Jimmie Allen celebrated his latest No. 1 hits – “Make Me Need To” and “Freedom Was A Freeway” –on Tuesday at SESAC with household, mates, and the songs’ writers Matthew J Rogers, Ash Bowers, Paul Sikes and Jennifer Denmark.
“I’m grateful for the quantity of success that I’ve been capable of obtain up to now,” Allen mentioned earlier than the music business occasion. “It’s undoubtedly a testomony to lots of people I’ve working with me, whether or not it’s my report label, my radio workforce, administration, PR, reserving company, even my band as a result of they’re those that get on stage with me each night time and assist me ship the present that makes individuals wanna come again and see it or make individuals wanna go take heed to music. The identical factor with my crew as a result of they’re those that make me and my band like what we’re doing. It feels nice. Hopefully, it’s motivation for individuals to not be afraid to chase issues, even when it’s completely different.”
Allen mentioned he was motivated to put in writing the susceptible “Make Me Need To” to indicate what occurs when males fall first in a romantic relationship.
“I simply needed to put in writing a music a couple of man that caught emotions first,” he mentioned. “It appeared like a enjoyable factor to do as a result of a number of songs are concerning the feminine catches emotions, however the man makes the transfer. I used to be like, ’No, let’s write a music a couple of delicate dude that catches emotions after the primary kiss, and he’s able to danger all of it.’”
Nonetheless, after he was completed recording it and it was launched to nation radio, Allen tried to cease enthusiastic about the observe. He mentioned he tries not to concentrate to radio chart place as a result of it’s not all the time indicative of a music’s success and diving into these numbers stresses him out.
“Irrespective of the place the music is on a chart, it’s not an actual rep illustration of what the music is doing for individuals as a result of I do know a number of songs that had been No. 1 however not hit songs,” he defined. “I do know a number of hit songs that by no means attain primary. For me, I simply type of grade the music based mostly off after I play exhibits, how many individuals sing it again? What number of messages do I get?”
For each “Make Me Need To” and “Freedom Was A Freeway,” Allen mentioned the fan response was instant.
“There was a time when ’Freedom Was a Freeway,’ when it was on the radio, it was in a single place, however the gross sales on the music outsold six songs in entrance of it,” he mentioned. “Though it was again right here on the radio, it confirmed that folks had been nonetheless listening to it by the radio, they usually had been going to buy it as a result of they appreciated it. That’s actually how I choose stuff for me. It’s all concerning the individuals. It’s all concerning the listening as a result of as an entertainer and as a musician, it’s my job to service them by my music.”
Allen’s followers can catch the singer this fall when he hits the highway with Carrie Underwood for her THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR.
Allen’s new album “Tulip Drive” will probably be accessible on June 24.
