Bunnie XO Confirms Heartbreaking New Jelly Roll Song, ‘Past Yesterday’, Will Feature on Deluxe Version of ‘Beautifully Broken’

Jelly Roll may have gifted us 22 songs earlier today as part of his keenly anticipated Beautifully Broken album, but now we already have another helping of new music to enjoy. Jelly Roll has dropped the deluxe version of Beautifully Broken (Pickin’ Up The Pieces), and it features collaborations with Halsey, Keith Urban, ERNEST and more - but there's one track in particular that fans are excited to be able to stream.

A couple of days before the arrival of Beautifully Broken, which features brand new tracks such as ‘Winning Streak’, ‘Heart of Stone’ and the MGK-assisted ‘Time of Day’, Jelly Roll's wife, Bunnie XO, took to socials to tease a heartbreaking, evocative track.

Titled ‘Past Yesterday’, the powerful song finds Jelly Roll and an unknown female vocalist telling the harrowing tale of a young girl who has her ‘innocence’ stolen from her by a neighbour. It seemingly tackles sexual assault, again demonstrating Jelly's willingness to delve into topics that many fellow country artists would usually steer clear of, with Bunnie XO captioning the clip, “This song makes me cry everytime I hear it. If you’re a survivor - IT WAS WRITTEN FOR YOU”.

When the initial 22-song tracklist for Beautifully Broken was revealed, ‘Past Yesterday’ was nowhere to be seen, with fans assuming the title had perhaps been changed. This is not the case, as Bunnie XO revealed in the comments to her TikTok video that ‘Past Yesterday’ would be released as part of the Beautifully Broken deluxe. Now, the full version of ‘Past Yesterday’ has been made available everywhere.

It turns out Jelly Roll had been plotting for a surprise deluxe drop all along, similarly to how Post Malone added nine extra solo songs to F-1Trillion on his release date. Unlike Posty, however, all Jelly's bonus songs on Beautifully Broken are collaborations.

Before the female vocalist on ‘Past Yesterday’ was revealed to be Skylar Grey, a lot of followers had been guessing in the comments on Bunnie's video that it was the prolific singer-songwriter.

Now it's out, it's clear ‘Past Yesterday’ is going to be another stellar offering that accentuates the rawness of Jelly Roll's Beautifully Broken era. The ‘I Am Not Okay’ hitmaker underlined in the lead-up to the project that, although he's now more famous than ever, rather than going for a more commercially-minded approach with this album, he wanted to double-down on his determination to shine a light on real, uncomfortable stories that don't get covered enough in mainstream music.

Listen to the full version of Jelly Roll and Skylar Grey's ‘Past Yesterday’ below:

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