Bailey Zimmerman on the making of 'Different Night Same Rodeo'

Bailey Zimmerman seems to live at an 11, always turned up and ready to go. But it's some advice from a fellow Country star that has taught him to pump the breaks once in while, because nobody is going to do it for him. Riding high off the release of his new album, 'Different Night Same Rodeo,' Zimmerman joined Katie Neal in the studio to talk about the making of his sophomore album, and also shared the wise words given to him by HARDY about his motor that's always running. "My favorite thing I ever learned actually was from HARDY," Bailey reveals, sharing HARDY told him, "You have a jet pack on your back right now that they've strapped on you and they've made it go, but they are not going to tell you to shut it off and chill out." "Eventually that motor is gonna burn out. So you don't want to do that. Make sure you know when to shut the jetpack off and chill out for a little bit and take time for you," he relays. "Everybody's gonna want you to keep going. And when you feel like you shouldn't and you need time, take the time because that's gonna affect your future and everything." "Ever since I heard that, I was like, 'no, if HARDY tells me to do this, I'm gonna do that,'" he adds. "That was a big, big thing for me because at the end of the day, I'm still human. I got feelings, I got things going on in real life. So taking time off for yourself, shutting the jet pack off for a little while and chilling out is something I learned from HARDY, and I will probably always remember that." Never has that advice been more precious for Bailey, as the "Comin' In Cold" singer is in a whirlwind of promotion for his new album, 'Different Night Same Rodeo.' "I was just excited to see if I could do it again, you know, and see if I could create another album," Zimmerman modestly admits. "If I'm being completely honest, when I created 'Religiously. The Album.' I didn't really know what I was doing. I had no idea it was my first time putting an album together. It's my first time really touring, being an artist, singing, I'm trying to learn guitar. I'm learning all this stuff. And now I'm 25 and I just learned so much from that record." "It gave me a lot of confidence having to, I guess, back 'Religiously' up with this new album because I was like, 'no, I can do it.' Now I'm even smarter and I know even more now, and I know who I wanna be, what I wanna say, the production, what I want to sound like," shares Bailey. "I would say I was just really excited to get it out and I'm so, so thankful it's out now because, wow. Holding it close to my chest sucked. I was so ready to give it to everybody because I had worked so hard on it." To hear from Bailey Zimmerman on the making of 'Different Night Same Rodeo,' filming his music video at Stagecoach with Luke Combs, and more, check out the full interview above.