JON PARDI ANNOUNCES DUAL-NATURED FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM HONKYTONK HOLLYWOOD – OUT APRIL 11

Pardi’s Signature Sound Has a New Spark with 17-Song Album Produced by Jay Joyce, Available for Pre-Order Now

Fans Can Listen to HONKYTONK HOLLYWOOD‘s Grits-and-Glitz Core Title Track Today

Jon Pardi – Honkytonk Hollywood Album Art

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – January 17, 2025 – Capitol Records Nashville artist Jon Pardi began careening down the highway over ten years ago, leading the charge to modernize honky tonk with roaring guitars and a roaring, good-time spirit. Pardi’s reputation for punchy, against-the-wind bravado has only grown, with his upcoming fifth studio album HONKYTONK HOLLYWOOD slated for release April 11. The 17-track album is the spiritual successor to his fearless breakout hits, and once again finds Pardi pulling out the stops to stay true to himself – yet giving his signature sound a new spark. Some tracks ring with pristine, pure-country tenderness, while others embrace fuzzed-out fiddles and soaring tripled guitars, or grungy bass lines and bottomless grooves. The title track, “Honkytonk Hollywood,” sets the mood placed strategically in the core of the album. It’s a grits-and-glitz tribute to the dual nature of Pardi’s life and mindset, and is now available to listen HERE with the full album available for pre-order HERE.

“All my albums have been rock and roll with a country flare – this one keeps on rockin’,” Pardi explains. “It’s also the most grown-up record I’ve ever made, all my soul basically. ‘Honkytonk Hollywood’ is for the Nashville that’s in my blood and it’s also a nod to my California roots. And right now, more than ever, I hope it’s a way to honor and lift up the people of my home state.”

Enlisting Jay Joyce for the first time as producer and stepping away from the traditional Nashville recording system, Pardi spent three solid weeks in the studio, building each track up from nothing with his touring band handling the vast majority of the recording.  Starting the album off in overdrive, “Boots Off” explodes from the speakers with a brash guitar hook and roadhouse-rocking stomp, representing the first of many hot-and-heavy love songs. Tracks like the grungy “Rush” continue the flirtatious fun, fusing alt-rock attitude with a synthetic skid-row crunch and howling vocals, perfectly capturing the swirling ecstasy of desire. Likewise, “Love the Lights Out” melts into a steamy soul rocker with slide guitar hooks and a throbbing pulse – a soundtrack for love that takes its time – and “She Gets to Drinking” sways with an intoxicating swing. Meanwhile, others push boundaries even further sonically, with the current single “Friday Night Heartbreaker” pairing a dark, tortured blast of hard rock with a sleek singalong vocal. “Hey California” cruises down a Sunset Strip of ‘70s-style studio-rock sophistication – complete with dreamy vocal stacks and atmospheric guitars. And with the slow-grooving “Don’t You Wanna Know,” Pardi’s twangy vocal pleads for romantic reconnection through a cloud of mellow, new-wave pop.

Elsewhere, family-minded balladry makes timeless trad-country feel modern, with tracks like “He Went to Work” tipping a hat to the steadfast fathers of the world. And Pardi calls the cinematic beauty of his lump-in-your-throat life ballad “She Drives Away” “undeniable.” He goes all-in on the moody “Gambling Man,” a busted flat tuxedo-twang warning to avoid his dice-rolling ways. And the two-stepper “Bar Room Blue” aches with a woozy, San Antonio swing. But by closing the set on “Kinda Wanna Keep It That Way,” Pardi once and for all declares his creative independence. A tranquil, acoustic-groove anthem with the easy strut of self-confidence, its message sums up where the restless counter-country star is at – and ultimately, the foundation of his success.  But no matter how far he roamed, Pardi’s barbed-wire vocal fenced the new ground.

“We did what we wanted, and it stands out because of it,” Pardi goes on. “Taking the chance paid off, and I kind of want to keep it that way.”

HONKYTONK HOLLYWOOD Track List:

1. Boots Off
2. Friday Night Heartbreaker
3. She Gets to Drinking
4. Gambling Man
5. Hey California
6. Rush
7. She Drives Away
8. He Went to Work
9. Last Call Thing
10. Honkytonk Hollywood
11. Love The Lights Out
12. Nice Place to Visit
13. Hard Knocks
14. Don’t You Wanna Know
15. Bar Room Blue
16. Who I Don’t Wanna Be
17. Kinda Wanna Keep It That Way

With four Top 5 albums which include 2016’s Platinum No. 1, CALIFORNIA SUNRISE, and Pardi’s reputation for punchy, against-the-wind bravado has only grown. Never afraid to break from the pack, fourteen RIAA-certified singles feature six No. 1’s (like the back-to-back 6x-Platinum “Head Over Boots” and “Dirt On My Boots”), and with years of blue-collar barnstorming behind him, the California native has earned his international headlining acclaim, alongside 9.3 billion global streams. For all the success of his multi-album, decade-plus climb, it has to come honestly, from a spark of true creative interest – and good old-fashioned fun. The lessons for Pardi, just made him stronger.

After headlining shows in the US and Australia including CMC Rocks this spring, the multi-Platinum country star and “spirited entertainer, with infectious energy” (Star Tribune) will kickoff his HONKYTONK HOLLYWOOD TOUR on April 25, hitting 16 arenas and amphitheaters across the U.S. with support from Corey Kent on select dates and Kassi Ashton. For more information on new music and for a full list of upcoming tour dates, visit JonPardi.com.

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Tyne Parrish

The GreenRoom

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Leigh Malleus

Universal Music Group Nashville

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Jon Pardi Gives a Dark and Thrilling Look to New Music Video for “Friday Night Heartbreaker” – Watch HERE

Jon Pardi | Credit: Evan De Stefano

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – January 7, 2025 – Today, country superstar Jon Pardi hits the streets in a dark and thrilling new music video for current radio single “Friday Night Heartbreaker.” Released as the lead track off his upcoming fifth studio album, the video for the track that “kicks down the door of this next musical chapter” (American Songwriter) was directed by Jim Wright and shot in Nashville’s historic Printer’s Alley. It highlights Pardi’s signature mix of honky-tonk rhythms and contemporary flair, capturing the bittersweet blend of infatuation and the heartbreak often felt during fleeting moments of romance. With its lively melody and mysterious edge, “Friday Night Heartbreaker” highlights Pardi’s knack for blending storytelling with an infectious, danceable sound. Fans can watch the new video now HERE.

“I always enjoy filming with Jim Wright, even if it means being in Printer’s Alley until 2 AM,” says Pardi. “You really see some wild characters down there at that hour. One of my favorite parts of the shoot was chatting with the actors and actresses who performed the circus stunts—they were amazing! All I had to do was play guitar and drive a cool car while they were over there breathing fire and swallowing swords. It was awesome to watch it all come together!”

Since first hitting the country landscape, singer/songwriter/producer Jon Pardi has long separated himself from the pack, carving a lane that was all his own by producing, writing, and singing songs he created from the melodies up, and earning praise for it. “Jon Pardi cut a path through modern country’s embrace of pop, hip-hop and EDM” (The New York Times) with “an emboldened work… a distilling of his sound into a more potent form that draws both vitality and assurance from his anything-but-sterile relationship to his tradition’s modern era” (NPR). Pardi is “a leader among a growing number of artists bringing back fiddle, steel, and twang” (People) and “even when he’s singing sad songs, he wants people to have a good time” (Associated Press). Pardi’s critically acclaimed most recent album MR. SATURDAY NIGHT proved he has “blazed his own trail over the past decade” (Billboard) and followed his critically acclaimed 2019 album – HEARTACHE MEDICATION – a CMA and ACM Album of the Year nominated project that was also named as one of Rolling Stone’s “Best Album of the Year” and Los Angeles Times’ (Top 10) “Best Albums of the Year” upon release. His breakthrough Platinum-selling album, CALIFORNIA SUNRISE, features the multi-Platinum, chart-topping hits “Dirt On My Boots,” “Head Over Boots,” “Heartache On The Dance Floor” and “Night Shift.” Pardi has earned several No. 1s on country radio and is noted for his “long-lasting mark on the genre” (MusicRow) and his impressive ability to carve out his own path creating “the kind of country music multiple generations came to know, and love can still work on a mass scale” (Variety). Filled with fiddle, twang and steel guitar, Pardi continues to “apply new ideas to country’s old sounds” (Los Angeles Times) and “bring authenticity back into Country music” (People). Pardi’s brand new “Friday Night Heartbreaker” is the lead single from his upcoming fifth studio album, anticipated for release in 2025. For more information and for a full list of upcoming tour dates, visit JonPardi.com.

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Media Contacts:

Tyne Parrish

The GreenRoom

Tynep@thegreenroompr.com

Leigh Malleus

Universal Music Group Nashville

Leigh.Malleus@umusic.com