Ryan Griffin is taking in his current success– as well as has “Salt, Lime & Tequila” to give thanks to for it. The country vocalist as well as songwriter at down with Billboard News to review his TikTok viral tune, as well as exactly how co-writing a track for Kelsea Ballerini unlocked for his songs job.
Griffin debuted “Salt”– which came to a head atNo 52 as well as invested a total amount of 20 weeks on Billboard‘s Country Airplay graph– by means of TikTok in an enjoyable video clip with his papa. He described, “I knew my dad would like that song because it has that beach-y vibe to it, and I threw the phone up and I was like, ‘Pops, listen to this! Just tell me you like the song.’”
The day after the nation vocalist published the video clip to his TikTok account, the track began making waves on the system. “I look at my phone and it’s been going massively viral,” he included. “That’s what we’ve been touring on, that was my first single to country radio that I’ve been doing a radio tour [for] all year across the country. It’s definitely the song has launched my career and put me in the right direction.”
As for Griffin’s “Dibs” partnership with Ballerini– her 2ndNo 1 solitary on Country Airplay– it occurred as an outcome of a serendipitous writing session.
“The day that we wrote that song, we weren’t even supposed to have written. We wrote it in 45 minutes and it popped out. I’ll never forget the day she called me and told me it would be her second single. My wife and I were pretty broke at the time, to be honest — being a broke songwriter is a real thing,” he remembered. “[Ballerini] called and told me it was going to be he second single and it was just this huge weight off my shoulders. It was really the song that helped me stick around Nashville a little bit longer and start doing my artist thing.”
Watch Ryan Griffin’s complete meeting with Billboard News in the video clip over.
Source: billboard.com
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