Brothers Osborne celebrated their recent chart topping success for “Stay a Little Longer” with a party in their honor at a local Nashville hotspot on Tuesday afternoon (March 1st). The guys scored their first No. 1 this year, and it’s been a long, but fruitful, journey for the pair.
“I think one of the things that separates people that are in the music industry or the entertainment industry from a lot of other people isn’t necessarily the fact that we’re more talented or we’re luckier or anything like that, we just keep showing up. And that’s the hardest thing. That’s the hardest thing,” says John Osborne. “You’ve got to keep showing up and you’ve got to keep getting turned down over and over and over and over. And it’s about getting back up and just wiping the dust off yourself and going back in there and getting denied again, and then you do it again and again and again, because there’s something inside you compelling you to do that.”
The Delaware duo, who just released their new single, “21 Summer,” is nominated for two ACM Awards – Vocal Duo and New Vocal Duo of the Year. The 51st Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas April 3rd at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.
Audio / Prior to the duo’s first No. 1 party for “Stay a Little Longer,” John Osborne of Brothers Osborne talks to journalists about the determination and tenacity it takes for an artist, musician or entertainment to make it.
DownloadBrothers Osborne (keep showing up) OC: …to do that. :42
JOHN: “It’s been an amazing journey. It doesn’t matter who you are, if it takes a day for you to become successful, you would want it to take half a day. You always want it to happen sooner than later. I think one of the things that separates people that are in the music industry or the entertainment industry from a lot of other people isn’t necessarily the fact that we’re more talented or we’re luckier or anything like that, we just keep showing up. And that’s the hardest thing. That’s the hardest thing. You’ve got to keep showing up and you’ve got to keep getting turned down over and over and over and over. And it’s about getting back up and just wiping the dust off yourself and going back in there and getting denied again, and then you do it again and again and again, because there’s something inside you compelling you to do that.”
Audio / Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne explains how overwhelmed and appreciative he and his brother TJ are from the support of everyone around them for their career and their first No. 1 song.
Download[NOTE: BEEP below] Brothers Osborne (No. 1 is incredible moment) OC: …personally. :54
JOHN: “I’ve been in Nashville for 15 years, and TJ has been here for 12, 13, and that’s awesome, because that’s been 15 years of kicking and fighting and saying yes and not sleeping and literally being sick and showing up and getting turned down again, and doing it because you love it so much. The reason why we get so emotional in those moments is because when we were told finally you have a No. 1 song on country radio, all of those moments come rushing back in because you suppress them because you don’t want to let them fuel you. It’s absolutely [beep] incredible, and there’s no other way to explain it for me than that. I will forever be grateful for the work that my brother’s put in, our label’s put in, Shane [McAnally] and the country music community has put in because this is one of the greatest moments of my life personally.”
