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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

Nick Jonas on New Solo Album and Reuniting with “Jonas Brothers”

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Nick Jonas has been in the limelight since he was a teen idol, when he and his two older brothers formed the “Jonas Brothers” when he was just 13. Nick later set out on his own, with solo hits like “Jealous” and “Chains” before reuniting with his brothers once again. Nick sits down with Willie Geist to talk about the soulful music in his new album “Sunday Best” and the song that’s inspired by his wife Priyanka Chopra Jonas and their four year old daughter. He also talks about his early days with the Jonas Brothers, and how they all feel about being back together once again.

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Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast. My thanks as always for clicking and listening along. Got another great one for you this week with one of the biggest stars in all of music. He is Nick Jonas and he's out with a new album called Sunday Best. By now you know

0:24.5

the story of Nick Jonas. Prodigy growing up in suburban New Jersey right outside New York City.

0:30.3

There's a famous moment that we get into where he's singing in a hair salon in Jersey while his mom

0:35.4

gets her hair done. There's a woman sitting there who says,

0:38.0

my son is on Broadway. Your son has an amazing voice. He should try out too. And before long,

0:43.5

he was on Broadway. Had a record deal before he was a teenager and then brings in his older brothers,

0:49.9

Kevin and Joe, and in 2005, they form the Jonas Brothers.

0:55.5

Jonas Brothers, as you know, become one of the biggest acts in the world.

0:58.5

They're teen idols, not just for their music, but for performing on the Disney Channel as well.

1:04.1

As he calls it, the Disney Fawcett was turned on and just propelled them, the Jonas Brothers, to start them.

1:09.6

They'd actually been dropped by their

1:11.2

label after their first album together didn't do so well, but once they stepped into the Disney

1:15.6

machine, things took off. And their self-title album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200. They

1:21.6

got Grammy nominations for Best New Artists and became, like I said, one of the biggest acts

1:26.5

in the world, screaming fans

1:28.0

wherever they went all over the world. Then they announced a breakup, shock the fans.

1:33.7

2013. They're going their separate ways. And Nick Jonas does the scary thing where you step

1:38.7

out and say, can I do this on my own? I look back. The brothers aren't behind me. The answer was

1:43.6

resoundingly, yes, had a ton of big

1:45.7

hits, jealous, chains, levels, you know, all those hits that he spun off. Proved he could do it on

1:51.1

his own before a reunion in 2019 with the Jonas Brothers. But now he's out with another solo album

1:57.1

called Sunday Best. You know he's married to the actress Priyanka Chopra. They have a beautiful

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