Jordan Davis grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, and since he’s experienced Mardi Gras nearly every year of his life, he’s got a lot of advice for those who will attend for the first time in the future.

“My main piece of advice is everybody needs to experience New Orleans at least once,” says Jordan. “Another piece is just pace yourself. It is pretty much a month-long party, so just pace yourself, try to stay hydrated that’s not alcohol, have a blast and catch a bunch of beads. Get a sign – that’s another piece of advice. If you’re really going after beads, get something that catches their eyes. Also, when it comes to making signs, best advice, make it a hoop, ‘cause if you have somebody on a float, if they have something to throw at, you’re gonna get a ton more beads.”

Mardi Gras Day is Tuesday (February 21st). Also known as Fat Tuesday, it’s the last day of the Carnival season as it always falls the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. The most popular time to visit New Orleans is the extended weekend before Mardi Gras when you can catch parades, like Endymion, Bacchus, Zulu, Rex and all of the festive celebrations throughout the whole city.

The Louisiana native, who is making his way up the country charts with his latest smash, “Next Thing You Know,” just released his brand new album, Bluebird Days, on Friday (February 17th).

Jordan Davis today releases his highly anticipated new album, Bluebird Days. This week, Davis performed new song “Tucson Too Late” on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! He also recently performed his current radio single, “Next Thing You Know” on NBC’s TODAY. He will also visit CBS’ The Talk on March 31st for a performance and interview about the release of his new album and recent milestones including his fifth career No. 1 at country radio, sold-out headlining dates across the US, and more.

Featured by The Tennessean, American Songwriter, Billboard, and more, Bluebird Days debuted to early rave reviews, with  Billboard noting “Davis soars on ‘Bluebird Days’” and Entertainment Focus echoing, “Jordan Davis comes of age on new album ‘Bluebird Days’ and shows the world the type of mature, meaningful and melodic songwriter he is.” The 17-song album includes Davis’ recent multi-week No. 1 “What My World Spins Around,” and breakout hit, “Buy Dirt.” Written by Davis along with his brother, Jacob Davis, and brothers Matt and Josh Jenkins, the 2x Platinum hit “Buy Dirt” garnered numerous accolades including Song of the Year at the CMA and NSAI awards, as well as Billboard, AMA, iHeart and ACM award nominations and has more than 900 Million streams to date.

Of the new album, Davis shared with American Songwriter:“‘Buy Dirt’ [opened] this new lane of being able to connect with fans…I hope people can listen to my music and get something out of it the way that I did when I listened to a Kristofferson song or a Prine song… I hope that people can see that there is happiness in [this album] and even in some of the sadder songs, those sad songs helped get me to where I’m at now.”

Davis also spoke with Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country, about the highly anticipated follow up to his RIAA Gold-certified debut album, Home State, as well as his appreciation for his past experiences and where he is in his life. “If there was a ‘Bluebird Day,’ that is a life, then I’m in it right now. It’s just a special time and I don’t forget how blessed I am to be in it.” The rest of Davis’ interview and full episode of Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country will be available today at 11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET or anytime on-demand at apple.co/_TodaysCountry.

Having solidified himself as one of the industry’s top singer/songwriters, 2022 marked a breakthrough year for Davis. In Bluebird Days, the award-winning singer and songwriter continues that momentum- allowing listeners to take a deeper look into his past and what has made him one of the most in-demand hitmakers in the industry through a combination of new tracks and fan-favorites. Bluebird Days is a “rich, deep, meaningful album” (Entertainment Focus) that digs deep into Davis’ personal experiences and offers a wide range of emotions, meditations, and memories, matched by his signature sound blending traditional and contemporary genres and styles. “It’s not just the lyrics…it’s the way he summarizes life, love, family,” notes Taste of Country.

“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,” says Davis. “The big thing for me was to show my growth. 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.”

With Bluebird Days, Davis invites his fans to explore the vulnerable side of him, with songs like “Fishing Spot,” a homage to his late grandfather. The title track “Bluebird Days,” examines his life as a child of divorced parents, while “Short Fuse” allows the Shreveport, LA native to open up about a side of him that he keeps close to his chest. The spirit of those cloudless, sunny days and moments of lightheartedness and appreciation shine on songs like “Damn Good Time” and “One Beer in Front of the Other,” while “Tucson Too Late” reunites the award-winning team behind “Buy Dirt” and has earned comparisons of Davis to Keith Whitley (The Tennessean).

Davis’ next single, “Next Thing You Know,” has already raised its hand as a fan-favorite, earning over 150 Million streams to date ahead of its official impact at country radio next week (2/21). The full 17 track album, Bluebird Days, is available HERE.

Bluebird Days Track Listing:

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

Produced by Paul DiGiovanni

Jordan Davis is set to release his new album, Bluebird Days, on Friday (February 17th). The collection contains 17 songs, including his previous multi-week No. 1 songs “Buy Dirt” (featuring Luke Bryan) and “What My World Spins Around,” as well his new single “Next Thing You Know,” the sultry “No Time Soon,” the memorable “Part Of It” and many more.

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Jordan Davis will release his “Bluebird Days” album later this week, and he and producer Paul DiGiovanni discussed how they wanted to frame this album, even talking to the record’s co-writers about their ideas.

“The main thing I wanted it to be is the most honest record or collection of songs that I’ve ever put out,” says Jordan. “So you get songs like ‘Short Fuse,’ ‘Bluebird Days,’ ‘Money Isn’t Real’, you know those kinda heavier songs, and then I also wanted this to be our big thing going into this with me and Paul and even telling some of my songwriters — it’s like, man, we want this to kinda be a past, present and how we’re going to live the rest of our life off of. The past being songs like ‘What I Wouldn’t Do,’ ‘Sunday Saints,’ ‘You Got My Number’ to kinda present songs–I would throw ‘Money Isn’t Real’ in there ‘What My World Spins Around,’ ‘Buy Dirt,’ ‘Next Thing You Know’ and then the future songs like ‘Part of It’ that are kind of like ‘Fishing Spot’ which is kind of about my grandpa, you know, how I spend time with him now. So those were kind of the tent poles of what I wanted it to be. You know I wanted it to be as creative as possible and throw together some type of story and tie that all into what I feel like ‘Bluebird Day’ — which is what I feel like is an ideal perfect day which is where I feel like I’m at in my personal life, my professional life — and then kinda tie it back to the song itself being a cautionary tale, it can go away really quick if you lose sight of some really important stuff. So, those are kind of what I wanted to do with this album.”

The album, available everywhere on Friday (February 17th), will include Jordan’s multi-week, 2x Platinum No. 1 single, “Buy Dirt,” which earned the Louisiana native his first Song of the Year win last Fall at the 2022 CMA Awards.  The collection will also include his most recent multi-week chart-topper, “What My World Spins Around,” as well as his brand new single, “Next Thing You Know.”

Bluebird Days Track List:

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

Jordan Davis will perform on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday (February 15th) beginning at 11:35pm ET. Jordan’s new album, Bluebird Days, will be available on Friday (February 17th). Actor Orlando Bloom will also appear on the show to talk about his new show, Carnival Row.  (FUN NOTE: Maybe the two can talk about their friendship with Luke Bryan. Jordan recorded the two-week No. 1, multi-platinum, CMA Song of the Year with pal Luke, while Orlando and Luke have a blossoming friendship due to Orlando’s fiance Katy Perry — Luke and Katy are fellow judges on American Idol.)

Speaking of Luke Bryan, he will be at the judges’ table for the sixth time when American Idol returns this Sunday (February 19th), alongside Katy Perry and Lionel Richie. Check out this year’s premiere episode on Sunday beginning at 8pm ET/7pm CT on ABC.

Y'all better tune in, Sun. 8/7c on ABC! 🙌 @lukebryan pic.twitter.com/41yRGcZzkJ

— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) February 13, 2023

Carrie Underwood has a new family member. She shared photos of her new furbaby “Charlie” on her socials over the weekend. She met the fluffy puppy in Charlotte when the Pawsitive Impact North Carolina Dog Rescue brought some puppies to the venue prior to Carrie’s show on her Denim & Rhinestones Tour stop. She says that she and her family, including husband Mike Fisher and their two boys Isaiah and Jacob, had been searching for just the right puppy…and they obviously found her.

Meet Charlotte “Charlie” Nilla Fisher…newest member of the family! I met her in Charlotte when the lovely people at @pincdogrescue brought some puppies to the venue to make us all smile. We had been looking for the right pup for our family for a while… https://t.co/9Gc5xcIX4T pic.twitter.com/LtZnJabmpR

— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) February 12, 2023

Chrissy Metz appeared on NBC’s Today Show on Monday (February 13th) with her boyfriend Bradley Collins. The pair were on the show to wrote a new children’s book titled “When I Talk to God, I Talk About You.”

“This Is Us” star Chrissy Metz @ChrissyMetz and her boyfriend, songwriter Bradley Collins, open up about their new children’s book called “When I Talk to God, I Talk About You” that teaches kids about the power of prayer. pic.twitter.com/tdXasdjKo9

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 13, 2023

Jordan Davis has been working hard on his brand new album, Bluebird Days, and he says he’s grateful for the time he had to work on it and didn’t have to rush getting it out into the marketplace.

“The making of Bluebird Days was definitely a little weird in that half of it was recorded during COVID, you know, which gave us more time to get things right, but at the same time made things tough to get musicians in to play,” says Jordan. “It was weird in the recording process of I, but I think the good thing is that it gave us a lot of extra time to make sure the songs were right, gave us time to write more, we didn’t feel as rushed, and you know this is the sophomore album for me so, this was a big one and I wanted it to be special, and I knew what I wanted to do with it. So, I was really happy that we did have a little bit of extra time to make sure that this one felt right.”

The album, available everywhere February 17th, will include Jordan’s multi-week, 2x Platinum No. 1 single, “Buy Dirt,” which earned Davis his first Song of the Year win last Fall at the 2022 CMA Awards.  The collection will also include his most recent multi-week chart-topper, “What My World Spins Around,” as well as his brand new single, “Next Thing You Know.”

Jordan is north of the border for a string of shows in Canada. Tonight (February 9th), he performs in Vancouver, followed by shows in Edmonton on Saturday (February 11th) and Calgary on Sunday (February 12th).

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Jordan Davis has released his new single, “Next Thing You Know,” as the follow-up to his recent two-week No. 1 single, “What My World Spins Around.” The Louisiana native wrote the tune with Greylan James, Chase McGill and Josh Osborne, and one of the interesting facts about the song is it doesn’t have a chorus.

“There’s no chorus to this song,” says Jordan. “And I think it’s really cool that all we do is repeat ‘Next Thing You Know’ throughout it, but when you’re trying to write songs for a, a job, not putting a chorus on it is a fast way to get it thrown into the garbage can, and I think that makes me more proud of this song in that this is what we wanted to do with it and we just wanted to be as honest as possible in how fast life goes. I remember leaving, telling somebody like when they were like, ‘Did you write today?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah.’ They said, ‘Did you get anything good?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, we wrote a song that doesn’t even have a chorus.’ And I got the look of like, ‘Well, we’ll probably never hear that one,’ and little did I know it would connect with a whole lotta people.”

You swear that you’re stayin’ single
Next thing you know
You meet a girl at a bar
And next thing you know
You get her laughin’
It’s 2 AM
You’re telling your buddies
3 months in that

She ain’t movin’ in
Next thing you know
There’s a U-Haul trailer
Next thing you know
Your old apartment
Is y’all’s new place
There goes the carpet, but
The deer head stays

Next thing you know
You’re savin’ money like never before, just to
Spend it all at a jewelry store, gettin’
Down on one knee on her mama’s porch
Just prayin’ she don’t say no
Next thing you know
Your best man gives a half-drunk speech and you’re
Sunburnt on a honeymoon beach and your
Left hand’s gettin’ used to that ring
There the next two or three years go
Next thing you know

You weren’t really tryin’
Next thing you know
There’s a test on the counter
Next thing you know
She’s standin’ there cryin’
Noddin’ her head yes
You’re half excited
Half scared to death

‘Cause next thing you
You’re wearing scrubs and a funny white hat and the
Doctor’s sayin’, how you doin’ there dad and
Nobody’s ever called you that and
You take that drive home slow
Next thing you know
It’s first steps, first dates, first car, it’s
11:01 wonderin’ where they are
Sayin’ that USC’s too far
It’s amazing how fast 17 years go
Next thing you know
Next thing you know

Next thing you know
You get to know your wife again and you’re
More in love than you’ve ever been with a
Lot of years of remember when’s
And still some down the road
‘Cause next thing you know
You got a yard full of your kid’s kids and ya
Take ’em to church, teach ’em to fish, and ya
Tell ’em stories every chance you get
About how fast this life down here can go
Next thing you know
Next thing you know

After a few dates in the States over this past weekend, Jordan is set to head north of the border beginning with a show in Vancouver on February 9th.

After winning the CMA Award for Song of the Year for “Buy Dirt” with his brother Jacob Davis and Matt and Josh Jenkins, Jordan Davis recalled a moment during a family Thanksgiving dinner when his mother worried about him and his brother Jacob Davis becoming songwriters.

“I honestly think back on a time when I overheard my mom at a family Thanksgiving thing, saying I can’t believe that I somehow let my boys move to Nashville and try to be songwriters,” says Jordan. “And I think of it now and how hard that was for her, to think we were gonna try to move and make a living as songwriters, but there’s no bigger award than we could’ve got that night. My mom doesn’t worry about her boys writing songs anymore, and I think for me that’s one of my most proud moments from accepting that award that night. Mom, we’re good now.”

Jordan just enjoyed two weeks at the top of the country charts with his most recent smash, “What My World Spins Around.” The song is included on his upcoming album, Bluebird Days, which will be released on February 17th.