap beats and sub-bass rumbles on the other. It's a little bit front porch, a little bit freeway overpass. The whole thing is stitched together by BandPlay and Charley Cooks, who also cooked up BigX's breakout hit, "Mmhmm."
  • BigXthaPlug first teased "All The Way" on Valentine's Day 2025 via Instagram, sparking viral attention on TikTok. The version fans first heard was a rough demo, but the reaction sent both artists scrambling to fine-tune it. "We immediately went into trying to get the production right, trying to get his vocal right, trying to get my vocal right. Just getting it perfect," said Zimmerman.
  • Released officially on April 4, 2025, "All the Way" is the lead single from BigXthaPlug's country-infused EP - a project that sees him stepping boot-first into Nashville territory for the first time.
  • The music video, shot in March 2025 at a romantically decaying country cottage, leans into the heartbreak. There are couples arguing and bags being packed, intercut with shots of the artists performing in front of pickup trucks.
  • The blending of trap and country music, often referred to as "country trap" has resulted in several notable songs and collaborations over the years. Here are some key examples:

    2019 "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X (ft. Billy Ray Cyrus)
    The gold standard. This 2019 smash broke the internet (and Billboard genre charts) with its yeehaw trap beat, twangy banjo loop, and a cameo from the achy breaky heart himself.

    2019 "The Git Up" by Blanco Brown
    Imagine a line dance crashing a 808 party. This 2019 viral hit was as much TikTok fuel as it was genre-blending proof of concept. Brown dubbed his style "TrailerTrap."

    2019 "My Truck" by Breland (ft. Sam Hunt on remix)
    Breland's breakout hit, combining trap hats and brash lyrics about a pickup truck. The remix with Sam Hunt helped legitimize the crossover with Nashville.

    2019 "Rodeo" by Lil Nas X & Cardi B
    This track leans more country-western spaghetti flair than traditional country, but it's 100% trap in its bones. With a cowboy showdown guitar riff and Nas X's signature genre-blurring vocal swagger, "Rodeo" feels like the soundtrack to a digital-age duel.

    2021 "Broadway Girls" by Lil Durk & Morgan Wallen
    This one is an oddball in the best way - Durk, a Chicago drill rapper, and Morgan Wallen, a chart-topping country singer, vibing over a moody, minor-key trap beat with a country storytelling structure.
  • "All the Way," topped both Billboard's Country chart and Hot Rap Songs chart to becoming the first song to reach #1 on both surveys.

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