After nearly a decade-long wait for new music from The Band Perry, fans can rejoice! The award-winning group has dropped their brand-new single, “Psychological,” a catchy, hit-in-the-making that marks an exciting and bold new chapter for the band.”
Written by Clara Park, Grace Tyler, and Colton Venner, and produced by Dan Huff, “Psychological” impacts country radio on February 17. A perfect blend of southern-gothic vibes, the song is quintessentially TBP, now consisting of original band member Kimberly Perry and her husband Johnny Costello.
“Johnny and I actually live out in the mountains of East Tennessee, so we have a lot of banjos and mandolins in our sound,” Perry shared in an interview with Music Mayhem. “We thought ‘Psychological’ was the perfect house for those sorts of sounds sonically, but also a The Band Perry song is going to have an interesting lyric. The payoff line, ‘boy you make going psycho logical,’ just felt like the tongue-in-cheek, southern-gothic vibe that our band has always loved in our music.”
Lyrically, “Psychological” taps into the love-struck mind of someone obsessed, willing to transform their life to match the person they’re infatuated with. Playing a chameleon, Perry’s signature vocals narrate a story of someone memorizing Nirvana lyrics, swapping whiskey for Jack, and driving by a dream house — all to become their love interest’s perfect match.
“‘Cause you make crazy seem rational / I’d say obsession feels natural / You’re all I want, any hoop, any obstacle / Boy, you make going psycho logical,” Perry sings in the chorus, before the piano-laden, gothic-country track picks up its tempo. “In my head, yeah, you mess all my common sense up / I know I’m crossing lines that I shouldn’t / I’m out of my mind, but I don’t need no hospital / Boy, you make going psycho logical.”
Fittingly, TBP released “Psychological” at midnight on Valentine’s Day, following a Friday the 13th, a timing Perry notes as classic TBP. Leading up to the release, the band teased the track with heart artwork and a phone number, inviting fans to text back and share their own “psychological” stories.
“Everything right now in the text thread has ranged from ‘testing, testing, is this thing real?’ to ‘Are we really texting you?’ to some full-hearted confessions,” Perry revealed. “Girls and guys, sharing their feelings, whether it’s double texting and being horrified about it…”
But she admits, “No psycho girl can out-psycho me though. Johnny can attest to this. The first night I met him I said, ‘I’m working really hard not to tell you that I love you right now.’ I’m always full-hearted with two feet in, and that’s exactly what I’m seeing in the text threads from other fans.”
Since their country breakthrough with 2010’s RIAA diamond-certified hit “If I Die Young,” The Band Perry has remained a fan favorite, though the Grammy-winning group has gone through several changes. Perry founded the band with brothers Reid and Neil Perry, who took a break in 2023. In 2025, the group reunited for a one-off charity concert featuring Perry, Reid, and her husband, Costello. They later announced an official comeback, but Reid has since left the band.
Now, the band continues as Perry and Costello, carrying forward the group’s unmatched legacy while keeping its true identity as a family band intact. They’re calling this new chapter “The Band Perry: Season 2,” with hints that their two-year-old son, Whitaker James, could join on drums for a Season 3.
“We’re calling this The Band Perry: Season 2. It’s the new iteration of the family band — Johnny and me, we’re married, which feels symbolic of the heart we’re leading with,” Perry said, referencing the heart artwork shared on Instagram. “Everyone has always been full of heart with our music, so that’s what we wanted to lead with.”
“This is Season 2 of The Band Perry… Will there be a Season 3? We’re trying to teach our two-year-old son to play drums, so you never know where the family band might go next,” she says.
What makes this chapter special is that “Psychological” brings the band full-circle. They returned to their home label, Big Machine Label Group, Nashville Harbor Records and Entertainment, last summer. The fresh release marks their re-entry into country music following a pop-focused period.
“I mean, it has been a minute,” Perry said. “This is our first song released to country radio, streaming, and to fans in nine years. I can’t believe it’s been that long. There’s been a lot of songwriting and song hunting to reach this moment, and we’re so excited for ‘Psychological.’ It feels like the perfect balance between classic The Band Perry music and everything that makes contemporary country in 2026 exciting.”
“It feels like a crossroads of two eras coming together, and we’re excited to be home in country music,” the band added.
Looking ahead, “Psychological” is just the first taste of a full project from The Band Perry.
“We’re so excited to be home. Dan Huff, who recorded our second album Pioneer, is producing this project with us. Being back at Big Machine Label Group has been a full-circle moment with many of our OG team members alongside so much young talent in Nashville,” Perry explained. “So ‘Psychological’ is the first step toward this new effort. We’re aiming for an album in the fall, heading into the studio in March for the next batch of songs, and we’ll be touring all year.”
That tour, dubbed the Psycho Rodeo Tour, kicked off on Feb. 13 in Buena Vista, Colorado, and will wrap in August in Huntingbird, Indiana.
“We’re going to be touring all year,” Perry said. “If you loved our first album, come to our shows. We play all the hits, some deep cuts, and, of course, all the new music we’ve been working on.”
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