Conner Smith

By the time he issued his first single at age twenty, Conner Smith had already built a decade of songwriting credits in Nashville. A lifelong Music City resident, he discovered his vocation early and carried a mature outlook into lighthearted country numbers such as the 2021 tracks “Learn from It” and “College Town,” both of which appeared on his opening EP, Didn’t Go Too Far, released in 2022. His first full-length project, Smoky Mountains, followed in 2024 and featured the Country Airplay success “Creek Will Rise.”

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2000, Smith became absorbed in songwriting as a child, absorbing practical knowledge from his mother’s regular interviews with industry writers. He took up guitar and began writing his own material at six, then joined BMI several years afterward. While attending high school, he juggled classes and baseball with co-writing sessions alongside established Nashville figures Ashley Gorley and Zach Crowell. As a touring country performer he opened for major acts including Kip Moore, Sam Hunt, and Kane Brown before signing with Big Machine’s Valory Music imprint in 2020.

He stepped forward officially in 2021 with the brisk country-pop single “Learn from It,” which was followed months later by the travel-minded “Somewhere in a Small Town.” Both cuts landed on Didn’t Go Too Far. The next year brought “Creek Will Rise,” a track that climbed into the Top 20 on Country Airplay and served as the lead single for Smoky Mountains. The album arrived in January 2024 and reached number 42 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.