Universal Experiences Power JonPaul Wallace’s Latest Single

DETROIT, Mi. — If you’re going to write a sad song, make it a song about something everyone can understand and commiserate about.

Well who hasn’t experienced the loss when a relationship ends? And the even deeper loss when a long-term relationship ends?

Detroit singer and song-writer JonPaul Wallace experienced that kind of loss when a six-year relationship ended about the time he was working on some new music, so he put his feelings to music and released the single ‘Love’s Not For Everyone’ in January, then followed it up with ‘Heartbeat,’ in February.

“Those two together, they both kind of have the same personality but as far as the context and the content,” Wallace said. “But ‘Heartbeat’ is a lot more upbeat and a little more danceable so they work together really well. And the response to both of them has been awesome.”

Wallace got a glimpse of fame back in 2016 when he rewrote Luke Graham’s hit “7 Years,” with lyrics that fit his high school class and sang it at his commencement.

The video of that performance went viral and Wallace was hooked.

After going on to college and earning a degree in finance and marketing from Oakland University, Wallace decided to focus on music once again.

“When it comes to performing I just love being able to create and share energy with people I know or strangers,” Wallace said. “When everybody’s kind of on the same wavelength and everyone’s enjoying it and feeling it. That, to me, is just so special and hard to replicate in anything else you do.”

He planned to release “Love’s Not For Everyone” in December but delayed that release when a gunman opened fire on students at Oxford High School in Detroit not far from his home, killing four people and wounding seven more.

He posted a gofundme page for the victims on his social media and waited about six weeks before releasing that song in January 2022.

A month later, he was back with ‘Heartbeat,’ a more upbeat song about how life changes in the aftermath of a long-term breakup.

“The song is really about how your routines change, like how your daily, weekly, monthly and with this, even yearly routines change,” Wallace said. “Everything just looks a little different and every time you encounter something that’s different it kind of pulls you back into reminding you that it’s different.”

Wallace said he initially hesitated to write another song based his breakup, but the producer and writer he was working with liked the song.

He said the key to writing sad songs is to write about experiences that are universal.

“I’ve talked to friends about this, friends who’ve gone through breakups before me, friends who went through it after me,” Wallace said. “It’s like when you’re in the midst of going through things you get to the point where you think you’re crazy for feeling the way you feel, but when you talk to other people who have gone through it or going through it, it’s such a universal experience. I think that’s definitely something I like to portray.”

Wallace said he's excited about the release of ‘Heartbeat,’ and about getting out and performing on stage.

He’s also excited about the release of a new single, called ‘Bad Thoughts,’ coming up in April.

“Then it’s more new music after that,” Wallace said. “I’m looking at all of 2022 as just pouring out a lot of new music and a lot of new releases. I was back in Nashville working with Matt and Frankie again last week, so I’ve got some new new stuff that I’m excited about so we’ll probably work those into the release plan as well. A lot of new music coming and then a lot of performances, I’m playing all over metro Detroit and all over Michigan and hopefully getting more performances outside Michigan as well, so lots to be excited about.”

In the meantime, when it comes to brushes with fame, Wallace said he recently found out some of his music got some brief play on a national stage.

“One of my other songs, ‘Here We Go,’ I released back last September and it got used in the CBS March Madness broadcast a few times,” he said. “When they were going to commercial break during a time out, they were talking about March Madness and they say ‘We’ll be right back after this.’ And it was in the background. It was exciting my friend sent me the video and it sent me to Nashville on a real good note.”

Make sure to stay connected to JonPaul Wallace on all platforms for new music, videos, and social posts.

Website: https://jonpaulwallace.com/

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jonpaul-wallace/1343124687

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jonpaulwallace/loves-not-for-everyone/s-l4YV3AeSubs?in=jonpaulwallace/sets/next-ep/s-qAJgM8V1Gj3&si=cc60cc24bbf44e38a08bd55257cae571

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tmMEHwUMgSApF23AkOsXs

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRX9reyGR7F6DepFEH9KD3g

Socials:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/jonpaulwallaceofficial

Instagram: www.instagram.com/jonpaulwallace

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonpaulwallace?

Twitter: www.twitter.com/jonpaulwallace