{"id":2239520,"date":"2026-01-18T10:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2239520"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:06:15","slug":"country-music-fans-stunned-as-star-appears-20-years-after-walking-away-from-limelight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/country-music-fans-stunned-as-star-appears-20-years-after-walking-away-from-limelight\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music fans stunned as star appears 20 years after walking away from limelight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FHE3IS37EVDGRHAF6IZR55XJG4\">Jessica Andrews was just 15 when she signed her first record deal, and two years later she dropped a hit that has lived on even as she faded away on purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QQBYRBZ25JBJ7JXXKKJMRUQJSE\">That song was \u201cWho I Am,\u201d which became a No. 1 country music hit in 2001. It was the title track of her second studio album. A third album \u2014 \u201cNow\u201d \u2014 came in 2003, and that was it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KZABWPMR4RC5XB4GG324XC7YTY\">There have been a few singles along the way, but fans haven\u2019t gotten an album or much at all \u2014 by design \u2014 from Andrews in the 20-plus years since. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VTKK3GH2JNAU3AI3UBW5HTQJDM\">Then there was a flicker, but that turned out to be an impostor releasing music under her name last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"P2MFLLGOXBCRVFTDTLHIJ6UBLM\">And then \u2026 there she was. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PG43HNEWGRHVVAKIUOCABUJ6W4\">Andrews reappeared this week courtesy of fellow singer Jessie James Decker. Decker shared a video of the two, seated in a stairwell, trading lines as they put together a beautiful version of \u201cWho I Am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4YLYOL4TMFHEHHTABAJ6SZGRVE\">\u201cWho remembers this one?\u201d Decker wrote. \u201cOne of the biggest country songs of our childhood! I\u2019ve known Jess for many years and I\u2019m lucky to call her a friend. Such a sweet soul and incredible vocalist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WFURKAVC4FE2JPA2AVCS7WFWGQ\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DTbnrLlDTMd\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DTbnrLlDTMd\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\"><b>You can see the two sing together here. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OY7TVNW2SNBYTNNZAYGSL232CM\">Fans loved it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CZXYKVO63VCGZGDANQFPOOKRAI\">\u201cOh wow used to love Jessica,\u201d one person replied. \u201cSo glad to see she\u2019s doing well!!! Y\u2019all sound great!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MFFA62YLKJD2RGEH7BOUG7XDO4\">\u201cI was obsessed with this song!!!\u201d another wrote. \u201cI can\u2019t believe you\u2019re doing it together here, love love love!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3K57NCLTSNDQ3FMA2EF4XQIYPI\">\u201cOh my God,\u201d another wrote. \u201cHaven\u2019t heard this song in like 20 yrs!! Loved it so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7DJFMCUKDZBBLII5GICPGVTJJU\">\u201cOmg,\u201d another replied. \u201cMy favorite song ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UFUIOCVUBZBZ5O2TTUYGYY6OTM\">\u201cThis made my middle school girl heart so happy,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IC56IOYTNFAWBPGKKGNUCWOYYI\">While it is unclear of Andrews has any plans to come back with more music, her fans clearly remember and have love for her and that song, which made it to No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/2000s-country-star-resurfaces-25-004018941.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/2000s-country-star-resurfaces-25-004018941.html\"><b>per Parade Magazine. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"_wrapper_1onzu_9 _pennlive_1onzu_73\" data-gaid=\"_R_3e178q_\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Andrews was just 15 when she signed her first record deal, and two years later she dropped a hit that has lived on even as she faded away on purpose. That song was \u201cWho I Am,\u201d which became a No. 1 country music hit in 2001. It was the title track of her second [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2239521,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239520\/revisions\/2239521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}