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- All right, gentlemen, coming to main stage next, this is Bunny. Get up there, she's got a tornado of titties coming your way. Get those dollar bills ready. She's got an ass that shakes like Michael J. Fox. So get up there and throw, throw, throw them dollars. - Dude, that is fucking iconic. What's up, you sexy motherfuckers? I've got Priscilla Block in the house, baby, finally.
I know, finally. We've been trying to make this happen. And you know. Life's busy. No, bitch. You are busy. OK? It's crazy. I thought my husband was busy. You're always busy. Are you touring right now? What is-- I'm kind of doing it all. Today is my off day. And I've written today.
Doing this podcast with you. Doing two podcasts today. Doing two podcasts today. It's weird. Like my off days are just trying to stay in the Nashville thing, you know? It's been wild. Yeah, we're going to talk about it. When's your birthday? August 10th. Oh, you're a Leo. No wonder you and Dempsey get along. Yeah.
Wait, what are you? Two of you Leos. Capricorn Aquarius. I'm on the cusp. January 22nd. My husband is a Sag. So let's take it all the way back because somebody told me, I forget who it was. I think it was Krista, our stylist. Yes. We share a stylist. We do share a stylist. She was telling me that you have a huge family. Yes. So let's bring it all the way back. Where did you grow up?
So I grew up in North Carolina and yeah, a huge family. Just like a very like dysfunctional functioning family. The fun and functional. Yes. It's like chaos all the time. It's kind of crazy. Like my parents, I feel like they were never supposed to be together, but they were in a way, you know, like my dad, my dad grew up Jewish.
And he was this cowboy from Kansas, used to ride the rodeo, just like... What a crazy fucking combination. Yes, crazy. Crazy cowboy Jew. Crazy cowboy Jew. And my mom grew up Mormon. Wow. And so like two totally different people...
And then, you know, my dad ended up like trying to get his life back together and him and my mom. When you say try to get his life back together, was he like a rodeo guy? Yeah, he was just like, he's a rodeo, you know, just wild. Yeah. You have to be in a certain frame of mind to be a rodeo man. Yeah. Like, was he riding bulls? Yes. Like, okay. Yeah. Crazy. Crazy. Yeah, you gotta be a crazy motherfucker to want to get on the back of a bull every day. Yeah. Hey, I thought he was in my blood.
my blood and then once I decided to ride a bull it's somewhere out on the internet and it failed epically so I was like it's not in the blood I'm gonna go google and find it um but yeah so they met my dad ended up going to bible college and yeah and he he met my mom and the second time he saw her he proposed so did he go to a mormon bible college no like christian bible college like was that a christian bible college so my mom yeah her family um ended up
Kind of leaving the Mormon church when she was 18. And she kind of like found...
God and all of that. And then my parents met. Yeah. So kind of crazy again, like two people that probably would have never ended up being together were. And so they got married and my parents were truck drivers for a while. Oh, yeah. Like crazy. How many brothers and sisters do you have? I am one of five kids. OK. So, yeah. So big family. Sisters,
brothers. So I've got three sisters and one brother. Oh gosh, that poor little baby. I know. Is he older or younger? Smack dab in the middle. Wow. So he always had like two older girls telling him what to do and two younger girls. He's gonna grow up and make some woman very happy. Yes, yeah. But anyway, I mean we just had a crazy life, you know. My parents, I don't even know if they
planned on having kids and then they ended up with five wow that's love but yeah it really it really was and um were you always a musical family like how did you get into music did you just come out of the womb singing basically I like came out of them was super loud I was loud from the start yeah I found like with musicians it's either you you acquired it from like depression or addiction or something like that or you came out of the womb just fucking ready to rock you know so I
And my parents, like, you know, them, like, finding God and, you know, figuring out what their faith was. My dad ended up starting a church. And, I mean, it was super small. Like, we literally used to meet in a retirement home. Right.
And there was no one to do music. So he made me and my mom do music. So no band. I mean, we were karaoke at church. Like it was great. And so it kind of like became this thing like I never wanted to do it. Didn't want to get up and sing at church, but I did. And my mom had me in piano when I was young. And I was just I never practiced. I was a terrible piano student.
And she never like got mad at me about it. Like she was just like, Priscilla, like that's fine. Like maybe you should pick up guitar. And so we quit piano and I found a guitar in my attic and picked it up and started watching YouTube videos and learning how to play. Wow. Yeah. Crazy. That is crazy. Crazy. I don't have the self-discipline to do that. Or the ear. I don't know if it was just like, I think it was just in my blood. Like,
meant to be. Yeah. To, to do music. And my mom, she can sing amazing. Um, but yeah, I picked it up super easy and I was playing like just a bunch of Taylor Swift songs, you know? And then, um, when I was 15, that's kind of when I started writing and I was like, Oh my gosh, like, this is so cool. Like I can, yeah, like I can write my life and,
At that time, like I was experiencing heartbreak for the first time. My family was just going through it. And that was my escape. What was going on with the family? You know, so my parents were married for 32 years. And you kind of just see like they lived their life for us kids. Right. And like you slowly just kind of started seeing like, dang, like they've been married for so long and they've kind of,
lost their relationship because we were the focus you know mom she homeschooled us and yeah did everything my dad worked any job to pay the bills you know it was just kind of like I was almost out of high school and I think the road was kind of ending for them so music was my piece and my diary and
Yeah. It was hurtful watching. Yeah. So did they end up splitting? They ended up splitting. But they have a really good relationship. It's weird. Like people are like, are your parents together or not? Because, you know, we still do family holidays together. I love that. I think that like it's weird. They still call each other honey. Like, yeah.
I want to write a song about that one day. You need to. And they still call each other honey. Yeah, call it honey. And, you know, when it all happened, I had just moved out to Nashville. And I had my mindset, like, I was going to move out here after high school. Yeah. And when I... You just had a yearning. You were like, Nashville's calling me. I knew. Like, when I started writing songs...
was like a big Taylor Swift fan. And I'm like, what did she do? Like, how do I do this? I mean, at that time I was trying out for every show, just like anything, trying to make it. And I knew I needed to move to Nashville. And so when I did, that was kind of when my parents, it all kind of went downhill. And, you know, it's weird. Like every family dynamics different. But for them, it was, you know, I think having all of us kids, we were like, listen, we're not doing the whole splitting up holidays. We can't.
And my parents really like just put their differences aside and came together for us kids like they always have, you know. I love that. That is like so cool to see people be able to co-parent because there's so much opposite of that in the world that I just love hearing a cool co-parenting story. Yeah. So rare. It's cool. And like they've shown me that like love is so it's.
there's just so much to it and you can either choose to love or hate and I like I get that from my parents and they are like amazing and my whole family they're just awesome I love that where's the name Priscilla come from well Priscilla Presley oh okay so were you born with Priscilla was that yes okay yeah no no it's no it's no fake name yeah yeah yeah um yeah my mom um
They loved Elvis and it's just so funny that I happened to do music. It was just embedded in you from the start. So let's talk about it. So your parents were going through a divorce. You're going through your first heartbreak with that whole situation. You come to Nashville, the Taylor Swift way. How old were you?
I was 18. So 18. I had my 18th birthday in Nashville. Wow. Yeah. So you were like, fuck this. I'm leaving. Fresh out of high school. Wow. Like packed everything and moved. Take me on that journey. Yeah. So I moved out here. I had like a little Chevy Malibu that was like, I literally had like junk tape around my car. Chevys are your shit, dude. They last forever. You know, that thing lasted me for a good while. And so I moved out to Nashville and...
I found some Craigslist roommates and I moved. Oh, brave. Yeah. Very brave. I mean, hey, I was just doing it. I'm happy you're still alive. I am. This is a different time though, right? Like how long ago was this? How old are you? I am 27. Okay. Yeah. So it was before the world got real weird. Yeah. Like the world was already getting weird, but it was before like it was cut your skin off and wear it kind of weird. Okay.
It was definitely still weird. So anyways, I went on Craigslist. I found some roommates and ended up moving to, I was living like near Sylvan Park. So very nice area in Nashville now. Yeah, I know. But it wasn't that when I moved there. Jay and I used to live in West 46. That was our first apartment. I love that. Yeah. So, you know, I just moved wherever I could afford. I think I was paying $500 a month.
um, for my one bedroom. And that's great. And Nashville now, I don't think you could even find anything like that. No, no. Um, so moved here and I, you know, like when I moved to Nashville, I didn't know anyone. I just took a leap of faith. And I was like, I, I believe in myself and I believe that I can do this as a career. Yeah. So I came out here,
And just started working like every odd in job. I was nannying. I was like the dog walker in the neighborhood. You know, like all the things. I love that you had work ethic instilled in you though. Yeah. Well, I had to. Yeah. You know, I didn't...
I didn't have financial support from anybody. So it was like, all right, get to going. And I do think like I learned that from my parents and they're like, you know what, whatever you want, go get it. Um, so I just, I started doing it all. And, um, I just kind of found myself like just lost in it all. Like I'm this young 18 year old girl. I couldn't get into the bar. Like, where do you start? Right. Um,
Like go to coffee shops, go to church. I'm like, I'm doing all the things like where can I meet people? Yeah, like I remember I called my parents. I was like, I'm going to church today. And they're like, oh, amazing. I was like, yeah, I'm gonna go try to meet. But anyway, I started just working and I was also going to community college at Nashville State.
I love it. I love the drive. Yeah. And I think that like for whatever reason, like at that point, I didn't fully believe in myself. Like I was like halfway in. Right. So I was like,
You know, and a lot of people kind of was like, hey, make sure like you have a backup plan, you know? And so... I hate people like that. Yeah. Like just go for the gusto kid. That's what I said. That's what we tell our kid. Yeah. Like go for whatever you want to do. Go be the best at it. Yeah. Like if you want to be a mailman, be the best damn mailman out there. Do it. Yeah. Yeah. I agree. So I...
I just, I started, so I'd work, I worked at this yogurt shop in Hillsborough village, sweet CCS. And so I'd work there from nine to five and then I would go to class from six to nine. And, um, I'm about a year into Nashville. It is just like not what I thought it was going to be. And so I called my sister that day and I was just crying. And, um,
I was like, dude, what am I doing out here? Like, this is hell. Like, I came out here to write songs and be a musician. I don't even know how to start. I'm drowning in work and school. And she was like, Priscilla, you know, if you come home, like, you didn't fail. Come back. And I kid you not, I cannot make up a story. I was leaving the yogurt shop, and I happened to be wearing a Taylor Swift T-shirt.
swear to god t swift is very inspirational in your journey insane yeah i was leaving work that day that i talked to my sister and she was driving by and saw me and i'm standing on the street corner taylor swift was driving taylor swift oh wow yeah okay yeah so like my meltdown day i'm leaving nashville what is this life
I'm walking out of work that day and happened to be wearing just one of her tour shirts and she was driving by and saw me and pulled her car over.
Yeah. And was like, hey, like, thanks for wearing my shirt. Like, I love that. And I'm just standing there like this. I'm like, oh, my gosh. And she was like, come over here. So we talked for a second. I did not even tell her that I did music. I was just like, thank you, God. For the sign. For the sign. And that day I went to class and I was like, I am quitting my job.
I'm quitting school and I'm going to go figure out how to do this. Fuck yeah. You got that fire. Yeah, it was the fire and it was everything that I needed. And I'm like not a super religious person, but I'm like really spiritual. And I think that like that was everything that I needed. And I and that was eight years ago. Yeah. And I just now.
We're just like, whatever I got to do. I mean, I was fighting shit on the side of the road, selling it on Craigslist. Like, I mean, we were really counting the dollars out every month. And so you quit school and you just decided to do music full time. Okay. So take me on that journey.
I wouldn't say like, I mean, I was trying to do it full time. Again, I was working like whatever I could, but I mean, I had a fake ID. I was going in any bar, introducing myself to anybody that I could. And I would listen. Yeah. Anyone that would listen. And I would, I'd listened to a bunch of podcasts and like people that started out in Nashville. And I heard someone say like, do not be afraid.
of walking up to anybody. And I, I, I was fearless, like truly. I mean, whether it was the sound guy, like, Hey, I would love to get a gig here. Or, you know, I'd sit down at writers rounds in Nashville and, um, the first time I would watch and then I'd figure out when they were playing somewhere else. And I'd be like, Hey, I saw your show last week and I'm a new songwriter in Nashville. Like I would love to write with you. Yeah. And so it kind of just started that way. And, um,
Sarah Jones, she had been my roommate for a long time. And she's also from North Carolina. And it's just crazy. Like our brothers grew up as friends. She's my guitar player now. And her brother had called me and was like, hey, my sister's moving to Nashville to do music. Like y'all should connect. And at that time, I needed a roommate. I was trying to get out of the Craigslist roommates. You know what I mean?
How was it living with the Craigslist roommates? Oh my gosh. Like I, it was crazy. Like the first weekend I moved to Nashville, my house got broken into. Like it was just like, yeah, it was kind of crazy. So me and Sarah Jones started writing together and we lived out in Hermitage and it was really like an empty apartment and we would just sit down on the floor with our guitars and write. And so it really started small and,
And then it grew to, she was like, hey, like, what do you want? Like, what's your goal here? And I was like, I want to be an artist. Yeah. Like, I want to do that. And she was like, well, Priscilla, she was like, if you want to be an artist, you need to learn how to perform. I love that. And yeah, it was so, it was like so perfect, you know? And I was like, really? I love that she pushed you like that. She did. Because most people would be scared to say something like that, you know? That's a real friend. Well, and I think that she wanted to know, like,
She said, she was like, let me, she goes, put down your guitar and let me play guitar for you. And she really like wanted to see where I was at mentally. Like, okay, can I, is it smart for me to put more time into this? If she doesn't really see it kind of going anywhere. Right. And I put my guitar down for a year.
And I just started learning how to perform. She would play guitar for me. And then we just started growing my band like one by one by one. Were you performing in bars by now and like, you know, on Broadway? So it started like a lot of writers around. So we me and her would start singing the songs that we wrote. Right. And then we got our drummer and we were doing like the three piece thing. And I was like, oh, this is amazing. Like,
Now we can hold our own in a bar. So we started kind of playing around. I actually like stayed, tried to stay off Broadway. Yeah. Just because I know like. It's kind of gimmicky. It's not even that. I just didn't want to get comfortable singing cover songs. Gotcha. You know what I mean? Mm-hmm.
Not that everyone on Broadway sings cover songs, but I think it is easy to, because the money's really good down there, singing covers that people want to hear. So I was just doing a lot around town.
We used to play at the bar outside of Bridgestone Arena every Friday night. Which one is that? The Jack Daniels Bar. Yeah, okay. So we'd play out there and it was really cool because that became our favorite gig. Right. And we'd play there. They like started calling us to play before...
the people that were playing in Bridgestone. Right. And so like, it was building like a fan base. Yeah. Okay. Awesome. Yeah. Like I still have people that come out to the shows. They're like, we saw you at the Jack Daniel's bar years ago. Um, so our band started, you know, being created and, and then it was like, just all of us, like we wanted it so bad. Like, but we started like rewriting my bio and it's so funny to look back, like anything,
to make me sound cooler and like a bigger deal like we were doing. Hold on. I just want to tell everybody we have all had to fake it till we make it. And I consider, I don't consider it being fake. I consider it manifesting because when you really believe in yourself and you put something like I even before the podcast was doing as amazing as it was, I would tell people I get a million downloads a month. Yes, you do. Well, I do now. But when I was saying it back then, it was it wasn't happening, but I knew it was going to happen. So, you know, you doing that in your bio was a way of manifesting.
No, and I'm all about that. Like, we were like, she's been the pre-entertainment opening act for Luke Bryan, like Jason Aldean and it
anybody that we played before we put that in there and I love that and I you know we made a fake booking company and like I mean I was Melanie Johnston reaching out on behalf of my artist Priscilla Block and would love love to book her at your Georgia venue we've done all this shit you know you just gotta do it you have to man the only person that's gonna believe in you as much as you believe is yourself you know like in or a friend that you happen to find she's my Sarah Jones so I totally understand that oh I love that yeah totally so what
When did you when was like the pinnacle of like you were like, holy shit, the fucking snowball is rolling and this shit's really happening. So right before the pandemic, I was just about paying all my bills off.
by singing. Yay. And I was like, yay. Like, oh my gosh, I had just moved to this apartment downtown. I'm like, you know what? I'm going to do it. Like, I've always like had the Craigslist roommates outside of town. Like, I'm going, I'm going in. Yeah. I'm going uptown, baby. Yes. So I was still cleaning a lady's house and I was doing music. And then the pandemic hit. Hmm.
So like this was the point where I was like, I am crushing. Like for me, like if I can pay my bills doing what I love, like, yes. Yeah. So anyways, the pandemic hit and 2020 was like the year like, okay. Sink or swim. Like, yeah, either it's going to, we're going to sink or swim. Like there was no. We all went through it. Yeah. Yeah.
We had to sit down and have it. We had a family meeting where we were like, okay, what are we going to do? You know, like we're, it's either we turn up on fucking content. We can't go anywhere. We can't tour. So it's like, let's just become fucking online celebrities. Yes.
yeah yeah and that was the time that TikTok was brand new yeah and I you know I was like what am I gonna do you know maybe I just start singing and the only thing that you could do is content yeah I couldn't play in the bars I mean what else was I gonna do so
Anyway, so I'm on TikTok and it's literally like that. I thought it was like this dancing app. Same. I would not be on it. I rebuked it. Literally. I was like, fuck this. I'm not getting on this fucking kids app. You're not getting me on here. Well, I did learn the walk in my kitchen. I learned the walk. Yeah, but you can do that. I am so uncoordinated. There's no dance moves that I'm going to be able to do. Oh, my God. Well, I was like, maybe I just...
become a dancer. I don't know. I mean, like a terribly bad dancer that gets paid for it. Priscilla's like, I don't give a fuck whatever I got to do to get paid. Let's go. Oh yeah. Whatever. I love it. So I just started, there was like a
I don't know when it was, but I decided I'm like, man, like I'm just going to throw up some original music on here and see what happens. Yeah. So I started having like little viral moments, I guess. And there really wasn't a lot of like original music on TikTok at this time. Right. Especially in country. And so then I, you know, things started growing and I would like look at my phone and I'm getting all these hundreds of messages from people saying,
And it was like a light switch that went off. And I was like, I'm going to make this my full time job. All it takes is that one viral video. And you're like, OK, how do I keep this fucking momentum going? And it's like either you're a hustler or and you do something with it or you don't like sink or swim, literally. So I was posting like 20 videos a day, just like grinding in my apartment. Yeah. And by this point, I'm four months behind on my rent. Oh, yeah. Really? I mean.
we have gone through the journey in Nashville, but it's fine. Poor baby. So I move out of my apartment and I move into this like little shack in Nashville. I didn't have AC. I had this like window unit by my bed. Oh my God. And Nashville not having AC. I'd rather not have heat because then you can at least buy a heater. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. You,
need and I'm a sweater like let me just I don't I don't listen I just yeah like no me and jelly yes so I move into this like little house and um as I'm moving out of my apartment I am just like screw it all like my life is going to shit and I go to the bar and um I'm just like well I mean what do I have to lose at this point run into my ex-boyfriend and um
I end up coming down with COVID. Not long. I probably shouldn't have gone to the bar, but hey. Yeah. I think the beer was worth it. It's all right. I didn't go to any bars and I ended up with COVID three times. Oh, well. You're good. Yeah. At least you had a fun story to tell. Exactly. Yeah, whatever. So anyway, yeah.
I went back home and Sarah Jones called me and I'm sicker than ever. No AC in my house. I'm like, you know, sweating with the COVID sweats. Yeah. And she called me and she was like, hey, we were supposed to write today. Did you want to still write? You know, what's what's up? And it literally took everything in me to not say no. And I was like,
No, I'm gonna write today. And I hopped on FaceTime and I wrote the song that completely changed my life that day. Which was? Just About Over You. This is about your ex, right? Yeah.
And if I would have never ran into him at the bar, if I would have never, you know, moved out of my apartment, had to do this FaceTime call, it just, it all led me to that moment. And it's insane looking back because I was at the lowest of lows and it brought like everything. And the universe has a way of answering you even when you don't think they're listening. The universe is listening, you know? And I heard that so many times, like right when you think that you're at your breaking point, I tell this to people all the time. It's like,
So many people are going through so much shit, but like you literally might be around the corner tomorrow. Absolutely. And you just don't know. The rain always brings the sunshine. Yeah. So I decided to just post a clip of me singing it online. And that was my first very viral moment. And, um,
I was singing in my car. I say, I'm like, I'm pretty sure I was singing in my car before everyone. Now everyone's singing in their cars. You know what I mean? Um, but I just started posting videos left and right. And, um, there was this angel, her name's Samantha. She was living out in California and basically started a like crowdfunding campaign for me to record the song and like call to action on Tik TOK and was like, let's,
Let's help Priscilla put this song out. And my heart, like, I still...
No one knew that I was like going through the hardest time in my life. I couldn't have gone in and recorded that song, you know? And people all over, it just became this like internet storm and everyone was like, we need this song. How do we get it? Where's it at? When are you recording it? And literally like the, the fans made this happen for me. And it's so interesting, you know, cause I look back on the years that I've been in Nashville and I was begging for a deal and I
It was political out here. People don't realize that about the music industry in Nashville. It is so political. Yeah. And so, you know, and, and so when I, it kind of all happened, I'm calling every producer that I know. I'm like, who can get started on this? I need someone to start on the song now. I don't know what's happening. Like I didn't have a, a team. It was like me and my best friends and you know, my band and we're all just like, I'm like, we need to release this as soon as we can. Hmm.
And within three weeks of writing it, I released it and independently. And I was sitting. Sarah called me. Sarah Jones. Sarah Jones is the star of the show. Shout out Sarah Jones. Sarah Jones. She called me and was like, hey, have you have you seen the iTunes charts? And I was like, how do you find that? Yeah. You're so me. Do people buy music anymore? Like, I don't know.
And so I go and look at it and it's just like, I mean, top 10, top five. And then boom, it's like me, Nicki Minaj, Harry Styles and like Billy. Did I already say Billie Eilish? Yeah, it was me, Nicki Minaj, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles. Harry Styles.
And I'm having messages like Nicki Minaj fans are trolling me. They're like, who is this bimbo? Like, take a seat. There's some, the barbs are mean. Oh my gosh. They don't play. Oh no, no, no. They were, they were coming for me. They were like, who is this girl? There's no, the bots girl, like 100% has bots. Like whatever it was, it was what it was. But,
And then that's when all the labels started calling. Because like... They got their attention. Yeah. I mean, even I think at that time, they weren't paying attention to the iTunes charts. Because streaming is so big, you know, you don't... Sometimes you forget that people buy music. And so for me, the leverage that I had going into these label meetings was I have fans. Yeah. I have fans. And that's what...
why I am so thankful that this never happened sooner because you know I think back in the day like the labels would sign you they'd help brand you and then help you get the fans yeah I'm
I'm sorry. I'm so anti-lake. Even though my husband signed, I just have seen all the shit he's gone through in the fucking past, you know, since I've been with him for the past seven, eight years. It's just... I'm so thankful that he signed with Broken Bow because they're just amazing humans. Shout out, Loba. Yes. Love you guys so much. But just I've seen how the industry just chews up artists, you know, and spits them out and leaves them with nothing, you know? I...
I definitely, I mean, I've seen it and I, that's why I was so, when I went into these meetings, I knew that I had some leverage and I was confident. I was like, you know what, this is happening. And when was the last time you've seen an independent artist do this? And so it was, it was awesome. I mean, people like,
It was great, but it was like the most terrifying moment of my life. Absolutely. Because you're scared of getting screwed over. That change is scary too. You know, having people involved in your business that you've built is like very scary. Yeah. Having hands in something that is your baby. Yeah. It was definitely, it was weird. Like you feel on top of the world, but you're scared shitless. You're like, man, like.
I hope that someone believes not only in a song, but in a career. Absolutely. So did you end up signing? So I ended up signing with Universal. And I, gosh, I'm so thankful for them. I think that it was the one meeting, you know, I had quite a few and was torn. But I really do feel like it was the meeting at that time that they really,
thought that there was way more than just a song. I love that. And that dude hope. Yeah. It breathes so much life into decisions because if somebody believes in you, that's all you need is to, you know, to just take off and spread your wings and fly. Yeah. And it was cool when I signed, you know, I remember, um, Cindy Mabe, uh, she looked at me and she said, I want to tell you one thing. She said, I, if anyone at this label, uh,
ever tries changing you, do not love them. And just hearing that comfort, like hearing that come from a label head, you're like...
because you don't want to be changed. And what worked for me was me being me. Yeah. Being the shit show, being the girl that sings about a broken heart or gaining weight. Like that is just who I am. I think you actually have a really good head on your shoulders. You're very level headed. Let's talk about your image because that's one of the one things that drew me into you was I love the body positivity. I love that you're not afraid to wear the short shorts. It's pretty much like fuck everybody to wear the bikini. Yeah. You know, like I think that's amazing and
I think little girls now really need that more than ever because, you know, my generation growing up, it was the fucking stick models. It was like, you know, it was just eating disorders and fucking, you know, it was comparing yourself to people that you just were never going to be like, you know, and I think little girls having a role model like you right now is so special. Oh, well, thank you. I, um,
I struggled hard with my body growing up. Like, I mean, I was the little girl that was scared to go to the pool. I never went on spring break with my friends because I didn't love the way that I looked. And, you know, I think that's why I like, I listen to all kinds of music. Yeah. But I love like so many rappers and like, you know, just like, and I think it was so...
Kind of normal in the pop and rap world for girls to show off their body and be shaking their ass up on stage. But in country, it was different, you know, um,
I didn't see myself in anybody else, you know? Everybody's so covered up in country. Yeah, especially, like, back then, I think. And then you have Beyonce that's up, like, just twerking and, like, going at it. And I just was like, oh, my gosh. Like, there was something in me that I was like, well, maybe I can do that, too. But I'm also singing country music. I don't know. But I'll tell you what. I wrote...
So when I moved to Nashville, I think everyone has their influences and people that they want to be like. And obviously, I wanted to be the next Taylor Swift. And hell, I wanted to be Carrie Underwood. But turns out, I don't have that...
Carrie Underwood is like her voice. She's a machine. And those legs. I'm like, yes. It's crazy. She is so beautiful in person. We got to see her at the CMT Awards. I'm like, bro, it's crazy. Breathtaking. Yeah. Breathtaking. The way she carries herself. She's just all woman. Yeah. And so anyway, as as I was trying to figure out who I was in Nashville, you know, you realize no one wants another somebody. Right. They're already out there. Yep. Yep.
And that's what Jay and I are finding out in the country realm. Everybody's freaking out over us. And it's like, it's because you're so different. Right. They're like, what is this hussy and this drug dealer doing on the red carpet together? Y'all are y'all. Yeah, no, for sure. And like, and that's what I love about you guys. Like y'all are just like,
who you are you don't give a and i'm i'm kind of the same way no that's what we love about you too jay told me to tell you hello oh i love him i love him wait did he tell you that we cried when we met each other yeah he told me the whole story yeah oh my god he's so sweet but he's just he's just such a good like he's a great inspiration you know like coming from somebody that maybe didn't look the part or fit into this box like he's doing it and that was
I think that's why we love you so much too, because you, you're beautiful though. Like, you know, like you're so pretty and I love the confidence that you exude. Even if you don't feel confident, you're still portraying that to these little girls that look up to you online. And that means a lot. Thank you. So when I stopped, like really, um,
to be honest, I think I was copying people because I just, I thought that that's what you had to do to end up on the radio. But I'll never forget the day that I wrote Thick Thighs. And that was like the moment that everything changed in
And me and Sarah Jones. I love that Sarah is there for every moment. Yes, I should have had her sitting right here. I would have put a little bobblehead Sarah Jones. But we, so I went into the ride that day and I was like, I am not writing another heartbreak song today. Like, can we write Thick Thighs or something? And it was just an off the wall thing. And she was like, are you serious?
And I'm like, oh, yeah, kind of. But, you know, and she was like, that's what we're writing. And when I wrote that song, I remember I had sent it to my family and they were like, this is it. And I just there was something freeing. Like, I felt like I finally said something that I hadn't heard before. It was me like.
You know, I had had so many people in meetings that told me that I needed to lose weight before making it and, you know, look different. And this was like my big old F you. Like, I am who I am. I'm a curvy girl. You're not even big, by the way. Like, you're curvy, but you're not a big girl. Like, when I met you, the first thing I said was, she's so fucking tiny. Aw.
Like literally you have this big persona online, but then when you meet you, you're just like this tiny little package. Well, thank you. I fireball. I, but I wrote it to anybody that ever made me feel like I needed to look at a different way. And I'm glad that little girls can, can see that and see me and be like, you know what? I can be a singer too. I can, I can be a country singer. And,
I can wear the two piece. Like what the hell life is to wear it. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like good while doing it. Well, I think it's just being able to give women and younger girls like that ballsiness to, to express themselves and whatever you're wearing and just own who you are. Like it's, I'm so proud of that song and I never knew that that was going to be such a big thing.
part of my story and I'm thankful for it I love it so moving on from that and your image what is what are you doing now you're like tour you're always on tour I feel like you're always in your tour bus getting ready yes well I just got the damn tour bus like I love that I was in the church van for a long time and us our band we'd take off driving you know whoever's like
the least tired I guess drives through the night no Jay and I used to have the fucking uh the 18 passenger van that we had to tour in and it was filled with fucking our whole crew would be in this van and oh my god it was terrible years of that but yeah when you finally get that first tour bus it's like holy shit I've made it oh yeah it's I mean the quality of life I'm like I don't know if
I don't know if I get more sleep or less sleep now, but very thankful for it. Dude, our first tour bus was a nightmare, though. Fucking-- oh, god, what was the tour bus guy's name? I forget. But we had this hashtag. We started on him because literally, we got woken up in the middle of the night. He was drunk, drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels.
with the ass in Jay and I were sleeping in the back. The ass in is hitting the ground, just sparking, dude, going the whole way home up these mountains. We got pulled over by cops. They pulled us all off the bus, fucking searched the bus, found drugs. It was a fucking thing. Fuck Greg. That's his name. Greg. We were so mad to do
to do this to us we were so mad at greg the fucking bus driver but dude we were so happy just to even have a tour bus oh my god yeah no it's life-changing yeah um so you're on tour right now yeah so i'm on tour um when when i signed my deal and the pandemic kind of like slowly started you know getting back to normal i i was like i want to go out and start selling my own tickets
And I think that was also a scary thing for the whole team. You know, the whole team's like, well, maybe you should hop on a tour. And I was like, you know what?
the fans are there. Yeah. And I think even Jay, I mean, he's been doing that since day one and just building his hard tickets. And I think it's super important. Oh yeah. Um, so yeah, we went out, I did my first headlining tour. Welcome to the block party. Love that. And it was such a success. I decided to go back out in the fall and double our venue sizes and, um,
We just did the spring break tour and we're now tripling our venue sizes and it's just crazy. I'm so proud of you. Thank you. I love watching the journey. I think it's beautiful. Thank you. What's next for you? Like what? You're just, you're just going to keep on rolling like a rolling stone. Oh my gosh. Well, this year I am, um, I'm going on tour with Shania Twain. Oh my girl. Wait, so can I ask you, did you get a squeeze in on her butt?
That fucking picture. I'm just going to say yes. No, I'm just kidding. Well, I did not touch her ass, but she was walking, walking by and we were so shook. We had like a fangirl moment. We were like, oh, hey, Shania. And they caught the picture and it just looked like, well, I was like trying to move because she was squeezing in through the seat. So I was like, oh, you know, like trying to be nice and put my hand out and move my leg. But it looked like I grabbed her ass. It was very amazing. Yeah. I was really hoping that you did.
I would love to tell everybody that I did, but I don't want her coming for me. No, she did not grab my ass. But yeah, if anybody asks, yes, I grabbed her ass. Oh, yeah. No. So we were it was just a moment caught in time. But that's so awesome. Did she request you or how did that work? Like, does she know who you are? Well, I guess so. I'm like, dang, how'd she get my number? You know what I mean? Yeah. No, it's really cool. She's bringing out like a bunch of new women.
um, on our tour. And I have five dates with her, which is super exciting. I mean, she's been such a big inspiration for me. I mean, Shania. Yeah. Shania. I didn't really know much about Shania's story until I watched her, uh, documentary that she dropped. And,
Dude, she edits her own videos, fucking like everything. It's crazy. Well, not anymore. But back in the day when she was, you know, really the any amount of mind video and like I think it's out of here video. She edited those herself. Like, that's crazy. Well, and I think that's like also being that hands on when you know, like you're people like just it's almost like they believe it more.
Right. You know what I mean? Like when you're in the street, when you're writing it and then you think when you write it, you have a vision of what the video could be. So like her even having her hands on it, I think is so cool and so genius. Yeah, for sure. You know, so we're going out Shania. I'm doing a lot of headlining dates. I'm going to be out with Old Dominion. Oh, I love that. And yeah, and I am playing at Bridgestone for the first time. Wow. Crazy. Gosh, I don't know the date of it.
December 15th. Oh, I love that. Yes. That's so cool. Jay's first time headlining Bridgestone was December 9th. I was there. I was there. I was there. Like, yeah, I'm so excited. I mean, that's gonna be full circle because I used to play at the bar outside. Yes. So like we are in the Bridgestone this time. I'm really, I'm really pumped for that. And I'm just, I'm writing music, you know, I've been so busy. Do we have an album dropping anytime soon? I'm working on it. Yeah. You know, I,
I was planning on like in, in the, as I'm, you know, we all plan out our life and our careers, right? I thought that like I would be closer to my second album, but I do feel like I've been on the go so much that I really haven't like written my life right now. Yeah. And like, I feel like I have, I have enough songs that I feel like are great, but there's some things that I just need to write, you know, and, and write this time of life. And I think it's,
For me, saying no is a very hard thing because I've wanted this for so long. Mm-hmm.
But now I'm at a point where I'm gonna have to start saying no and being like alright guys I need to slow down a little bit so I can write my life. Good luck. I've my husband still can't say no He's just started saying no the first like the for the past few months and but like before that it was yes to everything and I just got to a point with him I was like honey you were going to wear yourself out. Yeah, so you got to always make sure to take time for yourself even though it's hard and
and you're in the fucking whole, you know, movement of it right now, the momentum, you gotta, you know, take that deep breath and take that downtime because it's so important. Yeah, no, it is. And I think that like, we've seen so many people lose yourself in a lot of this. And I,
I really try to like bring myself back down to earth. I think you're very level-headed and very down to earth. You remind me of like Gretchen Wilson, Dolly Parton, and like one other like female artist just kind of all mixed together. Thank you. Because you have the sassiness and the style of like Gretchen Wilson where she didn't care. She was going to wear the short shorts and, you know, she's a redneck woman, but you have like the classiness of Dolly. Like, I love that. Aw.
um so tell everybody where they can find you like tiktok yeah you know all things all your social medias all things priscilla block there you go um i don't google i don't think that there's another priscilla block out there maybe there is hey if there is hey girl
Yes. All. What about an OnlyFans? Do we have an OnlyFans? No OnlyFans, but I got a fans only link on my page. I love it. My management was like, wait, I'm like, it's clickbait, baby. Yeah. I bet you have a lot of OnlyFans. Who knows? You can do it with your clothes on. Yeah. You don't have to take your clothes off. Hey, anything. Anything to pay the bills. I'm all.
I'm all about. Let's go. Let's go, baby. So any little girls that are watching. Sorry, go ahead. I cut you off. So anywhere Priscilla Block. Anywhere Priscilla Block. Yeah. I love that. So any little girls that are watching this, what that want to become, you know, an artist or in the industry. What are some words of advice that you have for them? You know, I would just go back to a lot of the things that I've I've heard from people. And that's do not let anyone change who you are.
And also things that I've learned by my own mistakes and learning experiences, don't try to be anything that you're not because that doesn't work.
And yeah, stay true to you and kick some ass. Yeah, kick some ass, baby. I love it. Priscilla, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. Thank you for having me. I'm such a fan and I just, I'm so proud of everything that you're doing. And I really think that you are a light to so many men and women out there. So I've been a light to a lot of men in my life. Oh my God. I'm just kidding. Hey,
I fit it in right before it was done. Yeah, girl. I love you. I kept it actually pretty clean with you today. Yes. Well, I love you so much. I love you too. And I can't wait to have you back on. And Jay and I are rooting for you. I just want you to know that. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you guys for tuning in to another episode of Done Blonde. We will see you guys next week. Bye. Yay. Dude, I'm sweating. Like, my legs are sweating. I am.
