{"id":91279,"date":"2024-04-19T17:49:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T17:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-may-release-a-country-album-well-see\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T17:49:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T17:49:51","slug":"dwayne-the-rock-johnson-may-release-a-country-album-well-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-may-release-a-country-album-well-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson May Release a Country Album: \u2018We\u2019ll See\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Beyonc\u00e9<\/strong>, <strong>Lana Del Rey<\/strong> and <strong>Post Malone<\/strong> have all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/spring-2024-music-preview-beyonce-taylor-swift-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gone country<\/a>. Will the next star to join them be<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/dwayne-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson<\/strong><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, 51, hinted that he might be the next A-lister to don cowboy boots and a 10-gallon hat. When he spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/country\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-chris-janson-interview-whatcha-see-is-whatcha-get-video-1235660522\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Billboard<\/em> <\/a>about appearing in the music video for <strong>Chris Janson<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0\u201cWhatcha See Is Whatcha Get,\u201d the former WWE champion seemed game to jump into the recording booth and put out a country album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to work on it,\u201d Johnson told the publication. \u201cMaybe this year, we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has showcased his singing skills throughout his career. When he first hosted <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> in 2000, he sang a version of <strong>Elvis Presley<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0\u201cAre You Lonesome Tonight\u201d (a song he sang again in 2007\u2019s <em>The Game Plan<\/em>). As The Rock, Johnson sang on several occasions within the WWE ring. He also showed off his chops with \u201cYou\u2019re Welcome,\u201d an earworm from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/moana-2-plot-details-cast-premiere-and-more-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the <em>Moana<\/em> soundtrack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/every-celeb-who-has-joined-snls-five-timers-club-over-the-years\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/every-celeb-who-has-joined-snls-five-timers-club-over-the-years\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Every Celeb Who Has Joined Saturday Night Live\u2019s 5-Timers Club<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSaturday Night Live has featured several celebrity hosts throughout its nearly 50-year run, but only a select few have joined the show\u2019s coveted Five-Timers Club. Tom Hanks became the club\u2019s first official member upon its creation in 1990, though several stars such as Steve Martin, Danny DeVito, Drew Barrymore, Justin Timberlake and Melissa McCarthy have [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be that far-fetched for Johnson to release a country album. He told <em>Billboard<\/em> that he grew up listening to country music. \u201cWe were evicted out of Hawaii, couldn\u2019t pay the rent, sent to Nashville,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI moved in with a buddy of mine, a family friend in a motel. That\u2019s when we started going down, hanging out on [Broadway].\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Janson - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (Official Video ft. Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6RZO07n-GpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA couple of days later, I was in Piggly Wiggly, singing a Hank<strong> [Williams]<\/strong> song,\u201d he continued. One of Johnson\u2019s fellow shoppers came up to him and asked if he sang professionally. \u201cI\u2019m 15 and I went, \u2018No, I just love to sing. I love country,&#8217;\u201d he remembered. \u201cShe goes, \u2018You should go down to [Broadway]. That\u2019s where all the singers are.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Johnson continued to hang out on Broadway in Nashville, \u201ctrying to get a gig at these honky-tonks,\u201d as he said. He later said via Instagram that he \u201chad this dream (delusion) I was gonna become a country music star and I was hanging out on Lower Broad [Street] trying to get into Tootsies so they\u2019d let me sing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, the closest that Johnson has gotten to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/lainey-wilson-on-why-country-music-is-cooler-than-its-ever-been\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">country stardom<\/a> is appearing in Janson\u2019s \u201cWhatcha See Is Whatcha Get\u201d music video. In the vid, Janson, 38, and Johnson go off-roading in a Ford before hanging out in the flatbed with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/darius-rucker-reacts-to-beyonces-country-music-album-cowboy-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guitar<\/a> and a beer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/everything-post-malone-has-said-about-making-a-country-album\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/feature-Everything-Post-Malone-Has-Said-About-His-Upcoming-Country-Album-.jpg?crop=0px%2C53px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Everything Post Malone Has Said About His Upcoming Country Album\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/feature-Everything-Post-Malone-Has-Said-About-His-Upcoming-Country-Album-.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/everything-post-malone-has-said-about-making-a-country-album\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Post Malone\u2019s Country Album Is \u2018Coming Soon\u2019: What We Know<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPost Malone is ditching beerbongs and Bentleys for rhinestone suits and pickup trucks. Malone burst onto the scene in 2016 with the trap\/hip-hop sounds of \u201cWhite Iverson,\u201d but he hasn\u2019t stayed in that lane. From the alternative rock sounds of \u201cCircles\u201d to his heavy-metal love on \u201cTake What You Want\u201d (which features Ozzy Osbourne) and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Johnson has recently returned to the WWE, reprising his role as The Rock in a heelish manner. He has a handful of projects on the way, including a role in the live-action adaptation of <em>Moana<\/em> and in <em>Red One<\/em>, a Christmas-themed adventure movie starring<strong> Chris Evans<\/strong>, <strong>Lucy Liu<\/strong> and<strong> J.K. Simmons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-may-release-a-country-album-well-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyonc\u00e9, Lana Del Rey and Post Malone have all gone country. Will the next star to join them be Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson? Johnson, 51, hinted that he might be the next A-lister to don cowboy boots and a 10-gallon hat. When he spoke with Billboard about appearing in the music video for Chris Janson\u2018s\u00a0\u201cWhatcha [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}