Zach Bryan at the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards Casey Flanigan/imageSPACE/Shutterstock Rising artist Zach Bryan's swoon-worthy songwriting has fans curious about the real-life love stories that inspired them. Bryan's career took off after the 2022 release of his album American Heartbreak, his first record with a major label. He previously dropped DeAnn and Elisabeth in 2019 and 2020, respectively, later solidifying his place in the industry with the viral success of his Grammy-nominated single, "Something in the Orange.