“A Deep Dive Into My Heart And Soul”: Struggle Jennings Releases New Album “Last Name”
on Mar 13, 2026
Struggle Jennings Released His Second Country Music Album On Friday, March 13
After a long career in the country rap world, Struggle Jennings is doubling down in singing country music with the release of his second country album, Last Name.
Released on Friday, March 13, Last Name features 13 brand-new songs, all of which he co-wrote. Jennings worked with songwriters Michael Whitworth, Jackson Nance, and David Ray, people he calls “the best of the best” in country music right now, and it was produced by Ned Cameron.
His first full-length country music album, El Camino, was released on April 26, 2024, and Jennings planned to include “Only God Knows,” a collaboration with his longtime friend, Jelly Roll.
But at the last second, he pulled the song from the album and decided to create an entire album with a similar vibe.
“This song kind of stands out from anything I’ve ever done before,” Jennings said in an interview with Country Rebel. “So I pulled it off El Camino and I’m gonna start an album with this song, go back to Ned [Campbell] to produce the record with me, and just start writing some songs that are in the vein of this.”
That album turned out to be Last Name.
About The Title Track
When hearing that Struggle Jennings named his album Last Name, fans might think that he is only referring to his famous family consisting of grandfather Waylon Jennings and grandmother Jessi Colter.
He is referring to his Jennings name, but he also referring to his birth name of Harness.
Struggle Jennings was born William Harness Jr. to mom Jenni Eddy Jennings and dad William Harness Sr. His father was tragically murdered in 1990, when Struggle was just ten years old.
He wrote the song with Michael Whitworth, David Ray, Jackson Nance and Zakk Garner, who came up with the idea when they were talking about if Struggle had ever written a song about his last name. The first lyric they came up with was the opening line, “I never told my daddy goodbye,” after knowing about Struggle’s reality with his father.
When speaking with Country Rebel about the album and the title track, Struggle said: “The first verse is about my father, who was killed when I was ten, and when I went to live in West Nashville where he was from, because he was my dad and he had a big reputation in the streets, I was expected to be who he was.”
Struggle revealed that people told him, “You’re a Harness man, you’re family’s been crazy out here.”
Like many, he followed along that path that was made for him for a while, until he had a realization.
“I realized I need to redefine this last name,” he said. “I need to break some of these family curses and make this last name mean something different.”
The song continues and then dives into his relationship with the Jennings name.
“With Waylon being my grandfather and me adopting the last name Jennings for my music career, there’s a lot that came with me using that last name and what people expected. It’s about me wanting to stand in my own light and create my own lane, so that’s where the lyric, ‘You don’t know the first thing about my last name,’ came from.”
He says, “That’s what my life has been. My life has been breaking those cycles, and creating a new reality for the next generation for my family to come.”
And he is bringing in the next generation with him on his music journey. His daughter, Brianna Harness, tours with him often and she is featured on his new album on the song “I See The Way.”
Along with the Jelly Roll duet and the collaboration with his daughter, Struggle also included “Broken People,” a duet with his frequent collaborator Caitlynne Curtis on the new album.
See the track listing for Last Name below.
1. Folded Hands
2. Last Name
3. Garden of Stones
4. Storm I Can’t Weather
5. Praying for Rain
6. Howling at the Moon
7. Only God Knows (feat. Jelly Roll)
8. Broken People (feat. Caitlynne Curtis)
9. Live to Die Another Day
10. I See the Way (feat. Brianna Harness)
11. More Than Church
12. Fight Inside of Me
13. Rolling Stone
He already released the music video for “Folded Hands,” watch it below.
Listen to Last Name here.
What Struggle Jennings Wants People To Take Away From The Album
As some content gets shorter and shorter, Struggle is determined to continue releasing full-length albums. He says, “I just can’t give up on [albums]. Everybody says, ‘Drop a single once a month, don’t worry about an album.'”
But he has no interest in that, and even said, “The more AI comes into play, the more human contact we lose,” which is why his album is being sold on vinyl and cassette tape, as well as streaming sites.
“I’m doubling down and I want the real authentic feel. I love albums. I remember going to the store and buying a new album and unwrapping it and listening to it from the first song to the last song,” he explained. “Regardless of it’s what’s going to make me stream more, I don’t care. I do it because this is what I love to do.”
In addition to telling a story, Struggle wants people to know that they are not alone.
“There are a lot of songs on here that are really deep dives into my heart and soul, and my spiritual journey, and my journey through prison and redemption. I know a lot of people are struggling with a lot of things right now in the world and I just want people to know we’re all going through this, and we’re all battling our own stuff, and you guys ain’t alone. You can make it through it. A lot of life is perception, and if you look at obstacles as opportunities, you can get up and look at in hindsight, most of the traumatic events in my life ended up being the biggest blessings. I want people to take that away from this and just hopefully find some inspiration and hope, and smile and cry and use music what it’s meant for, and that’s to make us feel connected and I think there’s a lot of this on this album.”
To bring his album to fans live, Struggle is hitting the road on his Last Name Tour, which runs from March 13-June 14. Get more info and buy tickets here.
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