Elle King and Dierks Bentley are gearing up to release a brand-new song together!
During King’s sold-out concert at The Ryman Auditorium in Downtown Nashville on Monday evening (Feb. 28), King welcomed surprise guest, Bentley, to the stage to tell the crowd about their forthcoming new duet. The superstars then performed the upcoming duet, called “Worth A Shot,” for the first time ever.
“Well this is actually amazing, because we have something cool to tell you guys…” King told the cheering crowd. “We have a new song together everybody. It’s a song called ‘Worth A Shot.’”
The pair, who previously released “Different For Girls,” a duet released in June 2016 as the second single from Bentley’s eighth studio album, Black (2016), then went on to perform the unreleased new tune.
“It might be in a bottle / a little proof from the past / might be at the bottom of an empty glass / Don’t know if the whiskey can fix it or not / but baby it’s worth a shot / one shot from the top of the shelf / maybe two, what the hell / sleeping on the rocks / one shot maybe all that we got / I don’t know about you but I think it’s worth a shot,” King and Bentley sing in perfect harmony on the chorus of the unreleased track.
Watch their first-ever performance of “Worth A Shot” below.
In addition to surprising the capacity crowd with a special performance alongside Bentley, King also shocked fans with special guests Miranda Lambert and Ashley McBryde, who also performed with her during the show. Lambert joined King for their chart-topping duet, “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” while McBryde, who was in attendance as a friend and fan of King’s, joined King for a cover of Charlie Daniels Band’s “Long Haired Country Boy.”
Following their performance, King and Bentley took to social media to praise each other and reveal the exciting news of their upcoming collaboration.
“@dierksbentley you are the most wonderful, life changing, and inspiring person. I look up to you, respect you, and love you to no end,” King shared in a lengthy social media post following the concert.
“Jumped up on stage with my buddy @elleking at the Ryman last night!” Bentley shared on Instagram. “So fun to debut a new song we have together… Love you Elle!”
Elle King is currently in the midst of her headlining Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) tour, which kicked off in San Diego, CA on February 15 and will wrap up on March 28th at Los Angeles’ iconic The Fonda Theatre. See a full list of King’s tour dates below.
March 1, 2022 Durham, NC Carolina Theater
March 3, 2022 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
March 4, 2022 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
March 5, 2022 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
March 6, 2022 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
March 9, 2022 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
March 10, 2022 Detroit, MI MotorCity Casino Hotel Sound Board
March 11, 2022 Chicago, IL Metro
March 12, 2022 Minneapolis, MN The Fillmore
March 14, 2022 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
March 15, 2022 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
March 16, 2022 Kansas City, MO The Truman
March 18, 2022 Englewood, CO The Gothic Theatre
March 19, 2022 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
March 21, 2022 Seattle, WA The Showbox
March 22, 2022 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
March 24, 2022 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
March 25, 2022 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
March 26, 2022 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
March 28, 2022 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda
@musicmayhemmagazine @elleking and @dierksbentley are releasing a new song together called “Worth A Shot” and they live debuted it tonight at The Ryman! #ElleKing #Dierks
