Few artists are as hot right now as Bailey Zimmerman. Zimmerman, who has the No. 1 song in the country right now with “Backup Plan” with Luke Combs, has had hit after hit at country radio, beginning with “Fall in Love” in 2022, which became his first chart-topping single.
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For an artist with so much success, it would be easy to get burned out. Fortunately for Zimmerman, that’s unlikely to happen, thanks to advice HARDY gave to him, advice he always heeds.
“My favorite thing I ever learned actually was from HARDY. You have a jet pack on your back right now that they’ve strapped on you and they’ve made it go,” Zimmerman tells Audacy, referring to his fans. “But they are not going to tell you to shut it off and chill out.”
“Eventually, that motor is gonna burn out,” the sober singer continues. “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. 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.”
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“Ever since I heard that, I was like, ‘No, if HARDY tells me to do this, I’m gonna do that,'” Zimmerman says. “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.”
Zimmerman has had a bit of trial by fire in learning how to balance work with his personal life. His debut record, Religiously. The Album became a massive success, with three back-to-back No. 1 singles.
“If I’m being completely honest, when I created Religiously. The Album., I didn’t really know what I was doing,” Zimmerman acknowledges. “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.”
