Kane Brown and Jelly Roll Have a ‘Powerful’ New Song About Mental Health on the Way

Lately, Kane Brown has been leaning into the idea that people, more often than not, are better together. During a recent celebration for his country hit “I Can Feel It,” the musician revealed that he has a collaboration on the way with Jelly Roll about mental health and finding community during hard times.

“I have a song with Jelly Roll, so that’s really cool,” Brown told Entertainment Tonight at the event. “It’s talking about depression and, you know, you could have everything in the world, but as long as you don’t talk to someone about it, you’re still gonna go through those things.”

The musician didn’t say when the song would be released but described it as “a very powerful song,” adding, “I’m blessed to have Jelly on it because he goes through the same thing.”

Brown has been doing his part to dismiss the stigma around mental health struggles. In April, he opened up a conversation about depression among his audience at Stagecoach. “How many of you go through depression?” he asked. “Don’t be scared. How many of you? I go through it.” In a heartfelt introduction, just before performing his Blackbear collaboration “Memory,” Brown explained that his wife holds him up through his struggles, and he holds her up.

Jelly Roll has been similarly candid throughout his career. Back in 2021, the musician published a lengthy post on Instagram offering insight into how depression has affected him.

“The truth is I struggle with severe depression — I’ve struggled with it my whole life,” he wrote at the time. “I know I go through spells where I post a lot on social media and I release a lot of music, then I have moments where I don’t even have the desire or confidence to respond to a text message more or less make a post, release a song or shoot a video. When I was younger I was diagnosed with manic depression.”

He added, “I’ve always been afraid to make this post because frankly I’m slightly embarrassed and sadly we live in a world where when people bring up mental health issues we are immediately judged one way or the other. I also felt like those that listen to the music know how deep my sadness runs in my soul and my struggles. Though I smile, joke and laugh a lot deep rooted in my is an unexplainable pain. I think the reason I decided to finally post this is because I feel the need to be honest, and also it’s my public vow to start being more transparent and hope that maybe you all will help me stay accountable at seeking help and fighting this demon. And maybe someone out there feels the way I do — maybe you can give me some pointers.”