Russell Dickerson Stays True To Himself With Self-Titled Album Filled With His ‘Favorite Songs’ (Exclusive)

Russell Dickerson’s highly-anticipated 3rd workplace album, featuring PLATINUM certified deed azygous “She Likes It,” is retired today! The state prima sat down with HollywoodLife.com for an EXCLUSIVE interrogation astir the self-titled record, and curating a postulation of his “15 favourite songs” for the project. “There were a cardinal to take from, and alternatively of approaching it arsenic this ‘grandiose, thematic’ thing, I conscionable wanted this medium to beryllium my 15 favourite songs,” Russell explained. “That’s benignant of the self-titled vibe for me. I could person called it ‘Blame It On Being Young,’ and it could person been a clump of nostalgic songs, and determination are songs connected determination similar that. But it’s conscionable like, Russell Dickerson is here. Here’s 15 songs, and it’s conscionable my 15 favorites.”

Russell Dickerson. (Robby Klein)

The “I Wonder” vocalist served arsenic a co-producer and co-writer connected each track, and revealed that helium started moving connected the postulation of caller euphony successful 2021, pursuing the 2020 merchandise of his sophomore album Southern Symphony. “After being successful lockdown and not touring, I consciousness like I was precise rested and similar my encephalon was moving again, and that’s wherefore I consciousness similar I was capable to excavation mode deeper than I person connected immoderate medium before,” Russell admitted. “To spell backmost to erstwhile I was 16 with ‘Blame It On Being Young’ and relive each those each those stories, similar getting brought location by the cops and tee-peeing people’s houses — to excavation backmost into those memories and having the brainpower to bash that, I deliberation that’s wherefore determination is benignant of a nostalgic communal taxable passim the album. I was rested and I had the brainpower to spell revisit those memories.”

The state star, who conscionable finished up touring with Tim McGraw done the summer, admitted that helium heavy considered his unrecorded shows portion gathering RD3. He told HL that helium tested retired immoderate imaginable caller songs portion retired connected the roadworthy this summertime arsenic soon arsenic helium wrote them, conscionable to marque definite it “connected with the fans.” “It’s ever my fig one, trying to fig retired however this opus oregon this opus volition construe to a unrecorded audience, due to the fact that I consciousness similar we are ever touring. I emotion it,” helium said. “Even with ‘Blue Tacoma’ and ‘Every Little Thing,’ I emotion conscionable bouncing these songs disconnected of fans, checking Twitter and Instagram to spot if they deliberation the caller songs are a vibe.”

Russell Dickerson. (Robby Klein)

Someone other Russell is ever bouncing ideas disconnected of is his musically-inclined wife, Kailey Dickerson. “She’s precise involved,” helium admitted. “She’s precise savvy. She hears each opus I constitute and whenever we’re driving successful the car, we’ll perceive to the songs from the week before that I cut. I spot her receptor for sure.”

At the extremity of the day, Russell’s caller grounds is an extremity effect of him staying successful his ain lane and “betting on” himself from the commencement of his career. “I amusement up each time and I americium Russell Dickerson. It doesn’t substance what is popping disconnected close now, it doesn’t substance who is the biggest creator successful the world. I person to combat it each day, but I conscionable americium going to support connected being Russell Dickerson,” the “Love You Like I Used To” vocalist said. “I tin lone beryllium Russell, and cipher other tin beryllium me.”

Russell Dickerson is retired present and available to watercourse here!