Southern Girl City Lights

Decker described Southern Girl City Lights to People as a "full-circle" project that bridges that gap between the pop music influences of her debut and the country pop sound she has developed on previous releases, with songs that represent the "tremendous" changes in her life since her last full-length release.[1] The album contains a collaboration with country artist Randy Houser, who also co-wrote the single "My Cowboy" from Decker's debut album, which song she credits with helping her land her first record deal.[3]

The title track, "Southern Girl City Lights", was made available for download on September 1, 2017.[2] Two additional promotional singles, "Almost Over You" and "All Filled Up", were released on September 15, 2017.[4] On September 22, 2017, "Hungry" was released as the fourth promotional single.[5] "Pretty Girl" was released as the album's fifth & final promotional single on October 6, 2017.[6]

A music video was filmed for the Target exclusive track, "Flip My Hair", and premiered January 12, 2018.[7] The song was later released as a standalone digital single on February 2, 2018, making it available outside of the physical Target edition of the album.[8]

Southern Girl City Lights debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart dated November 4, 2017 with 21,000 album-equivalent units of which 18,000 were traditional sales.[9] These represent career-high figures for the singer, while the chart peak also surpasses the 23 debut of Jessie James.[9] The album also debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart, earning Decker her first Billboard chart topper.[9] The album has sold 31,200 copies in the United States as of January 2018.[10] It also charted on the New Zealand Heatseekers Albums chart at number 9.[11]