Jessie Murph has officially released her highly anticipated debut album, That Ain’t No Man That’s The Devil, and one of the standout cuts on the 12-track project is her grief-heavy collaboration with country/rock hitmaker Bailey Zimmerman.
Jessie Murph, Bailey Zimmerman New Duet, “Someone In This Room”
Titled “Someone In This Room,” the collaborative effort paints the portrait of a toxic romance, where a pattern of pain, suffering, and heartbreak seems never-ending. In some cases, two people bring out the best in one another, but in this scenario, the significant others feed off of each other’s anger and only add fuel to the fire, tearing down the relationship they once had. Their addiction to arguing makes both parties equally to blame, as they’ve both become blind enough to not realize who’s at fault in the end.
“Someone in this room / Is someone’s bad decision / And someone’s too fuc—ed up to leave the kitchen / Someone is the martyr to someone’s bad religion / And someone’s dragging someone right down with ’em,” the two superstars sing with raw emotion, joining their vocals into a goosebumps-inducing, harmonious blend that’s bound to earn them plenty of praise. “I used to know who was who / Now I’m just someone in this room.”
Murph and Zimmerman’s vocals are the focal point for this track, as they dominate on their solo parts over a subtle arrangement of ringing acoustic guitars and delicate background synths. Murph leads the narrative, introducing the story of two partners bringing each other to a breaking point. Then, Bailey Zimmerman continues to tell the story in the second verse, showing off his universal angsty vocals that make him a perfect fit for the accompanying role.
With both Murph and Zimmerman’s earnest vocal and powerful delivery, “Someone In This Room” makes them a seamless pairing worthy of earning award nominations and wins.
Jessie Murph’s Debut Album, That Ain’t No Man That’s The Devil
“Someone In This Room” is the 10th track on That Ain’t No Man That’s The Devil, released via Columbia Records. The song isn’t the only collaboration on the album. That Ain’t No Man That’s The Devil also includes duets with Koe Wetzel on “High Road,” Jelly Roll on “Wild Ones,” and Teddy Swims on “Dirty.”
Murph’s “Someone In This Room” featuring Zimmerman included a series of teases on social media leading up to its release, including an Instagram post by Zimmerman.
“Y’ALL ITS HAPPENING🔥👀 @jessiemurphhh #instamusic #newmusic #relationship,” the artist previously captioned, singing along to some of the lyrics to the song.
That Ain’t No Man That’s The Devil and “Someone In This Room” comes before Murph’s upcoming performance at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), where she is also a first-time nominee. The powerhouse songstress earned nominations in categories for Best Pop Collaboration for “Wild Ones” and Best PUSH Artist. The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards will take place on Wednesday (Sept. 11) airing live at 8 p.m. ET from USB Arena in Queens, New York.
From there, Jessie Murph has a run of nearly sold-out shows set up for fall. On Oct. 17, she will kick off the second leg of her ‘In the Sticks’ North American headlining tour, which includes 20 stops, taking through Las Vegas, New Jersey, Georgia, and ending in her hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, where she will wrap with a special headline arena show, Live For One Night Von Braun Center.
That Ain’t No Man That’s The Devil Track List
- Gotta Hold
- Dirty ft. Teddy Swims
- Son of a Bitch
- It Ain’t Right
- I Hope It Hurts
- Love Lies
- Wild Ones ft. Jelly Roll
- Cold
- High Road – Koe Wetzel ft. Jessie Murph
- Someone in this Room ft. Bailey Zimmerman
- Bang Bang (The Ballad of Amy Fisher)
- I Could Go Bad
For more information on Jessie Murph’s tour and new album, visit her official website HERE.
