{"id":2385140,"date":"2026-04-23T01:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2385140"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:00:31","slug":"jay-putty-talks-about-iris-cover-new-music-and-songwriting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jay-putty-talks-about-iris-cover-new-music-and-songwriting\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Putty talks about &#8216;Iris&#8217; cover, new music, and songwriting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><small>Pop artist Jay Putty.  Photo Courtesy of Jay Putty.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pop artist Jay Putty chatted about his cover of \u201cIris\u201d by the Goo Goo Dolls, as well as his new music and songwriting inspirations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What inspired you to cover \u201cIris\u201d by the Goo Goo Dolls?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think growing up a \u201990s kid, everyone loves this song. It\u2019s truly an evergreen. It\u2019s one of those songs that transcends time. And I thought with my friend Matt Macleod what if we took a really cinematic approach to it? What if we blend that movie soundtrack moment with the earnest honesty in these lyrics? Thankfully it worked. Booktok got a hold of it and it took off from there.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What inspires your music and songwriting?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Life really. There was a period from like 2018 to 2023 when I wasn\u2019t really an artist. I didn\u2019t think I was saying anything new. Or fun. Or worth fighting for. And I had one of the most heavy and tumultuous times of my life in 2022. There was so much loss and grief that I needed to get it out. But not in a woe is me kind of way but in a \u201cI have all these emotions and I don\u2019t know how to process them out loud\u201d kind of way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iris (Cinematic Version)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/chfht4iP--Y?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<\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>How does it feel to be an artist in the digital age? (Now with streaming, technology, and social media being so prevalent)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honestly I love it truly. I feel like I\u2019m one post away from connecting to people who make ME feel less alone let alone those same people listening and feeling less alone. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a beautiful dichotomy between going online for things you don\u2019t have offline. And I think that\u2019s why I love it. I can connect with someone through music in Indonesia or the Philippines the same way I\u2019d connect with my friend in Nashville.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"On My Way - Jay Putty (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TqJNMn8jeuU?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<\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>What do your plans for the future include?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I just released my newest single, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7C0ASUTuArcaczw06gvVvX?si=c50c5e8eb7f34c46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Growing Old<\/a>,\u201d which is the lead single on my next EP \u201cThe People I Loved and Have Loved Me Back\u201d, which is about how so many people come into your life. <\/p>\n<p>You become the best parts of all of them. Even if they\u2019re not in your life anymore. They touched, shaped, and changed your heart. Whether they were great people or bad people in your life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What is your advice for young and emerging artists?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s never been easier to be yourself. To be an artist in this time frame. There\u2019s so much noise. So many people wanting to make music or be an influencer. <\/p>\n<p>The best way to achieve that is to be the best most authentic version of yourself that you can be. There\u2019s no limit to what you can do if you just be yourself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Growing Old - Jay Putty (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3QvKFX_MvN4?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<\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Which artists would you like to do a dream collab with someday?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have incredible recency bias (at least that\u2019s what my producer and incredible friend Kevin Gates tells me), and I think Alex Warren would be amazing. <\/p>\n<p>Alex is really just is himself. But he does it in a way that is so human. He loves. He grieves. And it\u2019s powerful. <\/p>\n<p>Ed Sheeran is always at the top of my list. But a curveball is probably Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills one of my favorite bands. Incredible visionary in my opinion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What does the word success mean to you? (My favorite question)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Success means I\u2019m living as the fat nerdy kid who almost died but found music, living his life to the fullest through music, and saying, \u201cThis is everything.\u201d This is enough.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cover To Cover Sessions Chapter 2: Iris (Epic Cienmatic Version)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lqa6H_VsFzE?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<\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>What would you like to say to your fans about your cover of \u201cIris\u201d? (What\u2019s the one thing you want them to get out of it)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want them to get a sense of belonging. That we aren\u2019t so different from each other. We laugh. We cry. We bleed. We love. We\u2019re human. And we can do so much together if we work together.<\/p>\n<p>His new single \u201cGrowing Old\u201d is available on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7C0ASUTuArcaczw06gvVvX?si=c50c5e8eb7f34c46&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=3c17194961f04376\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about pop singer-songwriter Jay Putty, check out his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thisisjayputty.com\/\">official website<\/a> and follow him on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jayputty\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jay Putty - All I Need To Know (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KU70lSHdPmY?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<\/figure><\/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.digitaljournal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop artist Jay Putty. Photo Courtesy of Jay Putty. Pop artist Jay Putty chatted about his cover of \u201cIris\u201d by the Goo Goo Dolls, as well as his new music and songwriting inspirations. What inspired you to cover \u201cIris\u201d by the Goo Goo Dolls? I think growing up a \u201990s kid, everyone loves this song. 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