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Today, country riser Baylee Lynn continues her hot streak of new singles with “That’s What I’ll Be” — a beautifully moving ballad built on her captivating vocals. Premiering alongside its poignant video, “That’s What I’ll Be” will appear on the highly anticipated soundtrack to season two of Netflix’s smash-hit rom-com “Nobody Wants This,” due out October 23 via The Core Records in partnership with Interscope Records. Listen to “That’s What I’ll Be” HERE, check out the video HERE, and go HERE to pre-order/pre-save Nobody Wants This Season 2: The Soundtrack now.
Co-written by Baylee, Jenna Shuffler, AJ Pruis, and Mia Mantia, “That’s What I’ll Be” finds the 17-year-old singer/songwriter delivering a full-hearted message of reassurance to all those who need it.
“As soon as we wrote ‘That’s What I’ll Be,’ I knew that the world needed to hear it,” says Baylee. “When you’re going through a hard time, sometimes all you need to help you through is to hear that everything’s going to be okay. One of the things I love most about the lyrics is that they could be for anyone — a friend, a family member, a romantic partner, or anyone else you really care about.”
Produced by Pruis (a GRAMMY-nominated producer/songwriter/musician known for his work with Megan Moroney, Maddie & Tae, and more), “That’s What I’ll Be” brings soulful piano melodies and softly tumbling acoustic guitar work to Baylee’s tender expression of devotion. After acknowledging the delicate nature of the matter at hand (“I know you know that I know that you don’t need saving”), she offers up a sweetly poetic cascade of promises at the chorus: “If your head’s underwater, I’ll be your float / If you’re feeling lost, I’ll be your north star home / If your heart’s broke in two, I’ll piece you back together / Whatever you need, baby, that’s what I’ll be.” Both bittersweet and quietly uplifting, “That’s What I’ll Be” ultimately spotlights the immense sensitivity at the core of Baylee’s songwriting.
Directed by ashtronot, the video for “That’s What I’ll Be” perfectly matches the song’s gentle intensity and heavy-hearted mood. To that end, the starkly lit visual opens on a nighttime shot of Baylee standing by the window of a house deep in the woods, then cycles through a series of subtly evocative vignettes. With its lovely interplay of shadows and light, the video centers on Baylee’s achingly genuine performance of the track, endlessly revealing her rare ability to shine a bright light in the dark.
