Jordan Davis

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“This is exactly the record I want to put out. I don’t know what’s going to happen with it, but I can
at least tell you that the one certainty I do have about this record, is I’m proud of it.” – Jordan Davis

To bring Jordan Davis to that admission has been a life’s journey. In stepping back with country
music’s biggest stars to emerge in recent years of his latest album Bluebird Days, he tells not only the
magic of a song like CMA Song of the Year “Buy Dirt,” but of the evolution of Jordan Davis the
person, the songwriter, and the artist.

Sometimes, a popular song becomes more than just a hit—it turns into a phenomenon. And that’s
what happened with “Buy Dirt,” Davis’ 2021 duet with Luke Bryan. It reached Number One on the Hot
Country Songs chart and was one of the Top Five most streamed country songs in both 2021 and
2022. That kind of success brings expectations, but—as Davis discovered when he set to work on his
follow-up album Bluebird Days—it can also lead to a new sense of possibility.
“There’s pressure, definitely,” he says. “It’s not about trying to recreate ‘Buy Dirt,’ but we can
approach songs like we approached that one, and that’s to write something that people are going to
feel, and not just hear.”

“I’ve settled into a really good headspace in writing songs, which is rooted in being honest—about
past things that I’ve gone through, good or bad, and about some things that have kind of scared me
about the future. So, the best thing for me is that ‘Buy Dirt’ opened up a whole other lane of songs
that I think people can really connect with.”

With Bluebird Days (Davis’ second full-length album, following 2018’s Home State, which included the
Platinum-selling No. 1 hits “Singles You Up,” “Take It from Me,” and “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot;”
he’s also released two EPs), the Shreveport, Louisiana-born singer-songwriter digs deep into his own
experiences for a collection that offers a wide range of emotions, meditations, and memories,
matched by his signature sound, blending traditional and contemporary genres and styles. With a
young family and a career that’s rapidly on the rise, he was still surprised to see the depth that this
material was reaching.

“As you start writing for a record, you’re kind of stockpiling songs and at some point, you go back and
take inventory,” he says. “As I started looking back on the songs I’d written, I was like, ‘Wow, I really
wrote about that’ or ‘I showed that side that I never had.’ There’s a song called ‘Short Fuse’ that’s
about a temper that I have. A lot of people don’t see that, and unfortunately, the people that do see it
are the people I’m closest to, and it’s a song about me trying to change that.”
The title track examines his life as a child of divorced parents. While initially nervous to put the song
on the record, he reflects that ultimately, “I know a lot of people are going to connect with that and go,
‘Man, I feel the exact same way.’”

He points to “Fishing Spot” as an especially personal moment on Bluebird Days. “I bought a fishing
boat—that was, like, the biggest purchase I’ve made,” he says. “It’s very unassuming, it’s nothing
special at all. But I fell in love with fishing because of my grandfather. And I remember that first day
thinking, ‘This is cool, man—I got this boat, and one day me and my son and my daughter can come
fish,’ and then an overwhelming sadness came over me.”

“I think it’s just that it was kind of a pipe dream,” he continues. “We didn’t grow up with a ton of
money, so the idea of having a boat and being able to go out and do whatever at this point in my life
was just kind of crazy. I did a lot of talking to my grandfather out there that day, and that’s definitely
one song that comes from a very real place.”

For the first time, Davis included two songs that he didn’t have a hand in writing—although, with
“Money Isn’t Real,” it wasn’t for lack of effort. “I’d been trying to write a song called ‘When the Money
Runs Out,’” he says. “I’d started it, thrown it away, restarted, and it was terrible. But I wanted to touch
on how my relationship with money was not good. I truly thought that the more that I had, the less
problems I would have, and that’s not true at all. It can make things easier, but it is not a problem
solver. And the way these writers did it was brilliant, exactly what I was trying to say.”

Davis thinks it’s no accident that he recorded this album almost exactly ten years after he moved to
Nashville to take his shot at a music career, with all the reflection that anniversary stirred up. “I was
working a bartending gig that I really wasn’t super happy about,” he says, “but it was keeping me in
Nashville so that I could wake up at eight o’clock—after getting home at 1:30—go write a song for five
hours and then go right back to the bar and wash, rinse, repeat. If I were to go back and tell that guy,
‘Hey, man, in ten years, you’re gonna have a pretty successful touring schedule, you’re gonna have
four or five Number Ones, and you’re gonna have a CMA Song of the Year that you co-wrote with
your brother?’ I would just say ‘Thanks for the optimism, I appreciate it, but that’s not happening—
you’re crazy.’”

“So, I look back and think about how fortunate I’ve been to meet the people I’ve met, to get to write
songs with the people I get to write songs with. Every once in a while, you need a ball to bounce your
way, and I was blessed to get some of those bounces.”

As serious as some of the themes on Bluebird Days are, this sense of joy also shines through on
songs like “Damn Good Time” and “One Beer in Front of the Other.” Davis notes that “Tucson Too
Late” is probably the most traditional country song he’s ever recorded (“There’s not many songs I’ve
put out narrating somebody else’s story”), comparing it to Keith Whitley’s classic “Miami, My Amy.” He
credits the album’s daring, exciting sonics to producer Paul DiGiovanni—”I truly let Paul run wild; he’s
the best in town. I trust him and that belief hasn’t let us down yet.”

To Davis, there was one overarching ambition for the project. “The big thing for me was to show my
growth,” he says. “Growth in shows, growth in the songwriting, growth in the topics we’re touching on.
I really wanted to show how I’ve changed as an artist and a songwriter, for the better, than on my first
album.” And he credits much of that determination to the example of artists with whom he’s been
fortunate enough to work and tour.

“Luke Bryan, Kane Brown, Luke Combs—those guys know exactly what they do, who they want to
be, what they want to say,” he says. “You don’t have a career like Luke Bryan’s without saying, ‘Hey,
this is me, this is what I do.’ That’s what I take away from those guys, to be confident in who you are
and what you do.”

Davis draws on that confidence to take a major step forward, allowing all the ways he’s challenged
himself to give him a greater sense of certainty and conviction. “There are a lot of things I can’t
control,” he says, “but I can control the records I make, and I want to know that I did everything
possible to make the best music I could. So far, I feel sure that I’ve done that.”

Now with Bluebird Days, Davis can undoubtedly say, “This is exactly the record I want to put out. I
don’t know what’s going to happen with it, but I can at least tell you that the one certainty I do have
about this record, is I’m proud of it.”

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UMG NASHVILLE’S NEW YEAR’S LINERS (AUDIO)

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“Hey everybody, it’s Brad Paisley, wishing you a Happy New Year.”

“Hey! This is TJ, and I’m John, and we are Brothers Osborne. Happy New Year.”

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“Hey y’all! What’s up? This is Darius Rucker, wishing you a Happy New Year!

“Hey, it’s Dierks Bentley. Happy New Year!”

“Hi, I’m Dierks Bentley, wishing you and yours a Happy New Year.”

“5-4-3-2-1…Happy New Year, everybody. I’m Eric Church.’”

“Hey! It’s Eric Church, hoping you have a Happy New Year.”

“Hi! I’m Jon Pardi, wishing you a Happy New Year!”

“Hey! I’m Jordan Davis, wishing you a Happy New Year!”

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“The War And Treaty here. Happy New Year.”

“Hey what’s goin’ on it’s Tucker Wetmore. Happy New Year everybody!

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Brothers Osborne / Darius Rucker / Dierks Bentley / Eric Church / Josh Ross / Kacey Musgraves / Luke Bryan / Reba McEntire / Travis Denning / Tyler Hubbard

What are some of your favorite stars doing to welcome in the New Year? A few of them are working to help fans celebrate. Several artists have taken the time off around the holidays and will hit it hard when they return to the road in 2025. Some artists have resolutions, some artists look ahead to 2025 and some are very helpful with their own hangover cures for those who have a little too much fun on New Year’s Eve.

JOHN: “I think it’s kind of funny how we spend literally the last moment and the very first moment of every year being extremely intoxicated, extremely, because you don’t want to wait until like 12:30 to get your buzz on. You’ve got to do it before midnight, and then once midnight happens, you’re like, ‘Omigod! Now it’s time to celebrate even more.’ Debauchery is the literally bookending your entire year.” TJ: “I love how everyone starts the year off with diets and then we end the year with like excessive amounts of food. And then you get to the end of the year, you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m going to start a diet on the 1st, so I’m going to eat everything that’s in front of me.’ I love it.” JOHN: “And come February 1st, ‘what diet?’” [laughs] TJ: “What diet? I’ll start it next month.” [laughs]

John Osborne:
“Usually drinking more. I mean, a little hair of the dog never hurt anybody. Plus, it’s the first of the year.”

“These days New Year’s Eve unless I get a big gig, I don’t take it. And we don’t do anything for New Year’s Eve, we stay home. New Year’s Eve is for amateurs, we stay home, New Year’s Eve.”

Dierks Bentley (New Year’s) OC: …in stride. 1:11
“New Year’s is rough. New Year’s hurts no matter what’s going on. I’ve played a lot of New Year’s shows, you know, but I’ve honestly found that it’s not my favorite night to throw down. Look, for a living, that’s what I do. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, I host a big party; not only on stage, but I’ve got friends backstage. It starts before the concert sometimes, [and] it goes long after the concert, so a lot of times on New Year’s, I’m looking for a really mellow hang – a good party, good friends, pretty chill. Some of my best New Year’s – it doesn’t make for great radio – but some of my best New Years have been just like actually hearing fireworks go off while I’m in bed, [laughs] and know I’m gonna wake up the next morning for the first day of the New Year feeling great, feeling recharged and I’m ready to go ad go into the New Year feeling good as opposed to going into it with a giant Jagerbomb hangover, which I’ve done many, many times. So, the goal this year is to go into it feeling pretty good and the kids help with that, because you really just don’t want to be hungover with children. It’s not a good feeling. You would probably admit to any crime to get them, just feel better, and get them leave you alone. So, [I’m] gonna try to hit New Year’s this year in stride.”

Dierks (NYE) OC: …for that. :10
“I think January first is universally accepted as a dog. So I mean, a little hair of the dog, I guess. But just…water and stay on the couch, I guess. There’s no real sure-fire cure for that.”

Eric Church (hangover cure) OC: …every time. :17
“The best hangover cure – I’ve got two. One is 5-hour Energy [bottles], because of all the B-vitamins that are in it. You can start pounding those, and it’s either gonna work, or it’s gonna keep you up and prolong your misery. But the other one I have is just take two Advil and a beer in the morning. Hair of the dog, man – that works every time.”

“My hangover cure is Bloody Mary’s. But be careful, because once you have a couple, don’t go to beer, because if you go to beer, you’re gonna start drinking again. And you end up a morning drunk. Or if you wanna go the non-alcoholic route, there’s nothing you can do for hangovers. You just gotta deal with it.”

“You know, obviously just the energy around it being a new year and new goals and it’s my refresh for the year, and, but it’ll I get to kind of start my refresh right at the very first moment of time, so I’m really looking forward to that.

“Best hangover cure—I think it’s depending on what I have to do that day or the next day. But yeah, there’s definitely two. There’s my old approach, which was the football approach when I played college football, was we used to have Sunday morning rundown and no matter how much fun you had on Saturday night, you had to be at the field at 8 or 9am and we used to have to jog around the track. Running or doing some type activity is one of the best cures. As I’ve gotten lazier, I would maybe say, sometimes just having water, having liquid IV or sometimes my grandma’s old trick of the hair of the dog is a real thing and kind of just help level you out for the day.”

“Coconut water is a major help with hangovers and also, a lot of times we go and eat Vietnamese pho. It’s a soup, and it’s got this awesome broth. You can get different things in it or whatever, but for some reason, it’s just like…it’s almost like a chicken noodle soup kind of an idea, you know, but it’s good. That’s good for hangovers too. That, sleep, Tylenol, coconut water and just water, in general. And when you’re drinking, have your alcohol, drink a little bit of water, drink some more alcohol, drink some water. Yup!”

My favorite day drink is typically a margarita with a nice reposado tequila. If I day drink tequila, I will have a day nap, always. You have a day nap anyway. I do. You do. That’s how I stay so young. That’s right. It’s good for my complexion.

I don’t, I’m sorry. What is your day drink? I grew up napping. He’s a napper. Kimberly’s day drink would be a… Cuban. Or a pineapple mojito. Oh, that sounds nice. Sure. Can you make me one? My day drink would probably be a glass of… White wine. Yeah. And then I like to go shopping…not a good combination. It is for her. Your credit limit is higher if you’re drinking while you shop. It’s like gambling and shopping. I mean, gambling and drinking. I like beach drinks, like bitter, legitimately beachy drinks. Rum runner. Yes, rum drinks are good. I like my mai tais. It kind of sounds like you take a nap and you drink.

You know, beachy drinks. Fru-Fru drinks. What is that? Nobody said Fru-Fru. You said Fru-Fru. Yeah, OK. I was just thinking. OK, I like Fru-Fru drinks. He does. During the day. Mai tai, that’s a good day drink for me. That’s good.

“My best New Year’s Eve is definitely when my wife and I started back dating. We started back dating right before Christmas and we went on a trip down to Florida and met some friends. And her birthday is New Year’s Eve. We celebrated it that night and it was just a great night.”

Tyler Hubbard (New Year’s memory) OC: …comes to mind. :24
“Well, this is probably a classic answer, but we did play New Year’s in New York and watched the ball drop and it was a big, special moment, one of those kind of check it off the bucket list type of moments, and we did that. And it is incredible. The energy’s amazing, and it’s super cold, but we had a great time. When I think of epic New Year’s, that’s definitely, it’s probably the first memory that comes to mind.”

Tucker Wetmore’s New Year Resolution:
“Yeah, I haven’t really thought of any New Year’s resolutions for 2025. Um, probably cause my whole next year is already planned out, in the books and stamped and all I gotta do is show up. And yeah, I guess being happy would be my, my resolution for sure.”

UMG NASHVILLE’S “A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS” RADIO SPECIAL

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With hosts such as Reba McEntire, Little Big Town, Jordan Davis, and Carrie Underwood, you will have 8 hours of a star-studded holiday playlist with A Country Christmas. Click HERE to download.

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We have compiled an array of content — a variety of liners and soundbites – from JORDAN DAVIS to equip you with everything you might need to put together your own album radio special; roll-out tracks leading up to –and following — the release of his new Bluebird Days record to use in news feeds, radio specials and much more. Check out all of details below (including audio liners and soundbites, as well as transcriptions) to create your own content surrounding JORDAN’s new album release.

In stepping back with country music’s biggest stars to emerge in recent years of his latest album Bluebird Days, he tells not only the magic of a song like CMA Song of the Year “Buy Dirt,” but of the evolution of Jordan Davis the person, the songwriter, and the artist. Sometimes, a popular song becomes more than just a hit—it turns into a phenomenon. And that’s what happened with “Buy Dirt,” Davis’ 2021 duet with Luke Bryan. It reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs chart and was one of the Top Five most streamed country songs in both 2021 and 2022. That kind of success brings expectations, but—as Davis discovered when he set to work on his follow-up album Bluebird Days—it can also lead to a new sense of possibility.

With Bluebird Days (Davis’ second full-length album, following 2018’s Home State, which included the Platinum-selling No. 1 hits “Singles You Up,” “Take It from Me,” and “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot;” he’s also released two EPs), the Shreveport, Louisiana-born singer-songwriter digs deep into his own experiences for a collection that offers a wide range of emotions, meditations, and memories, matched by his signature sound, blending traditional and contemporary genres and styles. With a young family and a career that’s rapidly on the rise, he was still surprised to see the depth that this material was reaching.

Bluebird Days Track List:

Damn Good Time — Written by Jordan Davis, Matt Dragstrem and Chase McGill
Money Isn’t Real — Written by Jake Mitchell, Jameson Rodgers, Josh Thompson and Sarah Turner
Tucson Too Late — Written by Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis, Josh Jenkins and Matt Jenkins
What My World Spins Around — Written by Jordan Davis, Matt Dragstrem and Ryan Hurd
Sunday Saints — Written by Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis and Benjy Davis
No Time Soon — Written by Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis, Josh Jenkins and Matt Jenkins
You’ve Got My Number — Written by Jordan Davis, Jason Gantt and Josh Osborne
Next Thing You Know — Written by Jordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill and Josh Osborne
Fishing Spot — Written by Jordan Davis, Will Bundy, Josh Miller and Josh Thompson
One Beer In Front Of The Other — Written by Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis, Josh Jenkins and Matt Jenkins
Bluebird Days — Written by Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis, Josh Dorr and Chris LaCorte
Part Of It — Written by Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis, Matt McKinney and Jordan Walker
Short Fuse — Written by Jordan Davis, Paul DiGiovanni, Josh Thompson and Emily Weisband
Whiskey Weak — Written by Jordan Davis, Paul DiGiovanni and Jamie Paulin
Midnight Crisis (Featuring Danielle Bradbery) — Written by Jordan Davis, Paul DiGiovanni and Derrick Southerland
What I Wouldn’t Do — Written by Matt McVaney, Emily Reid and Travis Wood
Buy Dirt (Featuring Luke Bryan) — Written by Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis, Josh Jenkins and Matt Jenkins

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