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Scotty McCreery, winner of American Idol Season 10, with wife Gabi.

About 24 hours later, the song was sitting at number 50 on Apple Music’s country singles chart, 18 spots below his previous single, “You Time.”

Scotty wrote the new song with James McNair and Jordan Schmidt. The focus is his wife, Gabi. They’ve been married a little more than 1,100 days, according to one of Scotty’s recent Instagram posts.

“My wife Gabi and I had a date night the evening before I wrote ‘Why You Gotta Be Like That’ with James and Jordan. She came downstairs looking gorgeous as usual, and well … the song tells the rest of the story,” McCreery told Music Mayhem.

“Writing with James and Jordan is always so much fun, and I think that genuine feeling comes through in the song as well.”

Scotty’s planning to release his fifth album this fall. “You Time” and “Why You Gotta Be Like That” are expected to be on that album.

He’ll also be busy touring this summer and fall. You can check out his upcoming tour dates and get tickets through his website.