Cole Swindell’s Four-Year-Old Story Behind “Flatliner”

Before Cole Swindell signed his record deal, he was just another songwriter sending pitch emails to artists. And when he wrote “Flatliner” in 2013, he had Dierks Bentley in mind. So Swindell composed an email — “Hey guys, I wrote this today, and it’d be fun to play live” — but never heard back from… Read more »