{"id":2289605,"date":"2026-02-19T19:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2289605"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:06:16","slug":"and-then-there-was-one-the-band-perrys-latest-iteration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/and-then-there-was-one-the-band-perrys-latest-iteration\/","title":{"rendered":"And Then There Was One: The Band Perry\u2019s Latest Iteration"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"pryc-wp-acctp-original-content\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kimberly Perry, Johnny Costello<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Call it a guilty pleasure at this point to peep into the doings of country music\u2019s most fascinating and utterly dysfunctional family band, The Band Perry. The constant relaunches and various iterations spanning multiple genres, spectacularly failing and then being reconstituted into something \u201cnew\u201d will give you whiplash just reading about it. And each season now spanning some 20 years is marked by its own unique hairdo, often with peroxide involved. <\/p><p>It really is an incredible specimen to marvel over, even if it would take a small novel to enumerate all the various versions of this band, and how they\u2019ve failed. Let\u2019s title the latest chapter as, \u201cAnd There There Was One.\u201d <\/p><p>Apologies for being away on more pressing business at the time, but apparently Reed Perry\u2014who was the last of the two Reed brothers that backed sister Kimberly in The Band Perry for many years\u2014has officially left the band. He exited in October of 2025 to become an artist manager, saying in an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPwczNQD4gg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a> post, <br\/><em><br\/>\u201cTo the fans, you\u2019ve always been my favorite part of this. I\u2019ve decided to leave TBP. I\u2019ll be missing seeing you in the crowd at a Band Perry show but I\u2019ll be around, managing a new voice I believe in more than anything, Ryan Coleman. For me it was and will always be about making great country music, with and for the hardworking people who love it and live it. Thank you for every memory, I\u2019ll see you back in the saddle.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>The other brother Neil Perry never returned to the band after they announced a hiatus in March of 2023 after spending the years between 2017 and 2023 trying and spectacularly failing to make it in pop, abandoning their country roots where they had been quite successful. The Band Perry became the cautionary tale for country artists wanting to find greener pastures in the world of pop. <\/p><p>Then after announcing the hiatus, Kimberly Perry launched a solo career, which was shortly abandoned when it was discovered she likely didn\u2019t come with any booking muscle, or name recognition. The only track from her solo album that did semi well was \u201cIf I Die Young Pt. 2\u201d\u2014a take on The Band Perry\u2019s previous hit. <\/p><p>So then The Band Perry was <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/savingcountrymusic.com\/now-theres-yet-another-new-version-of-the-band-perry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">restarted again in June of 2025<\/a><\/strong> with Neil Perry being replaced by Kimberly Perry\u2019s current husband, Johnny Costello\u2014a spitting image of Uncle Joey from the \u201990s version of\u00a0<em>Full Hous<\/em>e who dutifully adopted a bleached hairdo of his own as initiation into the band. But then Reid Perry left six months later, necessitating yet another reboot. <\/p><p>So now The Band Perry is officially Kimberly Perry, and her husband Johnny Costello. Confused yet? <\/p><p>To kick off this latest restart of a restart of a reconstituted career, The Band Perry has released the perhaps aptly titled \u201cPsychological\u201d\u2014officially the band\u2019s first new \u201ccountry\u201d song in nine years. It\u2019s about a lover going \u201cpsycho\u201d over a beau, which is only \u201clogical\u201d because they\u2019re such a catch, or something. It\u2019s not written by a Perry, but by Clara Park, Grace Tyler, and Colton Venner. It\u2019s a smart use of wordplay, but it does give you a bit of an unhinged feeling. <\/p><p><em>Cause you make crazy seem rational<br\/>I\u2019d say obsession feels natural<br\/>You\u2019re all I want, any hoop, any obstacle<br\/>Boy, you make going psycho logical<\/em><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Band Perry - PSYCHOLOGICAL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eyE7o8l_6xI?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><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br\/>The track was the \u201cmost added\u201d at country radio this week. So apparently the industry (or at least radio) does have an appetite to at least try the latest Band Perry reboot on for size. Let\u2019s not get too excited though. These \u201cmost added\u201d accolades haven\u2019t really been panning out lately as guaranteed #1s nine months down the road. But we\u2019ll see. <\/p><p>As part of the latest reboot, Kimberly Perry sat down with <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/the-band-perry-disappeared-nashville-1235514348\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rolling Stone Country<\/a><\/em>, who characteristically did not offer her and scrutiny whatsoever on all the relaunches and gaslighting over the years. But they did help her assert that the reason for The Band Perry\u2019s departure to pop and eventual breakup somehow had to do with \u201cBro-Country\u201d or being \u201ckicked out of Nashville.\u201d When <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUoXCmyj5cZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">prompted<\/a> about whether they were \u201ckicked out\u201d or not, Kimberly Perry gave a brilliant, elongated gobbledygook non-answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a cross of the two. I think it\u2019s six one way, half a dozen another. And I think it\u2019s so funny because I got to make that comment before I\u2019ve come all the way back home to my OG label home. And so having the perspective of now a couple additional years to that, I think the redemption story and the transparent conversations that we\u2019ve gotten to have with each other now with our OG team has been really interesting. I think we were all after the same thing and the same vision for our band. We just thought there were different ways of getting there. But they are a very powerful force of people. So we felt very not supported in that season. But I also feel like we needed our college years to step away, follow the creative muse,  and I think every artist deserves the opportunity to do that. It\u2019s not always about the financial outcome, or just keeping the business on the tracks. If that\u2019s the main goal, then you have to make those decisions. But I don\u2019t think in that moment, that was not our main goal. I think it was to be true to ourselves \u2026 I do think our fans have appreciated that from us over the years. We\u2019re definitely in the season of rebuilding, redemption, and coming back to the things that brought us to the dance in the first place. But I do appreciate that our story has paralleled our own humanity \u2026 I think that has connected with a lot of our fans over the years. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s always been part of the story of The Band Perry implosion that Scott Borchetta and Big Machine Records were trying to coax the band in a certain direction during the Bro-Country era to keep them relevant. After seeing the success of fellow Big Machine artist Taylor Swift\u2019s foray to pop, perhaps that was the path set out for them. <\/p><p>It does feel like picking low hanging fruit by picking on The Band Perry. But the problem appears to be that they never knew who they were, and it\u2019s unclear if they know who they are now. When you don\u2019t know who you are, it allows others to define you. When you have a strong vision for yourself, everything else bends around your will, not vice versa. This is the difference between Taylor Swift going pop and becoming the biggest artist in the world, and The Band Perry going pop and falling off a proverbial cliff. <\/p><p>And that\u2019s what still doesn\u2019t feel right about what The Band Perry (or what\u2019s left of it) is doing here. No doubt the Music Row system is still able to push a song, or even an artist to the top of its gerrymandered, rigged system like they\u2019ve done early on with \u201cPsychological.\u201d But what does that even mean in 2026? What value does that offer to an artist?<\/p><p>Right now the #1 song in country music is a traditional country song in Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas.\u201d This is the direction of country music. If The Band Perry wanted to get back to its OG start, it would be picking up banjos and mandolins right now, not soliciting three songwriters for a radio hit. When Reid Perry sees better prospects managing someone else\u2019s career instead of fulfilling his own in his family band, it\u2019s not a good sign. <\/p><p>Maybe the Kimberley Perry\/Johnny Costello iteration of The Band Perry will finally, finally be the one to get the project back on track. Maybe \u201cPsychological\u201d will become a big hit. But it still feels like we\u2019re living through a moment where The Band Perry is the perfect cautionary tale of how not to navigate a musical career in country music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you found this article valuable, consider leaving<\/em><strong><em>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tiptopjar.com\/trigger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saving Country Music A TIP<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- PRyC WP: Add custom content to bottom of post\/page: Standard Content START --><\/div><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\r\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source savingcountrymusic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimberly Perry, Johnny Costello Call it a guilty pleasure at this point to peep into the doings of country music\u2019s most fascinating and utterly dysfunctional family band, The Band Perry. 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