Max McNown Releases “Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up)” + New Track, “Forever Ain’t Long Enough” + Billboard’s July 2025 Chartbreaker
Benjamin Edwards
Billboard’s July 2025 Chartbreaker, Max McNown, has finally released an expanded LP, that of Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) with 11 brand new tracks, some of which we’ve been premiering on this blog.
McNown isn’t even 25 years old, and he’s racking up hit after hit while constantly being bombarded by accolades that arrive with meteoric frequency . Since being discovered after busking on a pier in California, McNown’s star has been rising higher and higher. With an 2.4 million followers on TikTok, an expanded tour (already nearly sold out), a duet with Cameron Whitcomb, a date at the famous Lollapalooza, and the new LP (all signed pre-orders already sold out), the effortless ascent of McNown is unreal. McNown is now a full-fledged, in demand artist, a must-see act, and everyone wants in before he blows up even further.
Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) is a record that plumbs deeper depths. McNown meditates on themes such as “grief, healing, young love, and the pursuit of purpose.” McNown has dealt with some of this himself. His brother has been fighting cancer, something that has taken a toll on McNown and his family. He wrote a song about it, releasing it online last year, moving listeners who are both suffering or witnesses to suffering. McNown has the ability to aurally convey complex emotions, yet never manages to lose hope or optimism, even in the darkest of times.
McNown’s latest single, “Forever Ain’t Long Enough,” is a soaring track about the spellbinding power of young love and all its firsts and outsized emotions. McNown captures a sonic snapshot of everything from the match that lights the first spark, to the realization that the other person feels the same, to wanting to travel the earth together until the end of time, without concern for logic, rationality, or responsibility. The track explodes in the heart like a firework. It reminds us that love, when we find it, is worth hanging on to.
Listen to Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up):
Order Night Diving (The Cost of Growing Up) here
Catch McNown on tour!
Aug 1 Fri - REGGIES Chicago (Official Lollapalooza Aftershow) - SOLD OUT
Aug 2 Sat - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
Aug 8 Fri - Elkhorn Precinct, NE - Pinnacle Bank Championship Concert Series
Aug 21 Thu - Kansas City, MO - KC Live!
Aug 22 Fri - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom - LOW TICKETS
Aug 23 Sat - Dallas, TX - House of Blues - SOLD OUT
Aug 26 Tue - Houston, TX - House of Blues - LOW TICKETS
Aug 27 Wed - Austin, TX - Emo's
Aug 28 Thu - Helotes, TX - Floore's Outdoors
Aug 30 Sat - Aspen, CO - JAS Aspen Labor Day Experience
Sep 1 Mon - Sandy, UT - Sandy Amphitheater - LOW TICKETS
Sep 4 Thu - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades - SOLD OUT
Sep 5 Fri - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore - SOLD OUT
Sep 6 Sat - Los Angeles, CA - The Novo
Sep 9 Tue - San Diego, CA - SOMA
Sep 10 Wed - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren - LOW TICKETS
Sep 11 Thu - Albuquerque, NM - El Rey Theater
Sep 13 Sat - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre - SOLD OUT
Sep 14 Sun - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
Sep 17 Wed - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue - SOLD OUT
Sep 20 Sat - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
Sep 21 Sun - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
Sep 23 Tue - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues - SOLD OUT
Sep 24 Wed - Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre - LOW TICKETS
Sep 28 Sun - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club - SOLD OUT
Oct 1 Wed - Montreal, QC - MTELUS - SOLD OUT
Oct 2 Thu - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall - SOLD OUT
Oct 3 Fri - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall - SOLD OUT
Oct 5 Sun - London, ON - London Music Hall - SOLD OUT
Oct 6 Mon - Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre - SOLD OUT
Oct 9 Thu - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre - LOW TICKETS
Oct 11 Sat - Saskatoon, SK - Coors Event Centre - SOLD OUT
Oct 12 Sun - Edmonton, AB - Midway Music Hall - SOLD OUT
Oct 13 Mon - Edmonton, AB - Midway Music Hall
Oct 15 Wed - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom - SOLD OUT
Oct 16 Thu - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom - SOLD OUT
Oct 19 Sun - Seattle, WA - The Showbox - SOLD OUT
Oct 20 Mon - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom - SOLD OUT
Dec 1 Mon - Dublin, Ireland - 3Olympia Theatre - SOLD OUT
Dec 2 Tues - Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Ballroom - SOLD OUT
Dec 3 Wed - Manchester, England - Albert Hall - SOLD OUT
Dec 5 Fri - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg - SOLD OUT
Dec 6 Sat - Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik - SOLD OUT
Dec 8 Mon - Paris, France - Alhambra - SOLD OUT
Dec 9 Tues - London, England - O2 Forum Kentish Town - SOLD OUT
Dec 10 Wed - London, England - O2 Forum Kentish Town - SOLD OUT