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Jelly Roll On Winning Best New Artist, Opening the CMAs With Wynonna Judd & More | CMA Awards 2023
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11/9/2023
Jelly Roll chatted with Billboard during the winner's walk of the 2023 CMA Awards.
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00:00
We are backstage with Best New Artist winner, Jelly Roll.
00:02
- Yes, baby.
00:03
Look, I'm learning different ways to hold this thing.
00:05
I'm having fun with it.
00:06
- That one looks nice.
00:07
- I'm almost convinced you could put a shot in there
00:11
and take it like that.
00:12
Now I'm gonna try.
00:13
- I wish you could try it right now.
00:14
- For sure.
00:14
Anybody got some tequila?
00:16
Bestie O's not with that.
00:17
Anybody got some tequila?
00:18
Sorry.
00:19
- We'll see if you're gonna deny it later.
00:20
- I'm having too much fun.
00:21
I should take this serious.
00:21
I'm just having a ball.
00:22
- As you should.
00:23
- Thank you.
00:24
- So I can't believe you opened the show
00:25
with Winona, the surprise.
00:26
- Yes.
00:27
- So honored.
00:28
- Was it a surprise?
00:29
Did y'all feel good about it?
00:30
- I felt shocked and good about it.
00:31
- Yes.
00:31
- It was amazing.
00:32
- I wanted there to be a little like,
00:33
oh, I didn't see that coming.
00:34
Like I didn't see Eric Church coming.
00:35
That's my boy.
00:36
- Yeah.
00:37
- And I lost my stuff.
00:38
I fanned all the way out.
00:39
I was like, Morgan and Eric.
00:41
I was losing my shit.
00:42
- So to have that full circle moment,
00:45
how special was that for you?
00:46
- Oh man, dude.
00:49
Unreal.
00:49
I'm just grew up a Judge fan.
00:51
Love the Judge.
00:52
My wife loves the Judge.
00:53
This is, and to meet Winona,
00:55
she's always had a heart for the broken.
00:57
She's always understood, misunderstood people.
01:00
You see that peppered throughout her career.
01:02
And I think her choosing to stand by me tonight
01:04
exemplified that.
01:05
- Absolutely.
01:06
So we need to talk about your speech
01:08
when you accepted your award.
01:09
It was beautiful.
01:10
I think people were crying,
01:11
which is no surprise here.
01:13
Was that preparation for weeks, days?
01:16
How did you get ready for that?
01:17
- Yeah, I didn't think I was going to get a speech at all.
01:20
And I have this thing that I say on tour.
01:22
There was a piece of some of that,
01:23
some of the stuff I said,
01:24
and my manager looked at me
01:26
and this is where I just talk about inside baseball
01:27
and don't lie.
01:28
He said, "Hey man, if you do get a chance to win tonight,
01:31
"don't even worry about thanking people."
01:34
He kind of took that pressure off of me.
01:36
'Cause I went out, 'cause I sat him down.
01:37
I was like, and he told me this after.
01:39
I was like, "Yo man, I need to connect
01:40
"if I do get a chance.
01:42
"I got 60 seconds that the world might listen
01:44
"to what I gotta say.
01:45
"I don't just want to be up there fumbling around."
01:47
I love that every artist has their own personality,
01:50
but my personality,
01:51
you can't give me 60 seconds to touch the world
01:53
and me not try to do something for something,
01:55
try to create some energy.
01:58
- Yeah, you definitely did that.
02:00
- We went to church, baby.
02:01
We went to church.
02:02
We took on the Wits at Chapel.
02:03
- We can always count on you.
02:04
- I told y'all we were going to church tonight.
02:05
I said it earlier.
02:06
Y'all probably got a clip.
02:07
I said it everywhere.
02:08
- And you delivered.
02:08
Thank you for that.
02:09
- Thank you.
02:10
It was an incredible night.
02:11
- It truly was.
02:12
Well, congratulations.
02:13
I got to hold one earlier.
02:14
It's quite heavy.
02:15
- Two handed you won, I'm jealous.
02:16
- Old Dominion let me hold one.
02:17
- We're trying to be the first.
02:17
Damn it, Matt.
02:18
- But I could hold the first shot glass award
02:20
if you want to hand it back real quick.
02:21
- Yeah, this is the first shot glass.
02:23
Do you see what I'm seeing in it?
02:25
- Obviously, yes.
02:25
- It could do, I mean, yeah, it's a thing, right?
02:27
You could at least mix one maybe.
02:29
Yeah, for sure.
02:30
I'd shoot it.
02:31
I might.
02:32
If I get to leave with this thing.
02:33
- Keep us posted on that.
02:35
- Thank y'all so much.
02:35
And thank you, Billboard.
02:36
Thank y'all so much.
02:37
It's been an incredible year.
02:38
This is your cover star right here.
02:40
This is y'all award to.
02:41
Love y'all.
02:42
- We love you, Jelly.
02:42
- Thank y'all.
02:43
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