Priscilla Block Opens Up About The Wake-Up Call That Changed The Course Of Her Sophomore Record

Priscilla Block is opening up about the turning point that completely reshaped her upcoming album.

In a recent TikTok video captured at an album release party, Priscilla Block revealed that she had finished a project last year with plans for it to be her next record. But that collection ended up taking a back seat. And the songs she was originally set to release looked much different from what fans will hear on October 10 with the arrival of her sophomore project, Things You Didn’t See.

She eventually was faced with a brutal realization that the industry wasn’t fully seeing her story, and as a result, not recognizing her on the same level her peers. So Block decided to completely shift gears and create a project that told her truth more authentically.

“What really shifted this project, and I’m so thankful that it did, I got a call last year from Charly [Salvatore], my manager, and Charly informed me that I wasn’t nominated for new artist and my heart hit this floor. And I was like, ‘okay, when do nominations come out?’ And he was like, ‘Priscilla, this is the second round of voting.’ And I was like, oh. I was like, ‘how many people are in the list?’ And he was like, ‘there’s about 25 artists.’ And my heart hit the floor. And I was like, ‘damn, why wouldn’t I be on that list,’” she asked as emotions welled up.

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Block couldn’t understand why, despite her recent success on the charts and her ability to sell out tickets at her shows, she hadn’t been mentioned in the elite list of nominations. In a search for answers, the North Carolina native began calling around to “trusted” members of the industry, hoping someone could provide some honest insight.

“I opened up the floor to a lot of criticism that I wanted. And a lot of these people are in the room tonight. And I said, ‘Hey, what do you think it is? Why do you think I wouldn’t been on this list?’ And I felt like I kept hearing the same thing over and over,” she admitted. “It was like, ‘Priscilla, we just wish everybody knew you the way that we knew you, and people don’t know your story.’”

That simple statement suddenly “lit a full fu**ing fire” in her to step out of her comfort zone and dive deeper than ever before. This led to the making of Things You Didn’t See, a 14-track collection that tackles themes like anxiety, burnout, and the constant pressure to always be “on.”

Fans can expect Block to get real about everything from body image struggles and online negativity to the mental weight of having a life completely in the spotlight, figuring out her artistic identity, and working through the pressure of having to fit into country music’s traditional mold.

She offered the first look into the album when she stripped back her confidence to dig into her insecurities in “Couldn’t Care Less.” This was followed by the release of “Yard Sale,” a hard-hitting re-imagination of Simon & Garfunkel’s 1970 classic “You’re Breaking My Heart (Cecilia),” and her latest track, “Phones and Radios.”

This mix of sassy, anthemic and brutally honest reflections will be heard across the remainder of the unreleased tracks on Things You Didn’t See, dropping October 10 via MCA.

‘Things You Didn’t See’ Tracklist:

Produced by David Garcia and Dave Cohen

*Produced by David Garcia and Jesse Frasure

**Produced by David Garcia

***Produced by Rian Ball

1. “Things You Didn’t See” 

Writers: Priscilla Block, Brandon Paddock, Martin Johnson

2. “Bring Me Downtown” 

Writers: Priscilla Block, Cole Taylor, David Garcia, Laura Veltz

3. “Stranger Things (with Chase Matthew)” 

Writers: Priscilla Block, Trannie Anderson, Cole Taylor, David Garcia

4. “Goodwill To Gucci”

Writers: Priscilla Block, Audra Mae, Summer Overstreet, Jesse Frasure

5. “Phones And Radios”

Writers: Priscilla Block, David Garcia, Trannie Anderson, Blake Pendergrass 

6. “Couldn’t Care Less”**

Writers: Alex Maxwell, Cole Taylor, Trannie Anderson, Priscilla Block

7. “2-3-4”

Writers: Priscilla Block, Alex Maxwell, Sarah Jones

8. “Try”

Writers: Priscilla Block, Tyler Hubbard, Trannie Anderson, David Garcia

9. “Good On You”

Writers: David Garcia, Jessie Jo Dillon, Laura Veltz, Priscilla Block

10. “Yard Sale”*

Writers: Priscilla Block, Laura Veltz, David Garcia, Jessie Jo Dillion

11. “You’re Breaking My Heart (Cecilia)”*

Writers: Chris Tompkins, Jesse Frasure, Jessie Jo Dillon, Hailey Whitters, Paul Simon

12. “He’s My Man”

Writers: Alysa Vanderheym, Faren Rachels, Chris Tompkins, Jacob Hackworth

13. “Elijah”

Writers: Priscilla Block, Sarah Jones, Rian Ball

14. “Time Ain’t A Two Lane (Demo)”***

Writers: Rian Ball, Priscilla Block, Sarah Jones, Aaron Raitiere

Priscilla Block is also preparing to launch her headlining Monster Energy Outbreak: Things You Didn’t See Tour, on October 23 in Fort Myers, FL. She will be joined by supporting acts Greylan James and Payton Smith on select dates.

Additionally, she is currently on the road with ACM Award-winner Cole Swindell as part of his Happy Hour Sad Tour.