Jelly Roll Announces New AlbumBeautifully Brokenand Opens Up About Making 'Songs That Have a Purpose'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jelly Roll.Photo:Jason Kempin/Getty Images

Jason Kempin/Getty Images

MoreJelly Rollis on the way!

On Friday, Aug. 23, the country star (whose real name is Jason DeFord) announced his new albumBeautifully Broken— ahead ofhis upcoming headline tourof the same name — and shared his newest single “Get By.”

Jelly Roll’s ‘Beautifully Broken’ album artwork.Courtesy of Republic Records

Courtesy of Republic Records

Additionally, all net profits from each pre-order ofBeautifully Brokenin his U.S. web store will go to organizations helping those who struggle with mental health issues and addiction.

On the 39-year-old singer/songwriter’s new single “Get By,” Jelly sings about navigating life’s obstacles — and getting back up when you’re falling down.“I light every bridge I see, yeah, just to watch it burn / If you’d seen all the hell I’ve seen, it’d make your stomach turn / I think you know / Why I do what I do when I do, mm,” he sings on the gospel-tinged track.

Jelly Roll in Santa Monica in July 2024.Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Ahead of his album announcement, the “Save Me” artist spoke toThe New York Times Magazineabout the intention he sets when releasing music.

“I’m looking for songs that have a purpose,” Jelly told the outlet. “When I go to put out a song under the name Jelly Roll, I think to myself, Why?"

He continued: “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.”

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Jelly then elaborated on his song “Winning Streak,” featured onBeautifully Broken. “I was writing from the perspective of a story I’ve seen happen for real,” he said of the song.

He also opened up about his relationship with substances and how, despite straying from harder drugs, he still attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

“Something I do to maintenance my relationship with those drugs is I still attend the meetings but I never share,” the “Son of a Sinner” performer said. “I just quietly sit and appreciate the message and the meaning.”

Jelly Roll performs in the Hamptons on Aug. 17, 2024.Cindy Ord/Getty

Cindy Ord/Getty

Jelly added: “This is the first time that I’ve talked about this publicly. I don’t tell people I go to meetings. So I just sit and I watch, and this kid, he’s going through it. You can tell. One of the old men sitting in there was like: ‘Look, man. It’s all good. Nobody came in here on a winning streak.'”

That comment, he said, informed the song.

Beautifully Brokenis due on Oct. 11 via BBR Music Group/Republic Records.

source: people.com