Then, they were going to put out “PMS.” That was the plan, but there’s no denying the motto of 2020: Plans change. Block then started to share her own music and attracted the attention of millions when she shared a video singing her original “Just About Over You” a cappella while doing her make up in her bedroom. For the time being, Salvatore says Dennis Entertainment — the Nashville management firm at which he works — has partnered with Block on the label side to help with record-related services like promotion. Quotations by Morgan Wallen, American Musician, Born May 13, 1993. That changed with the release of “Just About Over You” on Wednesday evening. I’ve always heard that country music fans are ride or die… and this right here proves it. © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. It’s like you have that fish on the line — and you know how big it is and how rare these moments are.”, In This Article: Block’s literally overnight success actually started three weeks ago, when she posted a video of her singing “Just About Over You” a cappella in her bedroom while doing her makeup. The country-music singer-songwriter had just started to make a name for herself on TikTok with 330,000 followers, but had yet to break into the mainstream. Saturday Night Live's next musical guest, Morgan Wallen, was seen partying without a mask and kissing women this weekend in Alabama. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. “Did it with him, and then it left the nest.” According to Salvatore, all of the major labels started sniffing around in the last 24 hours. “It’s so real, and everybody’s going through a hard time, whether it’s a friendship or relationship,” she said. So I just slid into her DMs.”. Sign up for our newsletter. Be sure to listen and stream to “Just About Over You” and follow Priscilla Block on TikTok for more! “You have to move forward with your life but it’s really freakin hard to do. This is six years of blood, sweat, and tears.” (The North Carolinian moved to Nashville six years ago and started by trying to “make it” the traditional way, with gigs in bars and local networking. The 27-year-old singer came under fire by fans earlier today … “I had this idea for a long time sitting in my phone, and I had brought it up in different writes, but no one really jumped on it,” Priscilla explained of “Just About Over You.” “I think we all go through that time where you think you’re over somebody and it’s a little setback when you see a picture of them or something. Country Music, music industry. Have news, pics or video on a breaking news story? Beyonce Gives Son Sir, 3, A Piggyback Ride As Family Takes Flight Back To L.A. 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Morgan Wallen discography; "I am absolutely overwhelmed," Priscilla Block tells Rolling Stone. At the start of this week, Priscilla Block was not widely known. “I still have no words. “It’s nerve-racking, to be honest. When “Just About Over You” unexpectedly popped, Salvatore says they were preparing to pitch “Thick Thighs” to streaming platforms before dropping the video, which is almost done. It's a rarity to see a female country artist break off TikTok — especially with a ballad. It’s kind of my journey of trying to move on from a past relationship.”, She added that she still cries listening to the song. Well, that time has come. Grady Smith, a notoriously critical country-music blogger, noted on his own TikTok account that Block “shot this album cover herself with some cheap earrings and a napkin and then she was smart enough to release it on a Wednesday — when it’s easier to beat new releases that are usually released on Friday.”. I think that we were really able to capture that in this song and that’s why people love it so much.”. ), Fans loved the song so much that some of them actually helped raise money for Block to record it as a track. Salvatore also developed Avenue Beat through a TikTok-charged breaking moment, via the low-key track “F2020.” He signed Block in May. When Jake Owen nominated Morgan Wallen, he shared a demo for a song called “7 Summers” that he was still on the fence about. “I am absolutely overwhelmed,” Block tells Rolling Stone. The song didn’t spark any viral dances — as TikTok hits often do — and it still garnered 1.8 million views, with many users eagerly waiting for the song’s official release. “We launched Russell Dickerson the same way,” he says. “All of the sudden it just went really crazy,” Priscilla recalled in an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife. Morgan Wallen will no longer be a musical guest on Saturday Night Live for this weekend. “If the song seems like a priority, and we get a sense that it’s a priority for the entire building, we’re gonna talk about it.” While he won’t reveal any of the sums, Salvatore insists that the offers are good and will make it hard to say no. In March, she took a socially distanced meeting with Dennis Entertainment’s John Dennis and Charly Salvatore, who discovered Avenue Beat five years ago on Twitter and now manages the Nashville trio. “Thick Thighs” dropped in October of last year, but Block didn’t start using TikTok until the pandemic hit. Discography. Block has had other quasi-viral moments on TikTok with songs like the body-positive jam “Thick Thighs” and “PMS,” the latter of which has yet to be properly released. Enjoy the best Morgan Wallen Quotes at BrainyQuote. “Just About Over You” appeared out of nowhere and is already almost halfway to that number. “Then people were like, ‘How do we get you to release this?’ and then one girl asked if she could crowdfund so I could record it.” The North Carolina native who moved to Nashville six years ago to embark on her dreams of becoming a country music artist was able to get into the studio after her newfound fans raised the money. Morgan Wallen was arrested over the weekend after visiting Kid Rock’s Nashville bar. Priscilla Block's just-released "Just About Over You" has got the music business' major labels clamoring to sign the Nashville-based singer. Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country music singer and songwriter. The empowering song — “What about my muffin top is wrong?” she sings — has since accumulated more than 221,000 Spotify streams. He emphasizes that everyone’s calling — including the big publishing companies — but Block wants to make sure that she does “the right thing.”, “We don’t want to sign to a major and sit and wait,” Salvatore says. © Copyright 2020 HollywoodLife, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. The emotive ballad quickly shot to the top of iTunes’ all-genre chart. Priscilla Block’s just-released “Just About Over You” is attracting major-label interest after hitting Number One on iTunes. Share with your friends. “I was just scrolling aimlessly for days and I finally came across a video of her singing a Morgan Wallen song, but she added her own thing to the end of it,” Salvatore tells Rolling Stone, explaining that the cover of Wallen’s “Whiskey Glasses” had also gone relatively viral at the time. In October 2020, Wallen found himself under scrutiny for spending time partying in crowded bars without a mask just prior to his October 10, 2020 Saturday Night Live performance. Want more Rolling Stone? “I was just like… damn, there’s something here. Priscilla Block was discovered on TikTok after her innovative cover of Morgan Wallen‘s “Whiskey Glasses,” and the rest was truly modern day social media stardom history. After Block dropped the song on Wednesday, her listeners on Spotify increased by around 550% within 24 hours, Mary Catherine Kinney, an executive on Spotify’s artist & label partnerships team, tells Rolling Stone. 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