Ends Of The Earth

Album: The Select (2024)
Charted: 72
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Songfacts®:

  • On this country ballad Ty Myers details his unwavering love for the object of his affection in the face of potential heartbreak. He is so smitten that he pledges to follow his beloved "to the ends of the Earth," no matter the risks or uncertainties that may lie ahead.
  • Ty Myers penned the track at just 17, drawing on the raw, unfiltered emotions of youth. Myers stated that the song is "about being so in love and vulnerable that you're able to admit that no matter what happens, you're always gonna be her man, and you'll be there until the end."

    This suggests that the inspiration came from a deeply personal place.
  • The accompanying music video, directed by John Park and filmed against the sun-drenched backdrop of Austin, Texas, gives us a peek into the song's likely origin: a high school romance. The plot is sweetly nostalgic, with Myers receiving letters that lead him to locations imbued with memories of a young love, each stop a breadcrumb trail of their shared history.
  • The track benefited from the seasoned hands of Nashville guitarist and songwriter Brandon Hood, known for his work with Sam Hunt and Jimmie Allen. As well as overseeing the recording process and shaping the overall sound of the track, Hood played electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and handled programming. The other musicians are:

    Tom Bukovac: guitar
    Kris Donegan: guitar
    Bruce Bouton: steel guitar
    Mark Hill: bass
    Chris McHugh: drums
  • Ty Myers recorded "Ends Of The Earth" for his debut album, The Select. It takes its name from LA Select, the fictional bar in Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Myers told Billboard it's where the book's characters all go. "They leave the world behind, relax and have fun, and lay all their stresses to the ground," he said, "which is kind of what I want people to do when they listen to the album."
  • Myers told Billboard that "Ends of the Earth" is mostly "based on true events," adding it's about "that cat-and-mouse game where you're running after somebody."

    Myers wrote the song late at night in his bedroom, hunched over an electric guitar plugged into a Spark Practice Amp, an amplifier that enables quiet strumming in the small hours that doesn't wake your family.

    "That volume knob never stares at you like it does at 2 a.m.," he said.
  • In the chorus Myers sings:

    To the ends of the earth
    I will, I'll follow you where the
    Horizon meets the sunrise


    It all very romantic until you remember, as Myers himself did, that the Earth is in fact round. "If you're going to the ends of the Earth, that implies there's an end to the Earth," he said, helpfully. "Which, I'm not a flat-Earther... but if the Earth was flat, which is kind of what I'm alluding to in the song, then that would mean that the horizon would be the end."

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