Rising alt-pop singer/songwriter bodie, who finished as the runner-up on Season 22 of The Voice, drops his debut album, No Skips, today. The album release marks the culmination of several singles released this summer, including the album’s feel-good title track, “Good Old Days” and “Say So.”
“The album’s a compilation of songs that were previously released along with five new ones, two of which have been released as singles,” bodie tells Parade in an exclusive interview. “I’m really proud of the songs. A lot of them were already out prior, so the intention really wasn’t an album when I wrote most of these songs. So, it’s been fun to see it grow into something bigger than I ever thought it would. And yet, there’s still a lot of cohesiveness throughout the sequence of the songs.”
One of the previously released songs, “Whisper in the Wind,” has had a special life. It won the grand prize in the prestigious International Songwriting Competition (ISC), which was judged by music greats Paul Stanley (KISS), Joe Hahn (Linkin Park), Elle King, Tom Waits, Kristian Bush (Sugarland), Nancy Wilson(Heart) and NEEDTOBREATHE.
“To win that prize was insane,” bodie says. “My manager submitted the song to this contest. There were 14,000 song submissions and 140 countries represented, and my song won. I think it’s a great song. It was the first Christian song to ever win that contest, at least the grand prize. So, that even means more to me just because I went a lot of years thinking that Christian music would alienate me from fans that don’t believe the same thing I do. So, it was just more affirmation and encouragement that that’s not the case.”
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When bodie and I spoke last November, he told me that his decision to sign with Provident, Sony’s Christian label, was spurred when he realized a good song is a good song and it doesn’t matter the record label. His winning the ISC is proof of that.
In support of No Skips, bodie is heading out on tour today, which is the good news/bad news part of his success. For the father of three, the bad news is the separation from his family.
“I hate leaving my family,” he says. “It makes me sick. They’re little and they’re my life. The most important thing to me is being a good husband that honors his wife and a good father that my kids will always remember me and know me for loving them well and loving their mom well.”
The resolution of the issue is that bodie isn’t gone for more than two weeks without a stop back home to visit the wife and kids.
“It’s time that I’ll never get back,” he says, but then adds realistically, “That’s something that I’ve had to learn to navigate and digest on my own because if this is what I do for a living, there’s no changing it, right?”
The good news aspect of it is that he loves to perform live and meet and greet his fans. In fact, he says that he hasn’t done a show in the last 10 years where he hasn’t stayed afterwards to meet everyone who wants to meet him. And that’s the plan until it’s not feasible any longer.
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“It means the world to me to be able to talk with people that my songs actually did something for them or helped them through a situation. It’s an honor for me to be able to hear those stories. I think it’s special for them to be able to tell them to an artist that’s inspired them.”
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As for how much The Voice has contributed to his success, bodie doesn’t deny it gave him a platform to grow from, but he also knows that how he has managed the opportunity is also a big part of his growth.
“I was 29, 30 going into The Voice,” he recalls. “I had expectations, but I didn’t really know what to expect. I already knew who I was as a man, as a husband, as an artist for the most part. And so, it wasn’t like me trying to figure it out. It was more like, ‘This would be a cool opportunity to get more eyes on me and help maybe launch me into something that’s next.’”
It was also an opportunity to get past a stagnant period in his career. Having some viral moments during his tenure on The Voice helped position him to make career decisions that have put him on his current journey.
“I didn’t even think I’d make it past the second round,” he admits of The Voice. “If you would have told me at my Blind Audition, ‘Hey, you’re going to get a four-chair turn, you’re going to make it to the finale, you’re going to sign with Sony, and you’re going to go on multiple tours the next year,’ I wouldn’t have believed it. I don’t owe it all to The Voice, but there’s a large part of it that wouldn’t have happened without it.”
No Skips is available today wherever music is sold.
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