Beautifully Broken is the tenth studio album by Jelly Roll, released on October 11, 2024 via Bailee & Buddy, This Is Hit, and Republic Records. The 22‑track project (on its full streaming edition) runs about an hour and includes the hit singles “I Am Not Okay” and “Liar,” along with songs like “Winning Streak,” “Burning,” “Heart of Stone,” “Everyone Bleeds,” “Born Again,” and closing track “What’s Wrong with Me.” The standard version features collaborations with Ilsey Juber, Wiz Khalifa, and Machine Gun Kelly, while the deluxe edition adds Halsey, Keith Urban, Ernest, Russ, and Skylar Grey, underscoring how far Jelly Roll’s blend of country, rock, and hip‑hop has travelled into the pop mainstream. The album debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200—with about 161,000 album‑equivalent units, including 114,000 pure sales—and became his first US chart‑topping album, later winning the Grammy for Best Contemporary Country Album.Musically and thematically, Beautifully Broken continues the church‑ and recovery‑infused country‑rock of Whitsitt Chapel but leans even more into inspirational, contemporary‑Christian‑tinged storytelling. It opens with “Winning Streak,” a deeply vulnerable song about substance abuse and recovery, backed by gospel choir vocals urging listeners to “hold on,” and moves through tracks like “Everyone Bleeds” and “Born Again,” which remind us that money can’t buy immortality and frame resilience as a kind of spiritual rebirth. “I Am Not Okay” serves as a brooding, radio‑ready plea for compassion during mental‑health struggles, while songs such as “Burning,” “Heart of Stone,” and “What’s Wrong with Me” dig into grief, self‑doubt, and ultimately acceptance of one’s imperfections. Jelly Roll has described the album as “a process of healing and reflection” on the period when he lost his father and a major relationship, and reviewers note that its cohesive religious and recovery themes, paired with his soulful vocals and genre‑blurring production, make Beautifully Broken feel like a cathartic testament to finding hope and purpose in the aftermath of pain.
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