It became the fastest ever debut single by an Australian-based country artist to reach 1 million streams.
[1] "Raised Like That" was certified gold in Australia by mid-2022, and in doing so, Johnston became first independent country artist to achieve the milestone in 21 years.
[3] Johnston performed for the first time at four years of age, singing "Friends in Low Places" in front of his kindergarten class.
Following his Idol experience, Johnston bought a van and travelled around country Australia, living show-to-show for a number of years.
Everyone would go to bed at one o'clock in the morning, and I just stayed there for three or four hours writing songs … I've never been so inspired to create and truly, from that moment on, I was like, 'country music, that's where my heart', just songwriting and telling stories.
[3] On 21 July 2021, Johnston reached out for his social community to create a video showing themselves "Raised Like That".
[11] On the writing of the song, Johnston said "I wrote 'Small Town' on the drive back home to my hometown of Wingham.
I wanted to capture that feeling of excitement and anticipation in the song – that build up as I was on that drive to get back home.
[13] In September 2024, Johnston confirmed he had signed with Warner Music Australia and released the single "Blame".