Amen
by Shaboozey (featuring Jelly Roll)

Album: Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going (2025)
Charted: 27
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  • "Amen" is a raw, confessional country song where Shaboozey and Jelly Roll grapple with feeling lost and broken. The pair don't ask for much - just for someone to send up a prayer on their behalf. Preferably soon. Because the old comforts - the bottles, the bravado, the long drives to nowhere - aren't working.
  • Shaboozey and Jelly Roll wrote the song alongside Jackson Foote, Jordan Gray, Kevin Powers and Seth Ennis. Production comes courtesy of Shaboozey's usual musical companions Sean Cook and Nevin Sastry, with Danny Majid pitching in.
  • Both Shaboozey and Jelly Roll have histories of addressing personal struggle and redemption in their music, making "Amen" a natural and powerful collaboration.

    Shaboozey's "Highway" is a mental health anthem about loss and regret, while "Good News" finds him leaning on alcohol to cope and longing for hope.

    Jelly Roll, for his part, turned his own personal detours into chart-toppers. His breakout "Save Me" was born from his darkest moments, and "Son Of A Sinner" is a bruised meditation on guilt and grace.
  • "Amen" is one of six new tracks on Where I've Been, It's Where I'm Going: The Complete Edition, the deluxe edition of Shaboozey's third album.
  • "Amen" won Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the Grammy Awards in 2026. Jelly Roll also won that night for Beautifully Broken, which earned Best Contemporary Country Album.

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