Rider Essentials: Jordana Bryant

Jordana Bryant is a 17-year-old American country-pop singer-songwriter who began her career posting covers on YouTube and Instagram, which have amassed over 16 million views across platforms. Her first-ever cover was of Carrie Underwood’s Before He Cheats.

Since releasing her debut single in October 2020, the Pennsylvania native has independently released four additional singles and her debut EP, Last First in May 2021. Following her single Guilty, which has over 250k streams on Spotify and nearly 500k views on YouTube, she recently released New Friends. Both are from her forthcoming album.

To get to know Jordana Bryant a little better, we caught up with the emerging artist to find out the things she always takes on the road for this week’s Rider Essentials.

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1. Headphones

The first thing that I always take on the road with me is headphones because I think losing yourself in some good music is the best way to pass the time when you’re stuck in a car for hours on end. Nothing is better than a good country playlist with your favourite songs to make a long drive go by quicker :)

2. Guitar

The second thing that I always take on the road with me is a guitar because whenever I have free time, even if it’s in a car traveling somewhere, I try to use it to write. I also feel like sometimes the view out of your window can give you some really good inspiration, especially for some road trip songs!!

3. Throat Coat Tea

The third thing that I always take on the road with me when I’m playing shows is Throat Coat tea because it’s seriously like magic how much it soothes your voice. Especially after you’ve done a few shows and you’re starting to lose your voice, Throat Coat really helps you to get it back, so I always keep a box with me when I’m on the road.

4. Snacks

The fourth thing that I always take on the road with me is a snack, usually pretzels. I feel like on long drives when you don’t have much to do, you always get hungry and then wish you had packed food and then it’s always a big thing to find a rest stop to get food, so I always try to come prepared hahaha! 

5. Sweatshirt

And the last thing that I always take on the road with me is a sweatshirt because I’m always cold. No matter when, no matter what temperature it is, I literally am constantly cold. It could be a 90-degree day (that's around 32 degrees celsius) in the middle of summer, and I will probably get cold in the car or in a restaurant haha.

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