{"id":18961,"date":"2019-10-01T17:32:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T23:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1812593"},"modified":"2019-10-01T17:32:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T23:32:31","slug":"jon-pardi-pleaded-for-these-14-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/jon-pardi-pleaded-for-these-14-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Pardi Pleaded for These 14 Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/cmtcomstaff\/\" title=\"Posts by CMT.com Staff\" rel=\"author\">CMT.com Staff<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">22m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Jon Pardi has one boot firmly planted in traditional country, while the other boot is digging into what everybody else is doing, too. That stance makes his newest album, <em>Heartache Medication<\/em>, a particularly interesting entry among the fall\u2019s new releases.<\/p>\n<p>The project stands out because it\u2019s so country \u2014 he\u2019s even dancing in the title track\u2019s memorable music video. Yet he\u2019s quick to stand up for any other artist\u2019s definition of what country music should sound like. Shortly before the album release, the award-winning country star settled in for a chat with <em>CMT Hot 20 Countdown<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NQFhnvJ9tsk?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NQFhnvJ9tsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>CMT: I would think this is the time when you\u2019re the most excited, because you\u2019ve been working on this thing for a really long time and now people are finally gonna hear it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JP: Two months ago, I\u2019d be like, \u201cWhy can\u2019t we just put it out now? Why can\u2019t we put it out today?\u201d And they\u2019d say they have this whole rollout plan for the album. But it\u2019s been fun, and I see why we\u2019re slowly releasing it and painfully releasing it. [laughs] It\u2019s fun when we give the fans a song every month and even for me, I see it on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve got an Alexa in my house and I\u2019ll ask her, I\u2019ll be like, \u201cPlay \u2018Heartache Medication\u2019\u201d and it\u2019s like, \u201cIt\u2019s up! It\u2019s up! It\u2019s live on the internet!\u201d \u2026 I think it\u2019s gonna be awesome and it\u2019s been nothing but good reviews and so much great feedback. So I know this album\u2019s gonna be really, really fun for people to listen to.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"27d7c819\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Jon-Pardi-pic-1569955983.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Jon-Pardi-pic-1569955983.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Jon-Pardi-pic-1569955983.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=660 660w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Jon-Pardi-pic-1569955983.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=768 768w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Jon-Pardi-pic-1569955983.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=980 980w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Jon-Pardi-pic-1569955983.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1200 1200w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Jon-Pardi-pic-1569955983.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/Jon-Pardi-pic-1569955983.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Jon Pardi pic\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>For me, it was nice to hear some old school country, because it\u2019s just not out there much. Do you like being the guy that\u2019s sticking to that line because that\u2019s what you do? Or is it a little bit \u2026 I don\u2019t know if uncomfortable is the right word, being one of the few guys doing it anymore?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I feel like it\u2019s not really thought about for me. I don\u2019t really think about it that way. I feel like this is my country music. And that\u2019s your country music. But it\u2019s still country music regardless of what it is, what it ain\u2019t. I always say this is what I think country music is. What I inhaled and listened to and breathed and played guitar in bars and everything. It\u2019s right here in this record. And that\u2019s where I stand. Because that\u2019s what I think country music is for me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fcOdNiAnens?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fcOdNiAnens?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s what an artist is and that\u2019s why there\u2019s so many influences from artists because that\u2019s what they think their country music is. That\u2019s what they think country music is and they made that record. So that\u2019s where I\u2019m like (shrugs), I just like old school-sounding stuff and I try to make it as modern as possible, to where you listen to it and it reminds you of something but you can\u2019t put it anywhere. It reminds you of something but it doesn\u2019t remind you of anything. It\u2019s brand new.<\/p>\n<p>I get a lot of, \u201cYou\u2019re sticking to your guns, sticking to your roots,\u201d and I\u2019m just like, \u201cMan, I\u2019m just writing country music the way I want to hear it.\u201d And so who knows? Maybe I\u2019ll put a Motown record out next one, you just never know. But I feel like it was the perfect moment to make an even more traditional record than my last one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3odIdmuFfEY?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3odIdmuFfEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>Because \u201cHead Over Boots\u201d did so well, did that give you confidence to follow this path?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the radio people told me it was the first single I was like, \u201cReally? Mmm, OK. That\u2019s a county shuffle\u2026\u201d [laughs] This record is different than \u201cHead Over Boots\u201d and still I think as an artist and a songwriter, we\u2019re always moving forward. You don\u2019t wanna try to get another \u201cHead Over Boots.\u201d You can\u2019t get another \u201cDirt on My Boots,\u201d you know? Like, the two boots songs. Or even a \u201cHeartache on the Dance Floor.\u201d You can\u2019t get another one of those. They\u2019re there. You gotta do something else and so this record is another direction, but it has the soul of [his 2016 album, <em>California Sunrise<\/em>], I would say.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqPpwxpuNlI?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqPpwxpuNlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>What are you most proud of on this record?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud of <em>Heartache Medication<\/em>, the whole album. I\u2019m proud of every song. We worked really hard to narrow it down to the 14 tracks, or as I say for the new world, it could be an album, or it could be a playlist (laughs). But we went from like 25 songs to like 12 and then begging to get 14. And we got 14.<\/p>\n<p>I was like, \u201cWell, Thomas [Rhett] has 16. And the rappers are putting out 20 tracks. I was like, \u201cWith the streaming era, we could put 14 on there.\u201d So there was a lot of, like, \u201cPlease, please, please, please\u2026\u201d to make all of these songs come together and be a unit. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>And it was so much work to make this happen, so much behind-the-scenes drama \u2014 but not really drama. Just like, from producers to engineers to managers to people at the record label, everybody is a part of this album. As a group, we all talked about it. Before we even knew what was gonna be on the record, we were talking about the songs we loved. And then when we got done, it was like, \u201cThere it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGIILLmuePw?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGIILLmuePw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>And then you start listening to it. And then you want to listen to it again, the whole project. So I\u2019m proud of that because I feel like anybody can say anything about anybody\u2019s record nowadays. \u2026 But if they only knew how much work went into this record, and how much time I spent on the road dreaming about putting a new record out, and now it\u2019s finally here.<\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s what I\u2019m proud about \u2014 all the hard work, all the unseen work, that went into this record that people won\u2019t ever know unless I\u2019m sitting down talking to you. But I\u2019d rather have you listen to the record than talk about how hard it was and all this! (Big laugh)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1812593\/jon-pardi-pleaded-for-these-14-tracks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by CMT.com Staff 22m ago Jon Pardi has one boot firmly planted in traditional country, while the other boot is digging into what everybody else is doing, too. That stance makes his newest album, Heartache Medication, a particularly interesting entry among the fall\u2019s new releases. The project stands out because it\u2019s so country \u2014 he\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 20:26:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}