Recalling his thoughts on writing "Six Feet Apart," Luke Combs told the Tennessean that he initially thought writing about the coronavirus pandemic might be cliche.
Combs said the heaviness of the Covid-19 shutdown weighed on his mind when he thought about suggesting the idea of writing a song about the pandemic to Brentt Cobb and Rob Snyder.
"I think I just asked them out of the blue, 'Hey, do we write a song about this thing? Or is that too cheesy?'" Combs told the Tennessean. "They actually sent me an idea that they had, and the title was 'Six Feet Apart.' We were kind of on the same wavelength, without even talking to each other [about it]," Luke continued. "The next day, it felt like it wrote itself, really."
"I miss my mom, I miss my dad/ I miss the road, I miss my band/ Giving hugs and shaking hands...There will be light after dark/ Someday when we aren't six feet apart," go the lyrics.
Combs released an acoustic version of the song on Instagram in April and shared it to YouTube as well. He then took it to the studio where about 10 people were involved in the process, with each of them wearing a mask and recording in separate rooms.
Combs said the experience reminded him of the creative freedom he felt when he first moved to Nashville.
"It was kind of strange, but it was also really cool, because I don't think I've ever been in the studio before where there wasn't something coming next, where it wasn't like, 'Man, I've got to fly out tonight' or 'I've got to play a show tomorrow, or interviews in the morning.' There was no stress from anything else about to happen," he explained.
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