Kenny Whitmire posted "I Gave Her The Moon" to TikTok on November 23, 2025, and three days later Charlie Puth shared it; the original had around 40,000 likes when Puth found it, and on June 10, 2026, the two sang it together at Puth's show at Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville. MCA had announced his deal that May. Fool In A King Size Bed, his seven-song debut EP, followed on June 12, its title track written with Rhett Akins and Kat Higgins, plus "One Foot In The Grave," which he calls his version of "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox." In August came "Movin' On's Movin' In" with Vince Gill, cut at Gill's home studio, and an Opry debut was on the books for August 18.
He's from Woodstock, Georgia, played offensive line and came close to playing college football near home before deciding on music, and moved to Nashville in 2022 at 19, one semester into college. For about two years he played lead guitar in Austin Snell's band and wrote songs for other artists. The voices he names are Keith Whitley, Randy Travis and Daryle Singletary, and Saving Country Music heard Whitley in the way he sings "Moon." His 2026 opening slots included Ian Munsick, Billy Currington, Kip Moore and Tracy Lawrence.