Brothers Osborne Share the Inspiration Behind New Single, “Finish This Drink” & More

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Brothers Osborne caught up with Billboard's Tetris Kelly at Stagecoach 2025.

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00:00Hanging out at Stagecoach with my brothers, Brothers Osborne.

00:02How you fellas doing?

00:03What's up, man?

00:04How you doing?

00:05Hey, I'm happy to be here with you guys.

00:07I kind of set you up.

00:08Well, you set yourselves up with your new song, Finish This Drink.

00:11There's drinks on the table.

00:12I'm just saying.

00:13All right, here we go.

00:13You know, cheers to that.

00:15Cheers to that.

00:15Cheers to the new music.

00:16Cheers.

00:18There we go.

00:19Happy Stagecoach.

00:20Jack and Coke?

00:21Yeah, there you go.

00:22Just for you, friend.

00:23Got to keep it classic at an event like this.

00:25That's good.

00:25That's nice.

00:26That's perfect.

00:27Well, tell me about the new song.

00:28Why that was the offering you guys were ready to put out for the crowd?

00:31We just thought it was fun.

00:32It was like, you know, a random, you know, it was kind of an ode to our original sound.

00:37I felt like we kind of, we started somewhere and of course, over the course of several years,

00:41we explored a lot of things and we kind of felt like, let's go back to our roots.

00:45You know, this whole project was really kind of, that's about to come out, you'll hear,

00:49is really inspired by where we came from and our family and our friends and our hometown,

00:53Deal, Maryland.

00:54And that song could not be more like the motto of anyone there.

00:59You know, and so many times I felt like we'd be out at bars with our dad and they'd be

01:02like, dad, we're ready to go home.

01:03And he'd always say, you know, as soon as I finish this drink, the next thing, the bar

01:07is closing, you're still there.

01:08You go home and our mom's pissed.

01:10We were finishing the drink like an hour ago.

01:12Exactly.

01:12But we're still here.

01:13And then you grow up and you're like, wow, that's really easy to do.

01:16You know?

01:16And so we, and then it just was fun.

01:18And we wanted to get back to this music that wasn't, we weren't overthinking it.

01:21We weren't trying to do something that was like, what's country, what's not country,

01:24what's cool, what's not cool.

01:25Like, this is fun.

01:26And we had a great time playing it, so we put it out.

01:28So this will be the first time we're going to perform it tonight.

01:30Oh, I cannot wait to see you guys on stage.

01:32And do you get nervous when like, I mean, you guys have been doing music for so long,

01:35but when you're putting a brand new song out, people haven't heard it, that you haven't

01:38performed it, does that give you butterflies?

01:41You know, I'll be honest with you.

01:42I don't really ever get nervous playing music, but admittedly, I'm actually a little bit

01:49nervous about today's show.

01:50It's kind of a nice feeling.

01:51I haven't had it for as long as I can remember, but I'm also like a planner.

01:55Like, I know we've played these songs for so long.

01:57We're going to go out there, we're going to do it with our eyes closed.

01:59The song that we're playing today, it's the first time we've ever played it together.

02:02I mean, including Soundcheck, we've only played it two times during Soundcheck.

02:06That's it.

02:06So I'm like, and we haven't really been playing a lot of shows at the moment.

02:11There's a lot of unknown variables, but the nerves feel good again.

02:15I kind of like it.

02:16And that means Stagecoach has shown you guys a lot of love because you went from another

02:19stage to now the main stage.

02:20Yes.

02:20So how does it feel to finally be getting love from them to be on the main stage?

02:23You know, it actually is easier playing the big main stage, the small stage, or if you're

02:29like the first act on in the main stage where people are coming in, that's really tough

02:33because you're playing for not that many people.

02:35Well, they're not quite in the mindset yet, but the closer to the headlining slot on

02:39the main stage, I mean, you can go out there and sing karaoke and people will eat it up.

02:42So we do have that on our side.

02:45That is good.

02:45And you were talking about finishing the drink at the bar.

02:48I have a question that made me think of.

02:49Is there a drink you absolutely can't finish?

02:52Like, what's your, like, I hate that cocktail?

02:54I love a drink of almost anything, but I do not like cinnamon-flavored drinks.

02:59So Fireball, the Goldslogger, I won't even mess with it.

03:03I'm like, you cannot get me to take it.

03:04I just refuse.

03:05But I'll take, you know, vodka, tequila, rum, gin, and pretty much all beers I'll drink.

03:13Okay.

03:13I'm not picky.

03:14Whatever you put in my hand, I'll drink it.

03:16Yeah, I'm kind of the same way.

03:17Like, I don't like anything in my whiskey.

03:19I'll do whiskey and Coke.

03:21I'll make it and mix it in a cocktail.

03:22But when it comes to just the whiskey itself, I don't want you to put any of this other stuff

03:26in it.

03:26You're taking whiskey out of my whiskey.

03:28Put some stuff in I don't want.

03:30I want more whiskey in my whiskey.

03:31More whiskey in my whiskey.

03:32That's the next song.

03:33That's the next song.

03:33All right, then we still went on to something.

03:35Yes, we did it.

03:36Cheers to that, guys.

03:37Can't wait for that song.

03:38It's that easy, ladies and gentlemen.

03:39And I mean...

03:40Nashville co-write.

03:41And speaking of co-writing, I mean, you guys are producing your own work this time, which

03:44is really incredible.

03:45So how's that process been to be in the studio and be like, we're doing this ourselves?

03:49I feel like it's the most freedom that we've ever had.

03:51Not that the producers that we've worked with prior have not given us freedom, but you're

03:55kind of stuck on their schedules because they're working with a lot of different bands.

03:59Whereas now, we take our time.

04:01If it takes us one day or a month to finish a song, that's how we're doing it.

04:05And I bought a studio a couple years ago that I put together, and we're doing it all

04:09in there.

04:10So I'm not worried about a studio schedule or anything, and I'll go in my studio with

04:14him, and we'll do vocals or by myself and just play guitars for a couple hours.

04:18It's just pure freedom, and it's the most fun I think I've had making music in a long

04:22time.

04:23And I mean, what would the issue be that you bump heads on?

04:26Is it lyrics?

04:26Is it music?

04:27Like, where's the contingency in the studio?

04:30It can come up just out of nowhere sometimes.

04:32And usually, it's when I'm very sure I want it this way, and he's very sure he wants it

04:38another way.

04:39But I think the thing is that we've had to really learn is just to let, like, just try

04:43it.

04:43You know, like, I mean, that's really a thing even outside of him.

04:46Someone has an idea.

04:48And having the freedom at his studio, we got a lot more time to get in there, try, you

04:53know, just kind of mess around a little bit.

04:55If it gets messed up, then we'll just go back where we were.

04:58And so sometimes, usually, if someone's not willing to even go there, it can be pretty

05:02frustrating.

05:03But I mean, for the most part, at this point, we've really worked out a lot of our quirks,

05:06and we've butt heads occasionally.

05:09But I think so far, so good.

05:12Amazing.

05:12But we're still recording, so we'll see.

05:14All right, man.

05:14You guys got a lot coming up.

05:16We're going to be hanging out again at the ACMs.

05:18We got to talk about how 11 times.

05:20That is crazy.

05:22Duo of the year.

05:23Was that many?

05:2411 times.

05:26The ACMs love you guys.

05:28Oh, yeah, we love them.

05:28So how is it to show up to that award show again in a couple weeks and get that love?

05:31I mean, that's pretty amazing.

05:33I mean, I remember, God, I mean, the first time we were ever nominated, it's like our

05:36phones were just blowing up.

05:38We're like, oh, my God.

05:39I mean, that's pretty crazy.

05:40Has anybody even texted you now that, like, you did it again?

05:42Not as many.

05:43Not as many.

05:44Not as many.

05:45But, you know, there will be a time where, I mean, John and I, we always were aware

05:48that there will be a time where that's not how to come for us, and that's not

05:51lost on us.

05:52And so even though we've had the privilege of being nominated and winning that

05:55award, you know, it still is one of those things that I want to, every year,

06:00really just appreciate what we have, because there will be a time where it will

06:04go away, and then I'll be really, really like, you know, I don't know.

06:07Maybe I'll be at peace with it, but probably not.

06:10Probably not.

06:10You'll go out and piss off.

06:11Probably not.

06:12But, you know, but for now, I think we're just, yeah, I mean, that's amazing.

06:17I didn't even know that.

06:17It's amazing.

06:18I love the nominations.

06:19But we've won some awards.

06:20We had some things, but our focus right now more than anything is the music, and we've

06:24been very fortunate to win some awards, but at this point, we're just like, let's focus

06:29on that, and that's what we're doing.

06:30And I feel like for us, with this new music that we're working on, it really feels like

06:33we're just starting to hit our stride.

06:35And so I'm feeling fired up.

06:37This whole year, we're not doing a lot of touring.

06:39In fact, this is the only, this is like the first real show we've done this year.

06:43Wow.

06:43Big first show.

06:44I know.

06:44So we're, we might mess this all up.

06:46You won't.

06:47You won't mess it up.

06:48I'm like, we're just hitting our stride, and then I go ahead and we bomb and ruin our

06:51career in one night.

06:52But I, but anyhow, you know, I feel like this year has been, we're really trying to invest

06:56in the music and make the music right, give the fans what they've wanted this whole time,

07:00constantly releasing new stuff for them, and just going out there and playing it and

07:04see how it goes.

07:05I mean, at this point, it's just having fun.

07:07Yeah.

07:07Well, before you get out of here, I want to have fun one more time.

07:09We're going to play a little game.

07:10It won't be too hard, guys.

07:12We're just going to do a little bit of a competition between you two to see like which one of you

07:16will do these things, okay?

07:18So.

07:19Wait, would?

07:20Would.

07:20Yes, would, would do these things.

07:21Which one would do them?

07:22So, who's most likely to forget a lyric?

07:27Well, definitely me.

07:28I'm the singer.

07:29Come on.

07:30Okay.

07:31Now, who's most likely to forget which city they're in?

07:35Probably both of us.

07:36That would definitely be me.

07:38You just get on stage and you're like, I don't know where I'm at.

07:40We have to have it written on every set list just in case, but I rarely know where I'm at.

07:44Not that each other, but there was one time we were in Portland, Maine, and we've been

07:48on the road for a month and a half at this point.

07:49I was like, what's up, Portland, Oregon?

07:51I got the damn, I was like the complete other end of the country.

07:54Oh, my goodness.

07:55The whole place.

07:55They like booed us off the stage.

07:56So, I was like, all right, we need it on a piece of paper.

07:59Don't do that tonight.

07:59You know where you are.

08:01Stage coach.

08:01All right.

08:02Who's most likely to trip on stage?

08:04Dave.

08:05All right.

08:06I don't move too much.

08:06Who's most likely to keep the party going post-show?

08:09Definitely me.

08:10Definitely me.

08:10Really?

08:11Okay, okay.

08:12It's all you, TJ.

08:13Who's most likely to devour the craft services table?

08:15Definitely me.

08:17What are you looking for?

08:18When you go to the craft services, like, what do you like?

08:20Score!

08:20It just really depends, but like, if there's some sort of, if it's craft services, I like

08:26when craft services cater to the people that are going to be there that eat like an

08:30eight-year-old.

08:31And there's like, you know what I, it's either a granola, like the granola bars, the classic

08:37granola bars with the little chocolate chips in them.

08:39Okay.

08:39Or, this is rare, but when it has, I cannot believe it.

08:43It's the little snap packs with the crackers and the cheese and the little red.

08:47Yes, and the little scooper.

08:49Oh my God, that's old school.

08:50We'll rarely find those at a craft services table, and I'm like, this person gets it.

08:53Wow.

08:54Those are the things we were deprived as children, so yeah.

08:56Now I've got to look for those.

08:57And then lastly, who's the most likely to ask the other one to take a photo of him?

09:01Neither of us.

09:02That's our manager over there.

09:04She gets the photo.

09:05She's always like, guys, you need to post more.

09:06I'm like, what?

09:07I thought we were just playing music.

09:09I love that, man.

09:10Well, thank you guys always for hanging out.

09:12Likewise, thanks for having us.

09:12Have a good show, and I will see you guys again at the ACMs.

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