CURRENT SINGLE: “Long Live”
In addition to Florida Georgia Line releasing their new album, Life Rolls On, next month, Tyler Hubbard joins Tim McGraw on his new duet called “Undivided,” out this Wednesday, January 13th, and Brian Kelley (BK) recently announced he would be releasing a new solo album this spring. It turns out BK’s new album was inspired by him picking up the acoustic guitar and reconnecting with it during the pandemic. “I stopped playing with a pick, and I didn’t plan on that. I just started playing a bunch this summer and kind of would walk out to our porch, and I had this smaller guitar. I could just kinda walk around carrying it and it was super easy. And then the next thing you know, I tried to play with a pick and I’m like, ‘that feels crazy.’ I used to play with a pick all the time and that felt really weird.”
It was a different sound for BK, and different from the kind of music FGL is making, and BK says, “(I was) just really enjoying trying to better myself on the guitar and play a bunch of different songs I never learned before, and just try to work on my skills a little bit. And I think that’s also helped me through quarantine and through this time help my songwriting.”
BK calls his reconnection with the acoustic guitar “a creative re-birth in a sense,” and he’s excited to work on his music in addition to FGL’s music. Again, their new album, Life Rolls On, will be available wherever music is streamed or sold on February 12th, featuring their latest single, “Long Live.”
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Brian Kelley – “I feel like I’ve reconnected with my guitar and my instrument. I stopped playing with a pick, and I didn’t plan on that. I just started playing a bunch this summer and kind of would walk out to our porch, and I had this smaller guitar. I could just kinda walk around carrying it and it was super easy. And then the next thing you know, I tried to play with a pick and I’m like, ‘that feels crazy.’ I used to play with a pick all the time and that felt really weird. So, just a different kind of thing for me and just really enjoying trying to better myself on the guitar and play a bunch of different songs I never learned before, and just try to work on my skills a little bit. And I think that’s also helped me through quarantine and through this time help my songwriting. So, I’m just excited about, kind of a creative re-birth in a sense.”