Singer-Songwriter Jordyn Mallory releases debut music video, “Boat Friend"

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Video Premiere on CMT Music and CMT.com; 
Music Available Now on Spotify

(Nashville, Tenn. - May 10, 2016)

Singer-songwriter Jordyn Mallory has released her debut music video for “Boat Friend.” 

The video premiered Tuesday, May 10 as part of CMT’s Artist Discovery campaign. 

The new music video is now available for viewing, in US territories ONLY, multiple times per day on the 24/7 digital music channel CMT Music and on CMT’s website, here.

It was published on YouTube on May 12, 2016. Watch “Boat Friend” here:

Directed by Les Umberger, the video was shot on Old Hockory Lake in Handersonville, Tenn. with multiple yachts, speedboats and wakeboard championNathan Strange included to embrace the summertime anthem. 

  













“Boat Friend,” written by Mallory with Greg Becker and Mike Shimshack, is the single release from Mallory’s self-titled EP now available via Spotify.

“Two summers ago, I was in a Jeep with my girlfriends when one of the girls said ‘I really wanna be single this summer but we need to find some guys with a boat,’ and I said ‘You don’t want a boyfriend, you need a boat friend.’ Everyone laughed and I immediately knew I was going to write that song,” said Mallory.

At 24, the Okolona, Miss native is already making her mark within the music industry. In 2010, Mallory won a position on Simon Fuller’s If I Can Dream series on Hulu.com and later became a contestant on the eleventh season of American Idol. 

Mallory has since been the opening act for Loretta Lynn, Jake Owen, and more.  Additionally, she is already earning herself a name within the songwriting community and has co-written cuts with Kip Moore and Dan Couch.

About Jordyn Mallory

She was born April 4, 1992 in the small town of Okolona, Mississippi, population 3,000. 

Although Jordyn has now made the move to Nashville, Tennessee, you can throw rocks at her home in Mississippi from the historic Natchez Trace. 

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At just five years old, Jordyn had her first solo in a Christmas play.  After that, she started singing in church, talent shows, festivals, and fairs.  Jordyn remembers back to the day she wrote her first song.  Her mom had left to go to the grocery store and by the time she returned, Jordyn was ready to sing it for her. 

She eventually picked up guitar and considers it her main instrument now but she also dabbles in piano.  When Jordyn was an impatient freshman in high school, she presented a plan to her parents to graduate one year early.  She went on to take extra classes during the school year and summer and graduated with special honors in 2009 with the class ahead of her.

Jordyn has had the honor of opening concerts for Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, Jake Owen, Eric Church, Emerson Drive, Ashton Shephard, Colt Ford and many more. 

You can also look for her in Jason Aldean's music video for his hit song "Dirt Road Anthem". 

In 2010, Jordyn won a Myspace contest to be a guest cast member on Simon Fuller's "If I Can Dream" show that aired on Hulu.com. 

Later, she auditioned for American Idol Season 11 and was shown on national television getting 3 yeses from Steven Tyler, Randy Jackson and Jennifer Lopez to go to Hollywood. She went on to make the top 98 on the show.  

Jordyn wrote a song with Kip Moore and Dan Couch that Kip sang with Jewel at the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. With a major publishing deal under her belt, she has been working relentlessly to write great songs and has had the opportunity to write and work with some of Nashville's top songwriters. 

She published a video "Rain Is Bad For Me" on Sep 25, 2013 (Credit: Les Umberger and MOD Production)



Jordyn Factfile

• Faith Hill made her want to sing country lyrics. Bryan Adams made her want to write melodies.
• Her biggest dream is to be on the cover of Cosmopolitan.
• SHE LIGHTS UP ANY ROOM! Before she got a publishing deal, Jordyn made a living by working for her aunt and uncle's lamp company. She had the opportunity to travel and sell lamps at furniture markets and was known as the "lamp lady".  She got to design lamps in China (her first trip out of the country) and 6 months later saw a lamp she helped design in TJ Maxx!
• She wrote a song with Kip Moore and Dan Couch called “Separate Ways”.  Kip and Jewel have sung it at the Ryman Auditorium.
• She graduated high school a year early so she could move to Nashville. 
• The tattoo on her wrist is for my Aunt Angel.  If not for her, I wouldn't be where I am today.
• Her favorite song is Free Fallin' by Tom Petty.
• She has been a stand in for Hayden Panettiere on ABC's Nashville.
• Oh and if you haven’t realized already she’s drop dead gorgeous!

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