#374 - Jordan Reynolds on How He Stumbled Into Songwriting and Now Has 7 No. 1’s (Tequila, 10,000 Hours + More) and A Grammy + The Joke That Made Him Gain Respect for Bobby + The Pros and Cons of Being an Eternal Optimist vs. Pessimist

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4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Jordan Reynolds has quickly made a name for himself in Nashville. His songs have been cut by Thomas Rhett, Camila Cabello, Dan + Shay, Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber, and more. He 7 #1 singles, including 5 of the last Dan + Shay hits, “Tequila,” “Speechless,”“All to Myself” and “10,000 Hours" and "Glad You Exist." He talks about how he didn’t set out to be a songwriter but discovered it in college after going after a vocal degree. He shares how his relationship with Dan + Shay formed, the success they’ve had together and what they are working on now. Bobby and him share the pros and cons of being eternal pessimists and optimists which changes the way they view accomplishments in their life. Jordan also shares the joke Bobby played on him years ago that made him gain respect for him.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Bethany Frankel. My time on the Real Housewives of New York is a few years behind me.
0:05.0	And now I'm ready to put the real back into the Real Housewives.
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0:27.0	Even to Rewives with Bethany Frankel on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your favorite podcasts.
0:34.0	Hey, I'm Joel Stein. I want you to close your eyes and imagine a pocket watch.
0:41.0	It's moving from side to side. You're getting very sleepy.
0:47.0	Great. Now that I've hypnotized you against your will, you're going to start liking long-form journalism.
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0:58.0	I'm that host. Listen to Story of the Week on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:05.0	I'm Danish Ward's host of Stealing Superman, a new iHeart original podcast about the most unlikely art heist of all time.
1:15.0	It was Nick Cage's own personal national treasure. At a 1999 New Year's Eve party, someone snatched Cage's priceless comics.
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1:36.0	Welcome to episode three, seven, four. Jordan Reynolds. Jordan K Reynolds is his Instagram. If you want to go look at it and see what he looks like as we do it.
1:45.0	I always find I like to do that during interviews. I want to see a picture of the face of the person that I'm talking with.
1:50.0	But here we are, episode three, seventy four. He's a Grammy award-winning songwriter.
1:54.0	I mean, he's got two Grammys for ten thousand hours and God only knows by Freaking in Country.
2:00.0	He's a CMA Triple Play award winner, and that means he wrote three number one songs in a 12 month period.
2:07.0	He wrote Tequila. He wrote Speechless. He wrote all to myself with and Ford Anand Shea. He's got so many number ones.
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