In 2024, Bailey Zimmerman finally had the chance to reflect on how his life has changed. Just a year earlier, he had three chart-topping, multi-Platinum hits with “Fall in Love,” “Rock and a Hard Place” and “Religiously.”
“Now that I’ve been slowing down a little bit, it’s so hard to not just sit around all day and reminisce on the stadiums we’ve played and the shows we’ve gotten to headline and the music that people have really taken to,” he tells ABC Audio. “And, you know, it’s like saved people’s lives. It’s just crazy, dude. It’s unbelievable.”
In fact, Bailey can’t help but see it as a spiritual experience.
“I was at this softball game and I was around a lot of people that I looked up to growing up,” he recalls. “And just looking around and seeing everybody so happy, and I guess just feeling included really just made me start crying.”
“And it was one of those moments where I just was like, ‘God is real. Like, this doesn’t happen without God, man. Like, there’s just no other explanation,'” he continues. “So that is a moment I’d like to relive, you know, over and over again, is just the feeling of finding God, man. It’s awesome.”
Bailey was nominated for Best New Artist at November’s CMA Awards, after “Where It Ends” became his fourth #1. His current single, “Holy Smokes,” looks poised to continue his string of successes.
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