Country crooner Jordan Davis is on a mission to spread positivity—a message the singer-songwriter recently highlighted in his new song, “Good News Sold.”
“That was a song that came to me a couple years ago, you know, really kind of when it felt like the news was nothing but bad,” the 35-year-old explained. “Unfortunately, I think we all live in a world where the bad news sells. It’s not the good stuff that’s being heard.”
He continued: “It’s almost like my wish, my hope, that going forward we start focusing on the positive and not so much on the bad.”
The song, released last month, was co-written by Mr. Davis’s brother, Jacob, and singers Cole Taylor and Jordan Rowe. A portion of the chorus’s lyrics go: “If good news sold, the world wouldn’t seem so bad; if good news sold, we‘d be buyin’ everything they had.”
Despite the seemingly overwhelming amount of negative stories covered in the news, Mr. Davis said he doesn’t believe the onus is solely on journalists or news anchors to disseminate goodness in the world.
“I think it’s even just everyday people like myself. If you see somebody who needs some help, help them out,” he said.
“I think that’s what my favorite thing about the song is—it’s helping somebody that needs help on a flat tire; it’s sharing a story about a reunion with a son and a father,” he noted, referencing the small acts of kindness touched upon in the song.
Spreading Good News
Mr. Davis, now residing in Nashville, Tennessee, emerged onto the country music scene in 2017 with his debut single, “Singles You Up.” The chart-topping hit was later certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.That same year, the country star tied the knot with his now-wife, Kristen O'Connor. The couple went on to have a daughter, Eloise Larkin, in 2019, followed by the birth of their son, Locklan Joseph, two years later. In 2023, they welcomed a second boy, Elijah Patrick.
Regarding his music, Mr. Davis has experienced a metamorphosis over the years, which he largely attributed to becoming a father and the vulnerability he has begun expressing in his songs.
“I think where really I took a turn in my career as a songwriter [and] as an artist was whenever I just started writing really honestly,” he told “The Happy Pod.”
“Writing about my life, my kids, the struggles I was going through—you know, that’s when I felt like I really started connecting with people,” he shared.
Mr. Davis—who kicked off the international leg of his “Damn Good Time World Tour” in Copenhagen, Denmark in February—went on to experience the biggest breakthrough of his career in 2022.
That year, he took home the Country Music Association’s prestigious “Song of the Year” award for his 2021 hit “Buy Dirt,” which he made in collaboration with singer-songwriter Luke Bryan. His songs also garnered more than four billion streams from 2022 to last year alone, per his management company.
“Obviously, we’ve had a lot of success, and the shows have gotten bigger, which has been something we’ve worked really hard at. So, it’s really cool to see that, but I truly hope that I never feel the sense of like, ‘Oh, I made it,’ because I think what comes with that is complacency,” he explained.
However, as Mr. Davis shared with “The Happy Pod,” he is grateful for his platform, which allows him to share meaningful songs like “Goods News Sold” with his fans around the world.
“This was sort of that reminder to me when I heard it, and I hope will be for other people, of what’s good in the world and that there is good in the world,” the singer said in a press release.
“It’s a reminder that there are good people, acts of kindness, moments of pay it forward, moments of light and joy,” he shared.
