Country icon Tim McGraw is known for his emotional tracks. But, there is one recent track that came from one of the singer’s more emotional moments.

A song that appears toward the end of McGraw’s sixteenth studio album, Standing Room Only , is one of his most raw.

“Nashville CA/L.A. Tennessee” was inspired by his daughter, Gracie, after she moved from Nashville to LA. The father and daughter duo bonded on their road trip there.

“I have this 19-year-old Cadillac Escalade that I can’t get rid of,” McGraw laughs. “We call it the Griswold Family cruiser. I’d ripped all the seats out of it and loaded all of Gracie’s stuff into it. Her and I did a road trip from Nashville to L.A. to move her out there,” he explained to Billboard .

In a 2023 interview with USA Today , McGraw remembered standing with his daughter after unloading her boxes, unsure of what to do next. “[Gracie] puts both hands on my shoulders and says, ‘Dad, I’ve got this,’” McGraw recalled.…