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NASHVILLE, TENN. – Country traditionalistJake Worthington unleashes an all-new steel-soaked, down-on-your-luck duet “Hello Shitty Day” today, featuring fellow Texan, Miranda Lambert. The collaboration was initially announced and previewed in late August at Worthington’s sold-out Nashville headliner. Listen to “Hello Shitty Day” here.
Songwriting giants Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jesse Frasure, and Lambert wrote the bad day ballad when inspiration struck on a writers’ retreat earlier this year. “It was one of my first times ever writing with Dean Dillon, who is obviously a hero of ours… it was cold and rainy and shitty outside,” Lambert recalls in a short clip sharing the song’s origins in conversation with Worthington.
In a simple moment of observation, Dean went outside for a smoke, looked to the gloomy sky overhead, and within earshot of Lambert said, “hello, shitty day.”
“And I was like, ‘can we write that?’” Lambert laughs remembering. To Worthington’s astonishment, the Texas icon and former ACM Entertainer of the Year sent the song to him as soon as it was finished. “The first person I thought of was you,” Lambert reflects. “Well, I’m glad I remind you of shitty days,” Jake laughs back.
With a reverent and resounding “yes ma’am” from Worthington, the song made its way to Joey Moi’s studio to get cut when luck struck twice, as Lambert agreed to accompany Jake on the track.
Yielding to the melancholy, they sing:
Hello shitty day (hello, hello)
Glad you came my way
Brought all this pain and all of this rain
Washed my joy away
I was doin’ just fine
In this world of mine
Now the skies are all gray and all I can say is
Hello shitty day
“It’s tough to describe the honor of having songwriters I look up to consider my voice a vehicle for songs like this one,” Worthington continues. “To have an artistic and creative force like Miranda join in, well that’s just a dream come true.”
A sought-after collaborator, “Hello Shitty Day” adds to a monumental year for the La Porte, Texas native after joining Reba McEntire on “Is It Cold In Here” from HIXTAPE: Vol. 3: DIFFTAPE, “Do It Anyway” with Jade Eagleson, and upcoming Brooks & Dunn collaboration “I’ll Never Forgive My Heart” on their just announced Reboot II.
Next week, Worthington will take the stage at Lambert’s MuttNation Benefit Show Music for Mutts at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater (10/5).
Closing out the year strong supporting Kameron Marlowe‘s Keepin’ The Lights On Tour, Worthington then joins Zach Top at the top of 2025 with a stop at the historic Ryman Auditorium on his Cold Beer & Country Music Tour followed by multiple dates on Riley Green‘s Damn Country Music Tour throughout the spring.
“We sure are lucky, ain’t we?” Worthington winks. “See you out there.”