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Morgan Wallen is warning his followers on Twitter that a new album of songs will be released today (January 26), but he has nothing to do with it and isn’t approving of its release. Morgan regrets signing a recording and artist management deal in 2014, which resulted in a 13-song album. Five of the songs were released on his 2015 EP Stand Alone, while the others were not up to his standards and were never released. Morgan claims his colleagues from 10 years ago want to release a deluxe edition of Stand Alone that would include eight more tracks from the recording session, which Wallen has tried to prevent from being released.

In a post to Instagram, Wallen said:

Tonight, those colleagues I parted ways with almost 10 years ago plan to release a “10th Anniversary” edition of Stand Alone against my wishes & include 8 unreleased songs, distributing it with the assistance of my former managers. For months I’ve been exploring every avenue possible to acquire the rights to this old music & keep the quality of my catalog consistent with songs I choose to release & believe in.

It’s gross, greedy & an example of how the dark side of the music business can suck the soul out of artists.

I want you to know this is NOT my new music & I don’t want to see this happen to anyone else. I cringe when I listen to these songs & I’m concerned my fans may mistakenly believe this is a new release by me. I begin recording my next project at the end of February. I’m feeling inspired creatively & super excited to make more music I’m proud of.

Morgan will re-record his song “Spin You Around” to gain ownership and he pledged $100,000 to the Foundation to the Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals For The Arts (VLPA) program to make sure artists didn’t suffer the same situation.