On the heels of a highlight first GRAMMYĀ®Ā Awards weekend, multi-platinum recording artistĀ Jimmie AllenĀ announced his third albumĀ Tulip DriveĀ will arriveĀ Friday, 24 JuneĀ via BMG/BBR Music Group. The lead single from the record āĀ ‘Down Home’Ā ā isĀ available everywhere now, and Allen performed it last night onĀ The Late Late Show with James CordenĀ on CBS in the U.S.
Much like its predecessors, the albumās title is deeply personal to Allenās family ties āĀ Tulip DriveĀ is the name of the street his late grandmother grew up on. His 2018 debut albumĀ Mercury LaneĀ was named for the street Allen grew up on; his 2020 & 2021 releasesĀ Bettie JamesĀ &Ā Bettie James Gold EditionĀ were named for his grandmother (Bettie Snead) and father (James āBig Jimā Allen), who passed away in 2014 and 2019, respectively.
āA lot of the songs on this album are from that time period. This is the first album where a lot of the songs are actually written based off a lot of my own personal life experiences ā from relationships, the hardships of life, to the parties & the good times,ā Allen shares. āA lot of these songs are based off things I went through when I was in later in high school and college, at a place where I was just learning a lot of life lessons from my grandmother. I wanted to honour her by naming this album Tulip Drive, after the street she lived on in Lewes, DE.ā
Hailed byĀ BillboardĀ as a āwinnerā and a āpower ballad that exudes sincerityā byĀ MusicRow, ‘Down Home’ marks one of the proud Delaware nativeās most personal, honest songs to date. The track impacted U.S. Country radio on 14 March as the most-added song and Allenās biggest add day to date, with 60+ first-week stations.
Full details andĀ Down Home TourĀ dates can be found atĀ jimmieallenmusic.com