When you’re telling the truth, it doesn’t vary. When you’re embellishing, it’s tough to remember what the story is. A couple months back, Zach Bryan took questions on X, when one fan asked what inspired the song “28,” to which he replied, “Boston, our puppy was going into surgery, and I told Brianna (his now ex-girlfriend Brianna LaPaglia), “How lucky are we?” to have -had- a puppy so beautiful, and she came out of it just fine; I wrote it the next day because I felt like the luckiest man on the planet.” Great story, touching. BUT…more recently, Zach had a different story about the song, introducing it in concert by saying, “I wrote this song because one night I and all the boys were bowling in New York City, and I felt lucky to have each and every one of them. And I was so glad to be alive, I wrote a song called ’28.'” No ex-girlfriend, no puppy, but now it’s bowling with the boys that inspired the track.