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Koe Wetzel: The Night Champion

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4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Koe Wetzel sits down with Whiskey Riff to talk about the biggest shift of his life. From becoming a dad and naming his daughter Woods, to growing deeper in his faith and stepping into a new version of himself, this is Koe like you’ve never heard him before.

He opens up about how fatherhood changed everything, why he feels like a completely different man, and how that transformation is shaping his upcoming album The Night Champion. Plus, he talks yacht rock, dirty sax, Parker moments, and still keeping that rowdy edge fans love.

It’s honest, unfiltered, and a look into the next era of Koe Wetzel.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, welcome back to Whiskey Riffraff. I'm Shelby. My name's Quinn, and we have a sponsor to tell you about today for this episode. If you're looking for the ultimate country music beach weekend, this is it. Gulf Coast Jam is heading back to Panama City Beach, May 28th through June 1st, with an absolutely stacked lineup, including Post Malone, Chris Stapleton,

0:22.7

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0:28.9

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0:31.7

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0:35.8

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0:37.2

So grab your passes now and start planning your trip at gulfcoastjam.com and we'll see you there.

0:47.0

Coe, welcome back to Whiskey Riffraff. Yeah, thank y'all for it.

0:54.9

It's good to be.

0:56.4

Sorry about the confusion this morning.

0:57.5

All good.

1:01.2

You were on the podcast May of last year. Yeah, nine months ago.

1:02.2

Nine months.

1:03.1

I thought it was a lot longer than that.

1:04.7

No.

1:05.2

So I was, like, scared that we wouldn't have a lot to talk about, but a lot has happened in the last nine months.

1:10.1

You know, it's crazy. It doesn't feel like it has, but there's been, me and my A&R were talking yesterday, like how crazy it's been from stage coach from last year, because it's about to be a year from that and how much has happened since then. And it's been a lot, you know, and I think, like we were just talking about. Life has been so busy and so fast here lately that it's kind of, it's just going by so quick, and sometimes I've got to stop and kind of enjoy it at the same time. But, yeah, a lot has been going on, and I don't know, life's really good right now. Just to catch people up that are listening, that maybe even listen to the last episode that we did with you, like, what are some of those big milestones that have happened in the last months? We know, but just... Yeah, yeah. No, I'm a dad now. I don't think I was a dad last night. No, no, yeah. I was close. I'm very close. And so, yeah, that has been a big change for me.

2:02.3

It's been one of the biggest blessings in my life that has happened.

2:06.2

It's, you know, I can't imagine what life was like before a baby girl got here.

2:11.4

And it's, I think it's changed me for the better.

2:14.3

I think all my friends and family will probably say the same thing.

2:21.3

But yeah, like I said, life's good right now. I'm in a really good place. And so having Woods has been a blessing for me and everybody around us. So between, you know, being a dad

2:28.3

and, you know, all the new music that we got done in the last, you know, year, being in the studio

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