Jelly Roll Delivers His ‘Heart of Stone' & an ‘Amen' With Shaboozey at the 2025 ACM Awards
'I'm wide awake and I'm dreamin'/ Wonderin' where and when I fell apart/ Oh, I fell apart/ I had enough of my demons/ Angels only meet you where you are,' he sang emotionally, his voice powerful, during the chorus from the track about some very dark days in his life. As he belted out the chorus, Bunnie XO, who is married to the country star, sang along in the audience. 'And I'm in the dark/ Least for now, Lord, I ain't losin' hope/ That somehow you can make a heart of gold/ From this heart of stone.'
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As the tune ended, Jelly pointed to the heavens and mouthed, 'Thank you.' The cameras then shifted to Shaboozey, who stood alone as he began his new single, the two men's collaboration 'Amen,' off the 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' singer's Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going. After the chorus, Jelly joined in as he walked through the crowd, giving Wynonna Judd a hug before he made his way onto the stage next to 'Boozey to finish the upbeat tune as Keith Urban and Nicole kidman sang along from the audience.
At the end of the Jelly and Shaboozey's duet, the 'Need a Favor' singer turned to his song partner, who turns 30 on Friday (May 9), and said, 'Happy birthday, 'Boozey!' before giving him a big hug.
Jelly Roll — who is nominated for entertainer of the year, male artist of the year and album of the year for his Billboard 200 chart-topper Beautifully Broken — spoke about 'Heart of Stone' while appearing on The Jennifer Hudson Show in April. 'I love the lyrics of this song,' he explained to the host, specifically pointing out the lyrics to the second verse. 'When I hear 'Lord, can you hear me? I'm shackled in these chains/ I'm haunted by the lies of every time I said I'd change.' Wow, that just reminds me of all the times that I went and looked in the mirror and said, 'I'm gonna be different today' and I wasn't different that day. … It still gives me goosebumps and it makes me want to stand up and do something about it. It makes me want to quit being a man that puts it off and start being a man that does it right now.'
Country icon and 16-time ACM Awards winner Reba McEntire is the host of the show; it is her 18th time helming the ceremony. The show streamed live on Amazon's Prime Video.
The ACM Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.
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