Hunter Metts
Season 19 · Eliminated (6th–7th)
Where are they now
Hunter Metts reached the Top 10 of American Idol season 19. He released the EP Monochrome in 2024 and the single Weathervane on November 15, 2024. In 2025 he released Blue Ridge Run on June 20 and the EP A Crater Wide on October 10, both on Position Music and Interscope Records, and he toured in support of James Bay and headlined his own run in fall 2025.
Career
- 2021
His debut single The River came out in 2021, with a January 15 release date under his own name.
- 2021
American Idol, season 19
Eliminated (6th–7th)
- 2021
20,000 Kisses came out on May 14, 2021, on 19 Recordings and BMG. As of August 3, 2021, he had not signed with a record label.
- 2021
He was scheduled to play the Franklin Theatre on August 8, 2021.
- 2023
In 2023 he quit his day job to focus on music.
- 2024
He released the debut EP Monochrome on June 28, 2024, on Position Music.
- 2024
Weathervane came out on November 15, 2024, and became a widely streamed 2024 single.
- 2025
He toured North America as support for James Bay and launched his own headline run in fall 2025.
- 2025
Abilene, described as a previously released single, carries a March 21, 2025 release date.
- 2025
Blue Ridge Run came out on June 20, 2025, on Position Music and Interscope Records. A July 17, 2025 article described it as already out.
- 2025
In September 2025 he released Center of the Universe and announced the seven-song EP A Crater Wide for October 10 on Position Music and Interscope Records.
- 2025
The EP A Crater Wide came out on October 10, 2025, on Position Music and Interscope Records. He co-produced it with Andrew Berlin at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins.
More milestones
- Date not documented
Before the show he worked in computer coding.
Discography
| Title | Type | Year | Label | RIAA certification | U.S. sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monochrome | EP | 2024 | Position Music | Not documented | Not documented |
| A Crater Wide | EP | 2025 | Position Music/Interscope Records | Not documented | Not documented |
Cover images: Cover Art Archive (MusicBrainz).
Sources
- American Idol Alum Hunter Metts Shares Plans for New Music — Everything Nash, August 3, 2021.
- Hunter Metts at The Basement — The Basement.
- Apple album search for Hunter Metts — Apple.
- Hunter Metts releases new single Blue Ridge Run — The Concert Chronicles, July 17, 2025.
- List of American Idol finalists — Wikipedia, June 10, 2026.
- American Idol season 19 — Wikipedia, July 21, 2026.
- MusicBrainz release groups for Hunter Metts — MusicBrainz.
- Hunter Metts honors a new single, Center of the Universe — Rock 'N' Load, September 7, 2025.