Jordan Davis On Writing "Next Thing You Know" In 90 Minutes & More | ACM Awards 2024 - video Dailymotion

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Jordan Davis caught up with Billboard's Melinda Newman on the Winners Walk at the ACM Awards 2024.

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00:00 We're with Jordan Davis who just won Song of the Year for Next Thing You Know.

00:05 And not only does he get one trophy, he gets two as songwriter and performer.

00:11 Yeah.

00:12 So how's that feel to win two awards for the single effort?

00:16 I'm blown away.

00:18 I grew up like vividly remember sitting on the couch with my mom, my dad, my brother,

00:24 my sister and watching this award show and we always look forward to this award.

00:29 And I'm going to stop talking about it because it'll get me.

00:32 But I remember like I just, you know, it's just special.

00:37 And I just never thought in a million years that I would be doing this.

00:42 And it's pretty awesome.

00:45 You're one of those artists that to me considers himself a songwriter first and foremost.

00:50 So what does that mean to you?

00:52 And who is a songwriter that you wish you could call from that you loved growing up and say,

00:58 guess what, I won this award.

01:00 Well, I never got a chance to meet him.

01:03 But I mean, I got into songwriting because of John Prine.

01:06 And I know that our styles are a little different, but I approach songwriting like I feel like

01:15 John Prine approached it.

01:16 So I'm kicking myself.

01:19 I should have pushed to meet him a little more than I did.

01:23 But I just think he's the best ever do it.

01:26 So it'll be it'll be prime.

01:29 OK, I'm hearing it only took 90 minutes to write this song.

01:32 It wasn't long.

01:34 It wasn't long.

01:35 I think that, you know, and I'll say this, too, about the guys that I wrote this with.

01:42 We could have taken this a different way, an easier way to write it.

01:46 And man, they I told him I wanted to do it this way and they didn't blink an eye at it.

01:54 And I'm grateful that they did that because now we're here.

01:57 What would have been easier than 90 minutes?

02:00 Well, I think that the theme of it, you know, we were going to write it a different, you

02:07 know, this song doesn't have a chorus that repeats.

02:09 We kind of broke some rules in writing this, but we but they they didn't bat an eye at

02:15 it.

02:15 And and what's so cool is like now I'm looking at one of them and and now we get to share

02:21 this moment forever because we have an ACM song of the year together.

02:26 And no one can take that away from you.

02:28 This song does talk about life's milestones, which is something that you see.

02:33 I mean, by dirt, you know, looks at that.

02:36 Why do you think that resonates with people so much?

02:38 You know, I mean, I think it's it's honesty to me.

02:42 I was always drawn to the honest songwriters.

02:47 I think that's why I'm trying to grab me and hook me in.

02:50 So I've always tried to write that, you know, how can I relate to the guy that's singing

02:54 those words?

02:55 And I think that's why next thing in songs like dirt, you know, connect the way they

03:01 do.

03:01 But I love dirt and I wrote it with my brother and two of my best friends.

03:05 But man, do I love next thing you know, it's like picking your favorite kid.

03:09 You know, you have a CMA by dirt and you've got an ACM.

03:14 I mean, just blessed, man, just blessed.

03:17 And my last question to you is you just had your seventh number one on our country air

03:21 play chart with your son too late.

03:22 How does it feel?

03:24 What a week.

03:24 What a daggum week.

03:27 Goodness gracious.

03:28 I don't deserve a second of it, but I am I am I'm just blessed.

03:34 I'm sorry I cut you off.

03:35 No, I'm just like, how do you even absorb all that?

03:38 You have the number one song.

03:40 I mean, you have two awards in your hand.

03:42 Like, how do you even take all that in?

03:44 I mean, I wish I could.

03:45 I wish I could name the team that the people behind that that helped that happen.

03:52 It's not just me.

03:54 It's the writers.

03:54 It's management.

03:57 It's label.

03:58 It's publicist.

04:00 It's everybody in the world that wake up every day and put my career first in their life.

04:05 And and I can't thank them enough.

04:07 So it's just I'm I'm I'm blessed to be with the people I'm with.

04:13 Last question, how are you going to celebrate?

04:15 A lot of tequila.

04:16 I need to call mama.

04:18 I need to call my mom first and then and then I'm going to drink some tequila.

04:23 I am going to come find you and get into a shot.

04:26 Come on, let's do it.

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Jordan Davis On Writing "Next Thing You Know" In 90 Minutes & More | ACM Awards 2024

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