Fresh off the success of Sweet Misery, Will Hoge has wasted no time making his voice heard in 2026. In February, the Nashville rocker released “The Epstein Files,” a new single addressing Donald Trump and his connections to late financier and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Wikipedia
The song arrives as the Epstein story has dominated news cycles across the political spectrum. The Department of Justice released over three million pages of documents in January 2026 under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law in November 2025 U.S. Department of Justice — a release that had been demanded by voices on both the left and the right, and which ultimately named figures from across the political landscape.
For longtime Hoge fans, a topical single like this comes as no surprise. His 2018 album My American Dream was similarly politically charged Wikipedia, and social commentary has been a thread running through his catalog for much of his career. Whether you agree with his perspective or not, Hoge has never been an artist who shies away from using music to engage with the world around him — and “The Epstein Files” is the latest example of that instinct.
The single is available now on all major streaming platforms.
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