Jelly Roll is back with an inspiring new single! On Wednesday, the country crooner, 39, dropped an emotional new track, "I Am Not Okay," and it's bringing all of the feels. The ballad begins with the singer (whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord) softly singing over a guitar. "I am not okay / I'm barely gettin' by / I'm losin' track of days / And losin' sleep at night / I am not okay / I’m hangin' on the rails / So if I say I'm fine / Just know I've learned to hide it well," he sings.
As a soft orchestra joins the track, Jelly Roll continues to sing about how he knows that he's not the only one feeling this way and lets people know that there is hope at the end of the road. "I know I can't be the only one / Who's holdin' on for dear life / But God knows, I know / When it's all said and done / I'm not okay / But it's all gonna be all right," he continues. He also mentions that he has days where he feels good, and other days, when he doesn't feel like getting out of bed.
But in the end, he knows it's going to be alright. Ahead of the single's release, the musician teased the song, which is the first off of his forthcoming eighth album. Get ready 🙏🏼 "I heard ya'll were wanting new music," the singer wrote over a TikTok video of him in the studio recording the song.
In the comments, his wife, Bunnie XO, spoke for the fans. "Yes. Yes we do," the Dumb Blonde podcast host, 44, wrote.
In another video from the studio, Jelly Roll captioned the clip, "#newmusic #mentalhealthm.