Zach Bryan might be a mega-popular country artist right now, but in some ways, the Oklahoma native isn’t having a great week.

The singer, 27, was arrested Thursday in Vinita, Okla., and charged with “obstruction of investigation,” according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. After being released, Bryan apologized on social media, saying he was “frustrated in the moment” and “out of line.”

The full post on X (formerly known as Twitter) says: “Today I had an incident with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Emotions got the best of me and I was out of line in the things I said. I support law enforcement as much as anyone can, I was just frustrated in the moment, it was unlike me and I apologize. They brought me to jail, and there is a mug shot of me floating around. Prayers we can all move on from this and prayers people know I’m just trying the best I can, I love you guys and I am truly sorry to the officers.”

The arrest happened just a few days after Bryan’s new, self-titled album debuted in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. His lead single “I Remember Everything” featuring Kacey Musgraves, also hit the top spot on Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In a video posted Friday on Twitter and his Instagram Stories, Bryan talked about the events leading to his arrest and expressed remorse for the incident. Bryan said he wanted to tell the story firsthand, to combat any rumors that might emerge.

After a traffic stop in Oklahoma earlier this week, Bryan said, he initially refused to give his address and argued with the officer on scene. Bryan said he received a warning from police and went on his way. (”This was the beginning of all of it,” Bryan said.)

Then, on Thursday, Bryan said, he was traveling to Boston when his security guard, who was driving in another car, was pulled over by police. Bryan said he parked his car, got out of the vehicle while waiting, and refused to get back in the car when told to do so by an officer. Bryan said he got “lippy” with the officer, who put the singer in handcuffs and took him to jail.

“They were just doing their jobs,” Bryan said in the video, which was filmed in his car. “I was upset.” Bryan said he was jailed for “a few hours” and cooled off in the meantime. He described his behavior as “childish” and said the police “didn’t play favorites.”

“The night ended OK. I have to deal with the legalities of it when I go back home,” Bryan said. “I just wanted to tell the story and get it out there before someone blew it out of proportion. I was just an idiot, and I’ll take the fall for it. I’m a grown man and I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It won’t happen again.”

Bryan’s had another issue to deal with this week, experiencing blowback from fans protesting the high ticket prices charged by Ticketmaster for his 2024 “The Quittin Time Tour.” The singer recently announced more than 50 dates for next year in the United States and Canada, including two shows in Birmingham on March 22-23 at the Legacy Arena at the BJCC.

In the past, Bryan has been an outspoken critic of Ticketmaster, a ticket behemoth owned by Live Nation, posting slams on the company via social media and calling a 2022 album “All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster (Live From Red Rocks).”

Tickets for Bryan’s 2024 tour went on sale Friday via Ticketmaster, after a round of pre-sales. The company’s “dynamic pricing” policy means that face-value prices can go up — sometimes way up — if the concert is in high demand.

In Birmingham, for example, nosebleed seats at Legacy Arena were priced at $171 plus service charges on Friday morning, and just a few were available by Friday afternoon. “Platinum” seats close to the stage were priced at $725-$791.25, plus service charges, and only a handful were available by Friday afternoon, as well. Standing room tickets for the floor were priced at $530, plus service charges, for general admission.

Prices like these run counter to Bryan’s stance in the past, when he’s pledged to make ticket prices “as cheap as possible.” In a December post on social media, Bryan also said, “I’m so tired of people saying things can’t be done about this massive issue while huge monopolies sit there stealing money from working class people.”

For his “Burn, Burn, Burn Tour” this year, Bryan vowed to sell tickets for most shows through a competing service, AXS, except for some festival dates. (He’s headlining The Auburn Rodeo on Oct. 7, and tickets for that festival, which is sold out, were available from Frontgatetickets.com.) Now Bryan is back on Ticketmaster.

So why the turnaround? Bryan addressed the issue on Sept. 5 with a post on X, saying, “Everyone complained about AXS last year. Using all ticketing sites this year. All my homies still do hate Ticketmaster but hard to realize one guy can’t change the whole system. It is intentionally broken and I’ll continue to feel absolutely horrible about the cost of tickets in an unfair market.”

Although the skyrocketing prices for Bryan’s shows aren’t stopping concertgoers from buying tickets, disgruntled fans are taking the artist to task on social media. Here’s a sampling:

“Gonna need financial aid to go to a zach bryan concert,” @quinn.robertson11 said on Instagram, commenting on an announcement for shows added to the tour in Philadelphia and Birmingham.

“That wasn’t very all my homie hate ticket master of you,” said @jennifery0rk.

“What happened to fair ticket prices man? For two tickets in the nosebleeds is literally my whole months rent,” said @hunterkanee.

“Know every word to every song and closed the tab when I saw those prices. Thought you’d be the first to stick to your word but you took the bag just like the rest,” said @emmanichole.music.

“I may not financially recover from this,” said @abbykisseberth, borrowing an infamous quote from the Netflix series “Tiger King.”

“Your fans can’t afford this prices. Come back down to earth please. Your fans are working class people that can’t pay these astronomical prices,” said @jessehcka.