Shaboozey Rides Again: Inside His Ambitious New Album

Shaboozey Rides Again: Inside His Ambitious New Album

From Rolling Stone All Access by Rolling Stone

June 8, 2026 · 51 min

About this episode

Shaboozey discusses his life, inspirations, and new album in his first podcast interview.

In his first-ever podcast interview, Shaboozey — who gave the decade one of its biggest crossover hits with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — joins Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now for a very special live podcast taping in Las Vegas. The episode arrives as part of a multimedia package with Shaboozey, including a digital cover story on RollingStone.com. Nashville Now host Joseph Hudak, who authored the cover story, captures Shaboozey at his most vulnerable. He gets tearful recounting his historic Grammy win, recounts growing up in Northern Virginia as the song of Nigerian immigrants, and shares the various inspirations — from Quentin Tarantino movies to Old West video games — for his ambitious forthcoming album, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western tales. It’s a deeply personal interview with one of music’s most fascinating new stars, only on Nashville Now. Country is Here… Nashville is Now. Check out our Hear Now playlist on Spotify, updated weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Joseph Hudak

Guest: Shaboozey

Topics covered

  • Shaboozey
  • music interview
  • album inspiration
  • Grammy win
  • personal story
  • Nashville

Keywords

  • Shaboozey
  • Nashville Now
  • Grammy
  • music
  • album
  • Las Vegas
  • interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rolling Stone, Spotify

Books & works: A Bar Song (Tipsy), The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western tales

Places: Northern Virginia, Las Vegas

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