Long Live (Commentary)

What's up, y'all? Tyler and BK here. We're Florida Georgia Line And I'm Becca, and the reason that BK and Tyler are here today is Because we finally get to celebrate the release of their fifth studio Album, Life Rolls On. I feel like they've been teasing us about this Forever, giving us some songs off there, but now we get the whole Project, and we get the guys to take us inside the album, let us Know what they were thinking about the songs, how it was in the Studio. And the first thing that I wanted to know, I mean, there are 15 Songs plus an interlude on this album, so if you were gonna tell People what it was like to record it, what it means to you, or maybe What you hope they get from listening To it, what would you tell them? Personally, for me, I think it's— I mean, every artist says this with Every album — I feel like this is our strongest collection of work Our strongest project we've done. I feel like there's a nostalgic Feel to it that kinda takes us back to our first album in a way But also elevated, and it kinda showcases how much we've grown. But Also, it's, it was a blast making this record. I hope that it's Transparent, and I hope the fans can feel that through the music. We Went down to the Bahamas and spent ten days down there doing vocals On it, and we just had a blast. And we got to co-produce this record With Corey Crowder, which was— This is the first album we've done With Corey Crowder, and it was just the most fun we've probably Ever had making music. I mean, it brought back the joy and Uh, it was quite an awesome process. So, I just feel like There's a lot of hope in this music, there's a lot of joy And I feel like it's so timely for where we're at in the world And we hope it brings some joy and, and love and good energy Into the world for sure. It was definitely fun making it Well, I can tell people it was definitely fun listening to it As well. To track one, which is "Long Live," and, I mean I think it's kinda self-explanatory, and if you hear it, you Know what it's about, but for people who have not heard it yet And we're about to play it, tell 'em what "Long Live" is about Yeah, so "Long Live" is just a really, really special song that we Wrote, I don't know, now probably a couple years ago. I remember Being on the road, and we were on the Tree Vibes bus with Josh Miller, David Garcia and Crowder, and— So that was the conception Of the song, and just really, we felt like the whole time that we Were channeling, like I said earlier, that 2012 Florida Georgia Line and just some of that real feel-good, nostalgic party music You know? And it just felt, I don't know, it just had a really Good energy and really positive and felt like it just took us back You know, down memory lane every time we heard it. So, we just Continued to listen to it and fall in love with it more and more Over the course of the next year, and then came time to cut the Album, we said, "This song's a no-brainer. It has to go on this Album." It feels like such a big song and such a necessary song and And a timely song, and even more timely now than ever. So, really Thankful for that one and thankful for the boys we wrote it with Well, I'm curious, this is kind of that tribute to the hard-working People, the blue collar people, and I know that you guys kinda went Into Florida Georgia Line from college, but did you ever have one Of those just back-breaking, miserable jobs that maybe when you're Starting to whine about what you're doing now, you think back and You're like, "Thank the Lord that didn't end up being my career"? Yeah, honestly, Becca, that's about all I ever had were those kind Of jobs, from washing cars— I mean, I owned my own car detailing Business from the time I was 15, 'til me and BK used that trailer To hit the road with. So between washing cars and cutting down trees With my dad and his tree trimming business, I was always taught hard Work. I was always doing manual labor. I was always working if it Was daylight for the most part. So, I'm definitely thankful. I think About that all the time. I'm so thankful. I still love to work hard And I still love to get out and break a sweat and get a good blister Every now and then, but, uh, there's nothing better than, than Calling making music our job and to, to get to support our family Doing what we love. I mean, it's the biggest blessing in the world And just forever grateful for our fans that allow that to happen Yeah, hard work is better when you're doing it 'cause You want to and not 'cause you have to. And this is a Tribute to all the hard-working people. It's "Long Live" Off Florida Georgia Line's new Life Rolls On album