Bailey Zimmerman sits down with TC & Dina B backstage at Audacy's Stars and Strings!
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00:00Kiss Country 99.9, we are backstage, Odyssey and Kiss Country stars and strings, we are
00:07TC and Dina B with Bailey Zimmerman. Bailey, last time we talked to you at Tortuga, we
00:14talked about Facebook Marketplace. Now, I go and meet people at the police station anytime
00:18that I go and give something or make a deal or things like that.
00:21That's a smart decision.
00:22I am not a famous person with many hits though. You are. When you do the Facebook Marketplace
00:27game, how do you do it?
00:29Well, usually what I'm buying is from like good old boys.
00:32Okay.
00:33So, you know, I've met up in many Walmart parking lots to trade wheels or, you know,
00:40buy stupid random things. So, I'm not like too worried about it. And I'll bring my boys
00:44with me. We'll roll up like a little deep just to make sure.
00:46So, you've got a squad just to be safe.
00:47Yeah. I'm definitely not pulling up by myself.
00:49I was going to say.
00:50No, no. I'm going to bring a couple of buddies with me. But I've always done that.
00:54That's smart.
00:55Just to be safe.
00:56Oh, yeah.
00:57All right. Smart play.
00:58Because people are crazy out there.
00:59But good old boys are not.
01:00No.
01:01They're good old boys.
01:02Well, you know.
01:03Anyways, you know how it goes.
01:04No, for sure. All right. So, we saw you at Tortuga. We also saw you though with Morgan.
01:10You killed it.
01:12Last time we saw you there, you were in a lifeguard shirt that you found backstage. And
01:16you literally looked like you were on duty. And it was awesome.
01:19What's up with this possible collab? Are we ever going to get one with Morgan, you think?
01:24Are you going to be able to spill the beans?
01:26I guess. Your guess is as good as mine.
01:28Oh, come on.
01:29It really is. I don't know what's going on. We've kind of, I don't know.
01:34Okay.
01:35We're both really busy.
01:36Uh-huh.
01:37So, we haven't really got the chance to get together or like hang out and write a song.
01:40Okay.
01:41But I'd imagine one day.
01:42It's going to happen.
01:43One day, I'm sure.
01:44Maybe he'll put out an ad.
01:45Maybe.
01:46We're putting it out in the universe right now.
01:47Yeah.
01:48We're putting it out there right now.
01:49Or if he puts out an ad on Facebook Marketplace saying he needs a co-writer.
01:52Yeah.
01:53You go meet him with your boys.
01:54And you guys meet at Walmart.
01:55He's looking for a collab artist.
01:57Yeah.
01:58And then I would be like, hey, man, I'm interested.
02:00Is this still available?
02:02And then he would be like, oh, yeah.
02:04And then we would meet up and then we'd be like, oh, yeah, cool.
02:06And maybe we'll have like a couple beers or something or like hang out for a little bit.
02:09Uh-huh.
02:10And then, yeah.
02:11I'm so ready.
02:12Yeah, for sure.
02:13Yeah.
02:14Get on it.
02:15I would love that, too.
02:16I would love a collab with Morgan.
02:17But in due time.
02:18In due time.
02:19Okay.
02:20Something that I think we've waited maybe enough time for now that maybe you can't control
02:23is album number two.
02:24Yes.
02:25Do we have any news on that?
02:26Yeah.
02:27Can you spill the beans on that one?
02:28Single heavy.
02:29But album number two, we've been waiting patiently.
02:31But not so patiently.
02:33Well, so.
02:34Oh, they're in here.
02:35We're looking.
02:36We're looking.
02:37I would say.
02:38No, I would say.
02:39Are we hot and cold?
02:40Like, are we hot?
02:41Are we getting warmer to it?
02:42No, no.
02:43So last year, it was like a big year.
02:45Uh-huh.
02:46We did a lot of things.
02:47Uh-huh.
02:48And when we were getting ready to go cut this next album, I was going to put it out last
02:51year.
02:53But then it just didn't feel right.
02:55Like, I wasn't super in love with some of the songs.
02:59I kind of needed a break anyways just from life and just, you know, what's going on.
03:04And just kind of needed a little break this year.
03:07So I've kind of took this year to live more.
03:09Okay.
03:10To just give myself more time to maybe write songs that I, you know, wouldn't have got
03:14to put on this album.
03:15So, yeah.
03:16I definitely wanted to put it out last year.
03:18I know people wanted me to.
03:20But at the same time, sometimes you got to do what's best for you.
03:22Right.
03:23At the time, I really needed a break.
03:25I needed some downtime just to kind of not only chill but like reminisce on what's been
03:31going on.
03:32Yeah.
03:33You know, we've done two years, almost two years of tour with Morgan.
03:37Yeah.
03:38And we've done a lot of stuff before that.
03:39So it was nice to take this year and just…
03:42Take it all in.
03:43Yeah.
03:44Just take it all in and get to, you know, get some relationships better in my life.
03:48You know, work on myself as well.
03:50And, yeah.
03:51So…
03:52But right now, I'm like full album mode.
03:54I'm cutting songs.
03:56I've got a lot of songs that I'm like really in love with.
03:59And I'm continuing to get songs each day too.
04:01So…
04:02Right.
04:03I'm kind of just taking my time.
04:04Okay.
04:05And I really want it to be something I'm just so, so proud of.
04:08I want every single song to be something that I'm so proud of.
04:12And religiously, the album was like…
04:16There was a lot of songs I love.
04:17But there was also a couple of songs that I put on there that I didn't super love.
04:21But they were good, you know.
04:23And I…
04:24But this time, I want it to be like,
04:26I love this.
04:28I'm dying to put this out.
04:29Okay.
04:30So that's where I'm trying to get to,
04:31to where I'm like,
04:32I got to get this out.
04:34I'm ready to go.
04:35And that's where I'm at.
04:36It's like cutting songs in the studio.
04:39Like, not only that, but tracking songs.
04:41Getting them ready to put out.
04:42I think I'm going to try to put out a single in January.
04:45Okay.
04:46That I've got,
04:47that I'm really in love with.
04:49So, yeah.
04:50Just taking it easy, though.
04:51Okay.
04:52Because, you know, the last three years have been a really big whirlwind.
04:54Go, go, go.
04:55Yeah, it's been a lot.
04:56And I'm very blessed.
04:57But also, sometimes…
04:58I mean, it can be a lot for anybody.
05:00Of course.
05:01And you used the word love a lot just then.
05:03So maybe we're going to get songs about the dogs?
05:06Because we know you're…
05:08Those dogs, by the way, are way more popular than us.
05:11Yeah, no.
05:12The dogs, I've tried to write…
05:15I've got one that I've been working on about Marley.
05:17Okay.
05:18But it's not there yet.
05:20Okay.
05:21I'm still working on it.
05:22Okay.
05:23But I could say, on this next album,
05:25it's really just going to be a lot of reminiscing
05:28Okay.
05:29on just the hard battle that it was to get here.
05:37Okay.
05:38And the things that I've kind of been through
05:40in a certain relationship that I had to go through.
05:42That's where it stems from a lot.
05:44Yeah, I'm just trying to get it to where…
05:47It's so funny because it actually really relates to my real life.
05:53I've really been trying to put it to bed.
05:55And I can't seem to put it to bed in my mind.
05:58And every day I think about it.
06:00And I really want this album to be something
06:02that kind of puts that to bed for me
06:04and I can move on from it.
06:06Okay.
06:07So that's kind of why I think why I'm taking my time.
06:09So I can really make sure I get everything
06:12that I want to say out.
06:14So then the next album doesn't have…
06:16Because I'm like…
06:17Yeah.
06:18Yeah, I'm tired of thinking about it every day.
06:20Yeah, I'm tired of it kind of being something
06:22that weighs me down.
06:23And that's why I'm taking my time.
06:24So it can be like truthful, honest.
06:26Really, really me.
06:28To where when I'm touring these songs,
06:30I'm crying during them.
06:31I can feel them, you know.
06:32And yeah.
06:33So I'm just…
06:34I'm dialing it in.
06:35But definitely expect some heartbreak
06:37and some sad shit, man.
06:39It's sad.
06:40It really is.
06:41Yeah.
06:42I've also experienced…
06:43I'm experimenting too.
06:44Okay.
06:45Which I'm super stoked about.
06:46Okay.
06:47I'm experimenting into some lanes that…
06:48Different sounds, different artists.
06:49Sounds, different drum patterns,
06:51different things that I haven't quite done yet.
06:53Okay.
06:54So yeah, I'm super excited.
06:56Yeah.
06:57It's like all I think about every day,
06:59every night.
07:00Yeah.
07:01Well, you talked about the past couple of years
07:02being a whirlwind.
07:03I mean, you've been go, go, go.
07:04CMA Awards coming up.
07:05So we'll end on a happy note here.
07:07New Artist Award,
07:09possibly at your fingertips.
07:11I mean, how does that feel this year?
07:13Oh, man.
07:15It's crazy.
07:16It's really crazy.
07:18It's something that you really can't even
07:20put into words when you get it.
07:22It's been a lot of hard work.
07:24And that is where
07:26a lot of people in life
07:28don't get acknowledged for all their hard work
07:30and their efforts.
07:31Amen.
07:32So it's such a…
07:33It's such a privilege to be able to be honored
07:35in front of a lot of people.
07:37Yeah.
07:38And that's kind of what it was.
07:40The day I found out,
07:41it was nothing but just reflecting on
07:43we worked literally so hard
07:45not only to get a
07:47New Artist of the Year, you know, Nam,
07:49but just so hard to do
07:51what we're doing right now.
07:52And when you get news like that,
07:54it really makes you stop and think,
07:56like, wow.
07:57Yeah.
07:58A lot went into this.
07:59There's a lot of people around the world
08:01that had to get in on this
08:03and believe in it.
08:04And now we've done it enough
08:06to, like, be nominated in
08:08a massive thing.
08:09So…
08:11Yeah, you just reminisce on, like,
08:13how crazy it was to get here.
08:14How many handshakes,
08:15how many people you met.
08:17How many pictures with, like,
08:18doofuses like us.
08:19Right, right.
08:20Yeah.
08:21That's it.
08:22We'll be cheering hard for you
08:23at the CMAs.
08:24Thanks.
08:25We are backstage here
08:26at Stars and Strings
08:27with TC and Dina B
08:28with Bailey Zimmerman.
08:29Let's go!