Jelly Roll is on a roll, literally. When he released his massive, 22-track Beautifully Broken album on Friday, October 11, the Nashville native also dropped a surprise deluxe edition, Beautifully Broken (Pickin’ Up the Pieces), with six more songs, all collaborations, with Keith Urban, ERNEST, Halsey, mgk, Russ, and Skylar Grey.
It was Jelly Roll watching his mother’s struggle with mental illness, while still a child, that drew him to music. Years later, it’s still his mother who, in many ways, inspires the music he makes.
“To this day, I still think I’m writing songs to help her heal,” Jelly Roll tells TODAY. “But I think that it also made me the writer I am, because I started writing at such a young age.”
In addition to plenty of new music, Jelly Roll is joining the ranks of Lainey Wilson, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and more, by building his own Nashville bar, called Jelly Roll’s Goodnight Nashville.
“I’m announcing it now, right here,” Jelly Roll reveals on the Joe Rogan podcast (via News Channel 5). “I am opening my bar on Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee. Which is a real big deal. You’ve been to Broadway. It’s all after country music stars. I’m the first Nashville native to get a bar.”
Jelly Roll added that there will be a bar in the back, called Buddy’s, named after his father.
“Our rule is it’s open to the public when it is, and it’s not when it’s not.”
Jelly Roll has a Top 5 hit with “I Am Not Okay” from Beautifully Broken. The 39-year-old is by now used to having hit singles, but admits that the success of “I Am Not Okay” means more to him than any of his previous releases.
“This means more to me than people will ever know,” Jelly Roll writes on social media. “To have a top 10 on country radio is always special but to have it with a song about mental health is even cooler.”
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Indeed, it was his desire to help others that became the driving force in choosing the songs on Beautifully Broken.
“I’m looking for songs that have a purpose,” Jelly Roll tells the New York Times (via People). “When I go to put out a song under the name Jelly Roll, I think to myself, Why? Because for the first time in my life, it has nothing to do with a financial decision. I’m well past putting out anything for money. So, now, it really is a why.”
Jelly Roll, who has a couple more weeks left on his Beautifully Broken Tour, is nominated for three CMA Awards, including the night’s highest honor, Entertainer of the Year. He has also been announced as a co-headliner, along with Kane Brown and Keith Urban, for this year’s New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash.
Jelly Roll has yet to reveal when he expects his Jelly Roll’s Goodnight Nashville to be open. See a track list for Beautifully Broken (Pickin’ Up the Pieces) below. Find Beautifully Broken and all of Jelly Roll’s music and upcoming shows at JellyRoll615.com.
Beautifully Broken (Pickin’ Up the Pieces) Track List:
1. Winning Streak – Written by Jason DeFord, Austin Nivarel, Joe Ragosta & Rob Ragosta
2. Burning – Written by Jason DeFord, Zach Crowell, Ian Fitchuk & Ilsey Juber
3. Heart Of Stone – Written by Jason DeFord, Zach Crowell, Blake Pendergrass & Shy Carter
4. I Am Not Okay – Written by Jason DeFord, Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley & Casey Brown
5. When The Drugs Don’t Work (feat. Ilsey) – Written by Jason DeFord, Ilsey Juber, Vincent Pontare, Hillary Lindsey & Alysa Vanderheym
6. Higher Than Heaven (feat. Wiz Khalifa) – Written by Jason DeFord, Cameron Thomaz, Taylor Phillips, Jessi Alexander & Brock Berryhill
7. Liar – Written by Jason DeFord, Ben Johnson, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips
8. Everyone Bleeds – Written by Jason DeFord, Ryan Tedder, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson & Amy Allen
9. Get By – Written by Jason DeFord, Ryan Tedder, Michael Pollack, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson & Jon Bellion
10. Unpretty – Written by Jason DeFord, Ryan Tedder, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson & Amy Allen
11. Grace – Written by Jason DeFord, Ilsey Juber, Ian Fitchuk & Ben Johnson
12. What It Takes – Written by Jason DeFord, Josh Hoge, Josh Miller & Zach Crowell
13. Hey Mama – Written by Jason DeFord, Chris LaCorte, Jaxson Free, Taylor Phillips & Blake Pendergrass
14. Time Of Day (feat. mgk) – Written by Jason DeFord, Colson Baker, Zach Crowell, Ilsey Juber, Ashley Gorley, Michael Wayne th, Brandon Allen, & Stephen Basil
15. Born Again – Written by Jason DeFord, Alysa Vanderheym, Steph Jones, Devin Dawson & Jaxson Free
16. Guilty – Written by Jason DeFord, Taylor Phillips, Ben Johnson, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jacob th, Brock Berryhill, Ashley Gorley & Ryan Vojtesak
17. Little Light – Written by Jason DeFord, John Ryan, Alexander Izquierdo, Gregory Aldae Hein, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K Johnson & Isaiah Tejada
18. Hear Me Out – Written by Jason DeFord, Alysa Vanderheym, Steph Jones, Devin Dawson & Jaxson Free
19. Woman – Written by Jason DeFord, Joe Reeves, Ilsey Juber, Geoff Warburton & Joe Fox
20. Smile So Much – Written by Jason DeFord, Ben Johnson, Blake Pendergrass, Marshmello, Rocky Block, John Byron & Ryan Vojtesak
21. My Cross – Written by Jason DeFord, Ryan Vojtesak, Ilsey Juber, Geoff Warburton & Joe Fox
22. What’s Wrong With Me – Written by Jason DeFord, Ryan Vojtesak, Rocky Block, John Byron & Blake Pendergrass
23. Take A Bow (feat. Halsey) – Written by Jason DeFord, Halsey, Zach Crowell, Hillary Lindsey, Jacob Hackworth & Blake Pendergrass
24. Don’t Want To (feat. Keith Urban) – Written by Jason DeFord, Joe Reeves, Ilsey Juber, Geoff Warburton & Joe Fox
25. Devil Down (feat. ERNEST) – Written by Jason DeFord, Taylor Phillips, Ben Johnson, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jacob Hackworth & Brock Berryhill
26. Really Gone (feat. Russ) – Written by Jason DeFord, Ryan Vojtesak, John Byron, Rocky Block, Blake Pendergrass & Russell Vitale
27. Past Yesterday (feat. Skylar Grey) – Written by Jason DeFord, Holly Hafermann, Blake Pendergrass, Jessie Jo Dillon & Jesse Frasure
28. Lonely Road (mgk & Jelly Roll) – Written by Nick Long, Bill Danoff, Brandon Allen, Colson Baker, John Denver, Mary Danoff, Steve Basil, Taffy Nivert Danoff & Travis Barker
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