Jelly Roll Commits To Bert Kreischer And Tom Segura’s ‘5K By May’ Challenge

Author Lauren Hoffman

January 10th 2:09 PM

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 31: Jelly Roll performs during the Times Square New Year's Eve 2024 Celebration on December 31, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Comedians Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura were not shy about sharing their New Year’s resolutions on their 2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast. As most topics do on their hit comedy podcast, a recent discussion about running spiraled into a new challenge.

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Kreischer and Segura spent episode 217 of 2 Bears, 1 Cave planning their very own 5K, which led to making several FaceTime calls to fellow comedians, including Shane Fills, Mark Normand, Michelle Wold, and many more. Now, the challenge has made its way to other podcasts and their guests, including country rocker Jelly Roll.

The “Halfway To Hell” singer posted a video to Instagram today (1/10) announcing to his fans that he was recently a guest on the Full Send Guest and the “5K By May” Challenge was brought to his attention. Jelly Roll says, “This message is for Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura. Somebody let me know I’m in for the 5k in May. Kyle Forgeard gassed me up. I’m ready to go. Anyone wanna join me?”

In the video seen below, fans can see Jelly Roll walking in the woods and shouting he “believes in himself” and “I’m in Bert” while wearing a hoodie and headphones. Plus, he already has fellow country singers and athletes commenting including Ernest, “F— it let’s ride,” Dalton Dover, “I’ll join you bro,” and Will Compton and Taylor Lewan, “The boys are in!!”

Aside from having a 5K to focus on right now, Jelly Roll is also gearing up to attend the 2024 GRAMMY ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 4. The 39-year-old received a nominee in both the Best New Artist and Best Country Duo / Group Performance (“Save Me” with Lainey Wilson) categories.

“I’m not sure if I’ll post this or not because I’m so emotional, but the greatest honor an artist could ever hear is that they’ve been nominated for a GRAMMY. I got to hear that this morning. I haven’t cried like this since my daddy died,” Jelly Roll said in a video posted to Instagram.

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Jelly Roll: 5 Songs You Need To Know From 'Whitsitt Chapel'

"The Lost"
An album cut that Jelly co-wrote with Miranda Lambert. In January, Lambert posted to Instagram that she made a new songwriting friend, Jelly Roll. By the looks of it, the two had a great time writing songs. Miranda posted a couple of photos to her Instagram, one with her, Jelly Roll, and a songwriter named Telenitry. She wrote, “Made a new friend this week! Jesse was right when he said we go together like biscuits and gravy! Loved writing a tune with @jellyroll615 and @telemitry.” See that post here.
"Halfway to Hell"
While this song has not been released as a single to country radio, it’s well-known by fans and got a massive response when Jelly performed it at his “Backroads Baptism Tour.” The song kicks off the album, starting with a clip of a church preacher preaching, “Just save you because he gave his only begotten son.” As the music starts, the preacher continues to preach; Jelly begins the song with the lyrics, “I’m a county jail revival / I’m a bottle and a Bible / I’m a rolling stone disciple / With a cross across my face.”
"Save Me" (with Lainey Wilson)
Little did Jelly know when he recorded this song with his friend Lainey Wilson that the collaboration would be nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Country Duo/Group Performance. The song was also recently nominated for Musical Event at the 2023 CMA Awards. In early December 2023, the song hit the top of the country music charts. They also performed the song at the ACM Awards in May of 2023.
"Need a Favor"
The first number-one country song from this project, but his second number one country song overall. The first number one was “Son Of A Sinner,” which was his first country single release before he released Whitsett Chapel. The powerful and relatable lyrics include, “I only talk to God when I need a favor / And I only pray when I ain’t got a prayer / So who the hell am I, who the hell am I to expect a savior, oh / If I only talk to God when I need a favor? / But, God, I need a favor,”