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 in a position to obtain to date,” Allen stated 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 document 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 hearken 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 stated he was motivated to put in writing the susceptible “Make Me Need To” to point out what occurs when males fall first in a romantic relationship.
“I simply needed to put in writing a tune a couple of man that caught emotions first,” he stated. “It appeared like a enjoyable factor to do as a result of a variety of songs are in regards to the feminine catches emotions, however the man makes the transfer. I used to be like, ’No, let’s write a tune a couple of delicate dude that catches emotions after the primary kiss, and he’s able to threat all of it.’”
Nevertheless, after he was completed recording it and it was launched to nation radio, Allen tried to cease eager about the monitor. He stated he tries not to concentrate to radio chart place as a result of it’s not all the time indicative of a tune’s success and diving into these numbers stresses him out.
“Regardless of the place the tune is on a chart, it’s not an actual rep illustration of what the tune is doing for individuals as a result of I do know a variety of songs that have been No. 1 however not hit songs,” he defined. “I do know a variety of hit songs that by no means attain primary. For me, I simply form of grade the tune based mostly off after I play reveals, 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 stated the fan response was fast.
“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 tune outsold six songs in entrance of it,” he stated. “Despite the fact that it was again right here on the radio, it confirmed that folks have been nonetheless listening to it by way of the radio, they usually have been going to buy it as a result of they favored it. That’s actually how I choose stuff for me. It’s all in regards to the individuals. It’s all in regards to the listening as a result of as an entertainer and as a musician, it’s my job to service them by way of my music.”
Allen’s followers can catch the singer this fall when he hits the street with Carrie Underwood for her THE DENIM & RHINESTONES TOUR.
Allen’s new album “Tulip Drive” will likely be obtainable on June 24.
