Jelly Roll Has Been In the Recording Studio
Jelly Roll has been working on some new music. But he says that his record label in Nashville doesn’t know that he plans to release a new song next month.
In an interview to celebrate a couple of number-one songs, Jelly told us, “Yeah, new music is coming. I’ve been in the studio. I suspect new music is coming as early as April; that’s what I hope.”
He pauses and giggles, “I know the record label just s— themselves.”
Jelly loves his buddy Lainey Wilson’s new single “Country’s Cool Again” as well, noting that it makes him feel at home. He said, “For what it’s worth, ‘Country’s Cool Again,’ I was in Indiana doing a show this week. I was doing a TNT thing and something for the NBA. It was a smaller room, and there was a group of girls that had on white cowboy hats, and for whatever reason, It made me feel at home. It was fifteen girls wearing matching cowboy hats, and it felt like a Broadway (Nashville) bachelorette party.”
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Jelly Roll told us in the same interview that his life changed when he uploaded one special song. He said, “The truth is weird. The truth is, I think if I would have never hit upload of ‘Save Me’ and been bold enough to try that different thing, I think I never would have achieved what I thought my dream was at the time.”
Jelly admits he was hesitant to put the song out at first. He said, “Dude, I was so uncomfortable… I’ve referenced the YouTube comment under the original ‘Save Me’ post. It was something along the lines of ‘I’m nervous about this. I’ve never done anything like this. Should this make the album?’ I asked the question, and it wasn’t to trip engagement; it was if it didn’t go good, at least I could hide behind me, ‘Hey, I told ya’ll this was different.'”
He concluded with a big grin, “It completely changed my life. My wife was my A&R. She called it. My wife is a critic and a half. Let me tell you something. She is the first person to tell me a song is mediocre, and she’s also the first person to tell me what’s going to work. I could have never imagined this is what could have happened.”
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