Country star Jelly Roll has released his new single, “I Am Not Okay,” the musician's first solo offering since his 2023 album. Whitsitt Chapel.
The tender melody centers around the strumming of an acoustic guitar, but goes huge with stadium-sized drums, atmospheric synths, and even some orchestral flourishes. But, obviously, it's Jelly Roll's unique voice that takes the lead as he croons, “I know I can't be the only one/Holding on for a good life/But God knows, I know/When it's all said and done/I'm not good/But Everything will be fine.”
“I Am Not Okay” is the first official offering from Jelly Roll's next album, which is expected to be released later this year. The musician debuted the track last month on the season finale The voice. A week before that, at the 2024 ACM Awards, he premiered another unreleased song, “Liar,” which is also expected to appear on the upcoming LP.
While “I Am Not Okay” is Jelly Roll's first new solo song of 2024, he has released a few collaborations, including “Best for Me” with Joyner Lucas and “All My Life” with Falling in Reverse. Kane Brown just revealed that the two have a new song on the way about mental health and finding community in difficult times.
Along with preparing to release new music later this year, Jelly Roll has a massive North American tour planned for later this year (the trip kicks off August 27th in Salt Lake City, Utah and wraps up October 27th in Charlotte, North Carolina ). In recent months, however, he's played several festivals and made some very special guest appearances: During his Stagecoach set, he hit up T-Pain for a cover of Toby Keith's “Should've Been a Cowboy.” On Welcome to Rockville, he linked up with Limp Bizkit for their cover of the Who's “Behind Blue Eyes”? On Hangout, she sang “Sweet Home Alabama” with Lana Del Rey. in Dallas, he sang “Cowboy” with Kid Rock (in a Cybertruck no less). and, most recently, in Detroit, he joined Eminem for an updated version of “Sing for the Moment.”
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