Whitsitt Chapel
Jelly Roll
Whitsitt Chapel is Jelly Roll’s ninth studio album and his first fully country album, released on June 2, 2023 via Bailee & Buddy Management and BBR Music Group. Named after the small church he attended as a teenager in Antioch, Tennessee, the record is explicitly built around themes of sin, redemption, faith, and the lives of “real people with real problems,” which Jelly says reflect the growth and gratitude happening in his own life. Across 13 tracks and about 43 minutes, it features collaborations with Brantley Gilbert, Struggle Jennings, Yelawolf, and Lainey Wilson, and includes the hit singles “Need a Favor” and a reimagined “Save Me” with Wilson, alongside songs like “Halfway to Hell,” “Church,” “The Lost,” “Behind Bars,” “Nail Me,” “She,” and “Hungover in a Church Pew.”
Musically, Whitsitt Chapel fuses mainstream country, alternative rock, and hip‑hop, with Jelly Roll’s gravelly, emotive vocals front and center over big, sometimes synthetic drums and wailing guitars. Critics note that the album is heavily influenced by church imagery: more than half the songs revolve around sin, salvation, and wrestling with faith, while the rest lean into love songs and small‑town testimonies, often blurring the line between “God song” and “girl song” in a way that underscores his complicated relationship with both. Tracks like “Halfway to Hell,” “Church,” and “Nail Me” use fire‑and‑brimstone preacher snippets, mixed metaphors, and confessional lyrics to paint the picture of a man who has “outrun his demons” but still feels their consequences; cuts such as “The Lost,” “Unlive,” and “She” dig into past trauma, addiction, and the harsh realities faced by women in his community. Reviewers from Entertainment Focus, The Nash News, and Taste of Country praise the album as “raw, honest and powerful,” calling it both “an album for the outcast within each of us” and one of the most cohesive, gripping country releases of 2023, with no filler tracks and a narrative that doesn’t let go once you press play.
Whitsitt Chapel is Jelly Roll’s ninth studio album and his first fully country album, released on June 2, 2023 via Bailee & Buddy Management and BBR Music Group. Named after the small church he attended as a teenager in Antioch, Tennessee, the record is explicitly built around themes of sin, redemption, faith, and the lives of “real people with real problems,” which Jelly says reflect the growth and gratitude happening in his own life. Across 13 tracks and about 43 minutes, it features collaborations with Brantley Gilbert, Struggle Jennings, Yelawolf, and Lainey Wilson, and includes the hit singles “Need a Favor” and a reimagined “Save Me” with Wilson, alongside songs like “Halfway to Hell,” “Church,” “The Lost,” “Behind Bars,” “Nail Me,” “She,” and “Hungover in a Church Pew.”
Musically, Whitsitt Chapel fuses mainstream country, alternative rock, and hip‑hop, with Jelly Roll’s gravelly, emotive vocals front and center over big, sometimes synthetic drums and wailing guitars. Critics note that the album is heavily influenced by church imagery: more than half the songs revolve around sin, salvation, and wrestling with faith, while the rest lean into love songs and small‑town testimonies, often blurring the line between “God song” and “girl song” in a way that underscores his complicated relationship with both. Tracks like “Halfway to Hell,” “Church,” and “Nail Me” use fire‑and‑brimstone preacher snippets, mixed metaphors, and confessional lyrics to paint the picture of a man who has “outrun his demons” but still feels their consequences; cuts such as “The Lost,” “Unlive,” and “She” dig into past trauma, addiction, and the harsh realities faced by women in his community. Reviewers from Entertainment Focus, The Nash News, and Taste of Country praise the album as “raw, honest and powerful,” calling it both “an album for the outcast within each of us” and one of the most cohesive, gripping country releases of 2023, with no filler tracks and a narrative that doesn’t let go once you press play.
Whitsitt Chapel
Jelly Roll
Whitsitt Chapel is Jelly Roll’s ninth studio album and his first fully country album, released on June 2, 2023 via Bailee & Buddy Management and BBR Music Group. Named after the small church he attended as a teenager in Antioch, Tennessee, the record is explicitly built around themes of sin, redemption, faith, and the lives of “real people with real problems,” which Jelly says reflect the growth and gratitude happening in his own life. Across 13 tracks and about 43 minutes, it features collaborations with Brantley Gilbert, Struggle Jennings, Yelawolf, and Lainey Wilson, and includes the hit singles “Need a Favor” and a reimagined “Save Me” with Wilson, alongside songs like “Halfway to Hell,” “Church,” “The Lost,” “Behind Bars,” “Nail Me,” “She,” and “Hungover in a Church Pew.”
Musically, Whitsitt Chapel fuses mainstream country, alternative rock, and hip‑hop, with Jelly Roll’s gravelly, emotive vocals front and center over big, sometimes synthetic drums and wailing guitars. Critics note that the album is heavily influenced by church imagery: more than half the songs revolve around sin, salvation, and wrestling with faith, while the rest lean into love songs and small‑town testimonies, often blurring the line between “God song” and “girl song” in a way that underscores his complicated relationship with both. Tracks like “Halfway to Hell,” “Church,” and “Nail Me” use fire‑and‑brimstone preacher snippets, mixed metaphors, and confessional lyrics to paint the picture of a man who has “outrun his demons” but still feels their consequences; cuts such as “The Lost,” “Unlive,” and “She” dig into past trauma, addiction, and the harsh realities faced by women in his community. Reviewers from Entertainment Focus, The Nash News, and Taste of Country praise the album as “raw, honest and powerful,” calling it both “an album for the outcast within each of us” and one of the most cohesive, gripping country releases of 2023, with no filler tracks and a narrative that doesn’t let go once you press play.
Whitsitt Chapel is Jelly Roll’s ninth studio album and his first fully country album, released on June 2, 2023 via Bailee & Buddy Management and BBR Music Group. Named after the small church he attended as a teenager in Antioch, Tennessee, the record is explicitly built around themes of sin, redemption, faith, and the lives of “real people with real problems,” which Jelly says reflect the growth and gratitude happening in his own life. Across 13 tracks and about 43 minutes, it features collaborations with Brantley Gilbert, Struggle Jennings, Yelawolf, and Lainey Wilson, and includes the hit singles “Need a Favor” and a reimagined “Save Me” with Wilson, alongside songs like “Halfway to Hell,” “Church,” “The Lost,” “Behind Bars,” “Nail Me,” “She,” and “Hungover in a Church Pew.”
Musically, Whitsitt Chapel fuses mainstream country, alternative rock, and hip‑hop, with Jelly Roll’s gravelly, emotive vocals front and center over big, sometimes synthetic drums and wailing guitars. Critics note that the album is heavily influenced by church imagery: more than half the songs revolve around sin, salvation, and wrestling with faith, while the rest lean into love songs and small‑town testimonies, often blurring the line between “God song” and “girl song” in a way that underscores his complicated relationship with both. Tracks like “Halfway to Hell,” “Church,” and “Nail Me” use fire‑and‑brimstone preacher snippets, mixed metaphors, and confessional lyrics to paint the picture of a man who has “outrun his demons” but still feels their consequences; cuts such as “The Lost,” “Unlive,” and “She” dig into past trauma, addiction, and the harsh realities faced by women in his community. Reviewers from Entertainment Focus, The Nash News, and Taste of Country praise the album as “raw, honest and powerful,” calling it both “an album for the outcast within each of us” and one of the most cohesive, gripping country releases of 2023, with no filler tracks and a narrative that doesn’t let go once you press play.