Jelly Roll’s Gathered Thoughts On Latest Win

Jelly Roll has been thinking a lot since his win for "Save Me" at the recent ACM Awards. After getting his thoughts together, he posted a long message about the honor on Instagram.

Jelly wrote, "It took me a while to gather my thoughts about this. First, I want to say thank you to the Academy of Country Music for nominating me and my peers in country music for voting for Save Me to win Music Event of the Year. Walking up to receive this award, my mind went blank, and all I felt were emotions. There are still so many people I want to thank. I want to thank God, my wife, Country radio, my label, and so many more."

He continued, "Honestly, I couldn't quit thinking about how much this song has changed my life and so many others. I get thousands of messages a week talking about how much this song helped people or how it was played at a loved one's funeral. I wrote this song with a guy I've known since I was in high school. We are both just a couple of poor, misunderstood kids that grew up never thinking we would amount to anything. I wrote this song from the depth of my soul. I've always said that music can change the world. One song at a time."

"Bob Marley said, 'One good thing about music is when it hits you, you feel no pain.' Thank you All again for continuing to change my life, and I promise to continue to write music that makes you feel something."

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He added, "Last but certainly not least, thank you, Lainey Wilson. You are an angel on earth. Your hard work is inspiring, but even more inspiring is how you anchor yourself in your family. You are the perfect partner for this song. No matter how big or small, you have shown up for me every time I've asked. Whether it was a dive bar or a morning TV show, you showed up with a smile no matter how much it inconvenienced you because you knew the power of this song and how it could HEAL!"

Jelly concluded, "Thank you - you truly are my sister; I'd go to war beside you if it ever came down to it. Send my love to Duck and your mom and dad. This song would not be what it is without you!"

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Before the ACM show, Jelly talked about how hard it was for him to write and share the song with people. He said, "'Save Me.' Man, was that one. I had trouble playing it in a room for people for like 3-4 weeks after I recorded it."

He added, "Like, I couldn't listen to it with them, you know what I mean? And so, singing it was really rough." 

Jelly went on to say that the song literally saved him. In his acceptance speech at the show, he said from the podium, "I'm gonna try not to get emotional, but seriously, this song saved me. I was in a dark place. I wrote it from my soul. I knew people would connect with it."

Jelly Roll has become a country music sensation, topping the country charts, winning his first CMA award, and being nominated for a couple of GRAMMY Awards, one in the all-genre New Artist category and the other in the Best Country Duo/Group for his collaboration "Save Me" with Lainey Wilson.

Everyone, including his fellow country stars, is talking about him. Luke Bryan told us his thoughts on Jelly when we interviewed him recently. He said, "Jelly Roll and I have been at some events together. We hung out at a backstage festival a month and a half ago briefly. I think what Jelly Roll embodies and represents is something really, really special. When I'm around him, the way he holds himself. You are just drawn to him. He's such a star in that role."

Bryan added, "Every time I'm around the guy, he's just so intriguing and interesting. I think his form of country music speaks to a potentially forgotten box of people in country music, and he's able to really speak to that crowd."

He continued, "What makes him special is, as a fan, you get to see into his world, which is a world of a lot of people, and I think that's what you have to do to rise where he has risen. To speak to people and tell your story honestly. He tells his story the good, the bad, and the ugly, and I think that's what people love about him. You know, life's journey is not all squeaky, clean, and beautiful, with no bumps in the road. I think he lets a lot of people not feel alone."

It's been a whirlwind of a year for the native Nashvillian. Jelly took fan questions on his Insta Stories not long ago and touched on several subjects, including his mental health, after wrapping his headlining "Backroad Baptism Tour" and why he is going without his phone through the end of the year.

When a fan asked about his mental health, Jelly replied, "This is probably too honest, but exhausted and unstable. Definitely when I get through the holidays, and I've got a lot of stuff to do between now and the holidays, but when I get through the holidays, I really need to take some personal time."

Jelly Roll talked about the importance of therapy in a recent interview on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. Jelly described himself as an "old-school Southern man." He noted that his relationship with God and faith are also key parts of his evolution.

Jelly added that he believes in "God and therapy." He said he is "extremely open-minded" in his "old age." Jelly offered, "I quit searching to be happy, and I started searching to be useful." That's when everything changed for him, and he strives to "be a man of service" and to help people.

We all know his country hit songs like "Son of A Sinner," "Need A Favor," and the duet remix of his song "Save Me" with Lainey Wilson. As we continued celebrating this unique and gracious artist, we thought we would get familiar with some of his songs before he made such a significant mark in country music.

This hard rock song was released two years ago from his Ballads of the Broken album. That album is the first major-label album by Jelly Roll. "Dead Man Walking," released as a single, reached number one on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The album also included "Son of a Sinner," his first country chart-topper.

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This song comes from his 2015 album, Therapeutic Music 5. The song talks about smoking weed and being in jail. In the song, Jelly does a lot of rapping along with singing the chorus, which includes the lyrics, "I hope that Heaven has a smoking section/ I hope that Heaven has a smoking section/ When it's said and done and we're all gone/ I hope they got a place that we can blow / I hope that Heaven has a smoking section." Jelly's mom appears in the music video.

This song came off of Jelly's 2017 album, "Addiction Kills." The music video for the song has over 53 million views and features his wife, Bunnie Xo. The couple were married in 2016. The song and video include a lot of swear words, sexual situations, and guns.

See that video here.

This song also comes from his album, Addiction Kills. The music video for the song starts with Jelly in a chair getting his hair cut and shaved. Much of the music video was filmed in Sally's Famous Kitchen in Jelly's home neighborhood, a suburb of Nashville: Antioch.

See that video here.