Jelly Roll On Winning Best New Artist, Opening the CMAs With Wynonna Judd & More

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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.

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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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