Nation music sensation Jelly Roll has launched the much-anticipated music video for his newest single, “Liar” after beforehand sharing a teaser for the clip on social media.
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“Liar” boldly confronts habit and materialism’s vacancy, with Jelly Roll‘s uncooked honesty on full show and his vulnerability shining by as he tackles the heavy themes head-on. The visible is as stark because the message of the tune, with Jelly standing in the midst of a dilapidated front room whereas singing to his reflection in a mirror and vowing that the darkish voices in his head is not going to get him down once more.
“You ain’t nothin’ however a liar/ Yeah, I stroll proper out the fireplace/ Yeah, you attempt to hold me down/ Attempt to put me underground/ However I’m solely going increased,” he sings as his mirror picture stares again ominously, wringing his arms and searching forlorn.
The singer beforehand debuted the tune on Might 16 on the ACM Awards, the place he handled audiences at Ford Heart at The Star in Frisco, Texas, to a rousing efficiency of the at-the-time unreleased rock observe.
The discharge on Aug. 2 marks a change of tune from earlier this yr when the Nashville native revealed in an interview with Style of Nation Nights that he was “on the fence” about releasing the observe.
“I felt prefer it was vital to begin the brand new period of music on the ACMs as a result of we had executed ‘Save Me’ there. We launched me and Lainey there. I believe that as we’re celebrating ‘Midway to Hell’ going No. 1, it’s type of the tip of the Whitsitt Chapel period,” Jelly Roll stated in Might.
“I don’t even know if we’re going to place ‘Liar’ out. I’m nonetheless on the fence about it,” he added.
Jelly Roll, born Jason DeFord, has seen rising success on the Billboard charts over the previous few years.
His single “Son of a Sinner” hit No. 1 on the Nation Airplay chart in January 2023, marking his crossover from hip-hop to nation. His album Whitsitt Chapel, launched in June 2023, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, his highest-charting album but.
The album has additionally carried out properly on the High Nation Albums and High Rock Albums charts, whereas his “Want a Favor” reached the highest 10 on the Rock Airplay chart.
Watch Jelly Roll’s “Liar” under.
