Dumb Blonde - Throwback Thursday: Priscilla Block - Lows, Highs, and Thick Thighs

Episode Date: December 5, 2024

A crazy cowboy Jewish dad and Mormon mom had a baby, and now we have the gorgeous and fearless Priscilla Block taking over the world of country music and beyond. Priscilla joins Bunnie to talk about writing music to escape the tough parts of love and life, the inspiration behind "Just About Over You", the moment she almost quit music, and how a chance encounter with Taylor Swift got her back on track. She opens up about creating her own lane in the music industry, climbing the charts, and building a fan base from the ground up, using social media to connect with her fans. She is an inspiration for having full confidence in your body and showing up as your full self. Listen up before you catch Priscilla on tour with the iconic Shania Twain this summer!Watch Full Episodes & More:www.dumbblondeunrated.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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priscilla block in the house baby finally i know finally we've been like trying to make this happen and you know life's busy no you bitch you are busy okay like i thought my husband was busy you're always busy like are you touring right now like what is I'm kind of doing it all um today is like my off day and I've written today I'm doing this podcast doing two podcasts today it's weird like my off days are just trying to stay in the Nashville thing you know it's it's been wild yeah we're gonna talk about it when's your birthday August 10th oh you're a Leo no wonder you and Dems get along wait what are you two are? 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. 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. He 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. Okay. Yeah. Crazy. Crazy. Yeah. You gotta be a crazy motherfucker to want like was he riding bulls 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 it was in my blood and then once I decided to ride a bull it's somewhere out on the internet and it failed ethically 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 and ended up going to Bible college. And yeah. That's crazy. 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. Mom was at a Christian Bible college? So my mom, yeah, her family 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. Yeah. Like crazy. How many brothers and sisters do you have? I am one of five kids. Okay. 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 going to 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 was. Were you always a musical family? Like, how did you get into music? Did you just come out of the womb singing fa la la la la?

Basically. I came out of them super 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 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 wow and um he we I mean it was super small like we literally used to meet in a retirement home and there was no one to do music so he made me and my mom do music so no band I mean we were

karaokeing it at church like it was great um and so I 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 um 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 yeah crazy that is crazy I was 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 like, this is so cool. Like, I can. Yeah, like I can write my life. And at that time, like I was experienced 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. 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 uh yeah are they 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 and love that um I think that like it's weird they they still call each other honey like I want to write a song about that one day just like and they still call

each other honey yeah and you know when it all happened I was I just moved out to Nashville and um I had my mindset like I was going to move out here after high school yeah and you just you're you just had a yearning you were like Nashville's calling me I knew like when I started writing songs I 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 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, family dynamics different. Um, 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 because it's 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 mom, you know, they loved Elvis and it's just so funny that I happened to do music. Yeah. It was just embedded in you. Yeah. From the start. Yeah. So let's talk about it. So you 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. Yes. What is how old were you? I was 18. So I had my 18th birthday in Nashville. Wow. Yeah. 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. It was like I literally had like junk tape around my car. Chevys are 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 was a different time though, right? Like how long ago was this? How old are you? I am 27. it. You're still alive. I am. This was 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. It was definitely still weird. But, um, so anyways, I, I went on Craigslist, I found some roommates and, um, ended up moving

to, I was living like near Sylvan Park so very nice area in Nashville now yeah no I know but it wasn't that when I moved there Jay and I used to live in West 46 that was my first apartment oh yeah I love that yeah so you know I just moved wherever I could afford I think I was paying $500 a month for my one bedroom. And that's great. And Nashville now, I don't think you could even find anything like that. No, no. 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 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 um 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. Right. So it was like, all right, get to going.

And I do think like I learned that from my parents. Yeah. And they're like, you know what? Whatever you want, go get it. So I just, I started doing it all. And 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 like go to coffee shops go to church I'm like I'm doing all the things like where can I meet people um 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 going to go try to meet some people. 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 for whatever reason, at that point, I didn't fully believe in myself. I was halfway in, right?

So I was like, you know, and a lot of people kind of was like, hey, make 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 wholeheartedly go be the best at it yeah like if you want to be a mailman be the best damn mailmanman out there. Do it. Yeah. Yeah, I agree. So I just, I started, so I'd work. I worked at this yogurt shop in Hillsborough Village, Sweet Cece's. And so I'd work there from nine to five.

And then I would go to class from six to nine. And 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 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.

to be wearing a Taylor Swift t-shirt. Swear to God. T-Swift is very inspirational in your journey. Insane. 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 by? Taylor Swift.

Oh, wow. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, so like my meltdown day, I'm leaving Nashville. What is this life um 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 oh 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'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, 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. OK, so take me on that journey. Well, 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 would listen yeah anyone that would listen and I would I'd listen 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 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 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 I uh Sarah Jones she is she's been my room 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 um 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 oh my gosh like I it was crazy like the first

weekend I moved to Nashville my house got broken into 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 then it grew to, she was like 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 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 right 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 um 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. Um, just cause I know like it 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? Not that everyone on Broadway sings cover songs.

But I think it is easy to, because the money is really good down there, singing covers that people want to hear. Yeah. So I was just doing a lot around town um we used to play at the bar outside of Bridgestone Arena every Friday night which one is that that's the Jack Daniels bar yeah okay so we 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 Daniels bar years ago um so our band started you 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. So we make it. And I, 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 and yes you do you know what 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 I'm all about that. Like we were like, she's been the pre-entertainment opening act for Luke Bryan, like Jason Aldean and 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 yeah you just got to do it you have to man the only person that's going to believe in you as much as you believe is yourself yeah like in or a friend that you happen to find you're she's my Sarah Jones so I totally understand that yeah totally so 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 by 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 gonna 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 um cleaning a lady's house and I was doing music and then the pandemic hit 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 like it yeah either it's gonna we're gonna sink or swim like there was no we all went through it yeah we had to sit down and have it we had a family meeting where we were like okay what are we gonna 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 t 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 like I don't give a fuck whatever I gotta do to get paid let's go oh yeah whatever I love it so I just started there was like um I don't know when it was but I decided I'm like man like I'm just gonna 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 um 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 and it was like a light switch that went off and I was like I'm gonna make this my full-time job all it takes is that one viral video and you're like okay 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 yeah 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 no and yeah like is it 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 in Nashville not having AC I'd rather not have heat because then you could at least buy a heater like what 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 uh not long I probably shouldn't have gone to the bar but 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. So you're good.

Yeah. So at least you had a fun story to tell. Exactly. Yeah. Whatever. So anyway, 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. And 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 insane looking back because I was at the lowest of lows and it brought like everything and um universe has a way of answering you even when you don't think they're listening the universe yeah 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 TikTok and was like let's help Priscilla put this song out in 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 out when are you recording it and

literally like the the fans made this happen for me and it's so interesting you know because I look back on the years that I've been in Nashville and I was begging for a deal and it was political out here people don't realize that about the And it was... It's so political out here. People don't realize that about the music industry in Nashville. It is so political. Yeah, it is. 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 this song now. I don't know what's happening. Like, I didn't have 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

and within three weeks of writing it I released it and um independently and I was sitting Sarah called me Sarah Jones Sarah Jones is the star of the show shout out Sarah Jones um she called me and was like hey have you uh have you seen the iTunes charts and I was like how do you find that yeah like 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 god they don't play oh no no they were they were coming for me they were like who is this girl there's no the bots girl like yeah 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 their attention yeah i mean the even i think at that time they weren't paying attention to the itunes charts because streaming's 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 sorry. I'm so anti-late. 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 that it's just I'm so thankful that he signed with Broken Bow because they're just amazing humans shout out Loba yeah love you guys so much um 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 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 um 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 yeah people involved in your business that you've built is like very scary. Yeah. Having hands and 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 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. 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 Cindy Mabe, she looked at me and she said, I want to tell you one thing. babe uh she looked at me and she said i want to tell you one thing she said i if anyone at this label ever tries changing you do not let them yeah and just hearing that comfort like hearing that come from a label head you're like good because you don't want to be changed and what what worked

for me was me being me, 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. 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 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 yeah and I think it's 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 um everybody's everybody's so covered up in country yeah especially like back then I think um but 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 yeah um 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

I want 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 and she 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 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.

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 like see and that's what i love about you guys like y'all are just who you are you don't give a shit 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 copying, to be honest, I think I was copying people. Cause 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 and me and Sarah Jones I love that Sarah is there for every yes I should have had her sitting right here like put a little bobblehead Sarah Jones but we so I went into the right 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 I remember I had sent it to my family and they were like this is it oh 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 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 fu like I am who I am I'm not even big by the way like you're curvy but you're not a big girl like you know when i met you the first thing i said was she's so fucking tiny oh 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'm a fireball i but i wrote it to anybody that ever made me feel like I needed to look 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 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 absolutely it's I'm so proud of that song and I never knew that that was going to be such a big 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 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 yeah 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 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 end 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. Why'd you have 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 but yeah oh my god yeah no it's 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 um 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.

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 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 gonna 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 gonna say yes no i'm just kidding well we i did not touch her ass but well she was 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 looks like, well, I was like trying to move cause 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, did not grab my ass but yeah if anybody asked yes I grabbed her ass oh um 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 like how'd she get my number you know what I mean yeah um 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 yeah i mean shania yeah shia i didn't really know much about shania's story until i watched her uh documentary that she dropped and it's insane 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 man of mine video and like um i think it's uh 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 because she like when you're in the studio like you're people like just it's almost like they believe it more right you know what i mean because she like when you're in the studio when you're writing it and then you i think when you write it you 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 out with Old Dominion. Oh, I love them.

And yeah, and I am playing at Bridgestone for the first time. Wow, when? 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. But 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 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. 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 yeah you know 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 but now I'm at a point where I'm gonna have to start saying no and being like all right guys I need to slow down a little bit so I can write my life good luck I my husband still can't say no he literally He literally, he's just started

saying no. The first, like for the past few months. And, but like before that it was yes to everything. And I just got to a point with him where I was like, honey, you are going to wear yourself out. Yeah, for sure. So you got to always make sure to take time for yourself, even though it's hard 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 because you have the sassiness and the style of like gretchen wilson where she didn't care she was gonna wear the short shorts and you know she's a redneck woman but you have like the classiness of dolly like i love that 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 just 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. Yeah, 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 the what we anything to pay the bills i'm all about let's go let's go baby but yes 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 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. Um, cause 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, we had to 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.

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