Luke Bryan just released his latest album, Born Here, Live Here, Die Here, postponing the release from its original date of April 24 until August 7, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The record includes the fun-filled “Knockin’ Boots” and “One Margarita,” along with the poignant “Build Me a Daddy,” which Luke admits he almost didn’t include on the project.

“The beauty of country music is we’re able to talk about so many things in the whole scheme of life,” Luke said on the Today Show. “That song is about a little boy who loses his dad. Hearing it spoken from a child, telling someone, ‘Could you build me a daddy?’ I think it makes you reflect and think. Certainly, anytime I’ve ever played that song, for anybody, just seeing the emotion, [how] it affects people — it’s just a great, well-written song, that talks about dealing with loss.

“It was a song that was so sad that I almost didn’t put it on the album,” he added. “But then, after seeing how it affected people, I had to put it on this album, and I’m so glad I did.”

Luke doesn’t regret delaying the release of Born Here, Live Here, Die Here. In fact, the extra months gave him time to earn his third No. 1 off the record, with “One Margarita,” joining both “Knockin’ Boots” and “What She Wants Tonight” in claiming the top spot on the charts.

“It’s been an interesting album release,” Luke conceded. “I’ve certainly never done one virtually. We were originally going to put the album out in April. With everything going on, obviously with COVID, it was just not the time to be putting an album out, so we just delayed the release.

“That allowed us to put ‘One Margarita’ out, which added another No. 1, so it’s been pretty amazing,” he continued. “I can certainly say I probably never will release an album with three No. 1s before the thing ever comes out. It’s like, ‘Hey, it’s already been a success!’ Hopefully.”

Luke has always stood by his decision to delay the release of Born Here, Live Here, Die Here, even if it disappointed some of his fans.

“In the world of what we can complain about, me moving the album back … it felt like the only thing to do,” Luke told The Tennessean. “When I’m out promoting my music, I’m happy about it, excited about it. In April, we all knew what head spaces we were in.”