1 is the second extended play by Canadian country artist Paul Brandt, released on April 6, 2018.

The EP is the first part of a two-part series with the second volume The Journey BNA, Vol.

[3] Brandt debuted the extended play live at a CBC Music "First Play Live" event in Toronto, Ontario in April 2018.

[4] Brandt conceived the idea of the two-part extended play series while on a motorcycle trip along the Pacific Coast Highway in California.

He thought of it as a reverse concept of his past hit "Alberta Bound", starting with him conceptually in Calgary, Alberta (YYC), before progressing to Nashville, Tennessee (BNA) for the second volume.