Luke Combs revealed what happened on "one of the best and one of the worst days" of his life while talking to Apple Music's Zane Lowe.
In discussing his new album, Fathers & Sons, Combs couldn't help but talk about his own situation with his son, Beau Lee.
It was an especially heartbreaking moment for Combs to have missed the birth of his second son, Lee.
"I'll never forget the craziest day, probably, in my life, close to it. One of the best and one of the worst days in my life at the same time was, interestingly enough, and it's so hard to wrap my mind around it," he confessed before going into detail about how he missed his wife giving birth.
"So it's August 16th. I wake up in the morning, I'm in Sydney, Australia, in a hotel room, and we're on tour in Australia. I probably woke up at around 8:00 a.m. or something like that, Australia time, and I had a text from my wife and it said, 'I'm so sorry, I really tried to not have the baby while you're gone,' Combs recalled. "And God, dude, it sucked."
At the very least, Combs got to see his wife give birth, but only on FaceTime.
"It sucked because he was born on August 15th in the States. I got to see him be born, which was awesome," he recalled to Lowe. "He wasn't born yet, but my wife went, she texted me on the way to the hospital, and he was two and a half weeks early and I was supposed to be home and I wasn't.
That particular moment is especially difficult for Combs, which is why he didn't tell anybody that story but Lowe.
"I didn't cover that too much in this album because it's really hard for me to deal with," Combs confessed.
However, Combs got by that day because of his strong support system.
"God, it was a hard day, but I was so lucky that a lot of my closest friends now work for me. And so I had a really great support system," he shared. "I was able to be with them through that whole thing."
Combs released his newest album, Fathers & Sons, last June 14, 2024. It was headed by the release of the album's official single, "The Man He Sees in Me." Riff described the album as "a poignant ode to new fatherhood."
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