Dan + Shay’s New Single ‘Say So’ Igniting The Conversation Around Mental Health Awareness
Dan + Shay. Photo: Robby Klein
Dan + Shay’s personal, hope-filled new song “Say So” is helping raise national and community awareness about the grave and timely topic of suicide prevention.
The poignant track arrived at country radio with 112 stations adding the single to immediate rotation, making it the most added song of the week. “Say So” also received overwhelming support by a massive multi-platform launch, including major market billboards from YouTube, Pandora, Spotify and Amazon as well as radio world premieres across major networks including iHeart, Audacy, Cox, Connoisseur, Summit and Beasley.
“If you need somebody, say so” banner on Music Row
A powerful accompanying video, conceptualized and directed by the duo’s Dan Smyers, offers a long-lasting visual that allows room for watchers to react, and mobilize, in their own way. Days after the song and video arrived, banners inspired by the music video were seen around Nashville.
“Music can offer a respite for people during troubled times,” says Stephanie Rogers, EVP and Chief Communications Officer of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. “It also has the power to send potentially lifesaving messages and elevate our culture’s consciousness. Dan + Shay’s song, inspired by a friend lost to suicide, and which urges listeners, ‘If you need somebody, say so’ encourages those in distress to reach out to someone when they’re struggling. It’s important we all learn to speak openly about suicide and mental health, whether we notice someone struggling or could use some friendly support. This song, which assures listeners, ‘If you’re going through hell, you’re not alone,” offers a beacon of hope.”
If you or a loved one is in crisis, please call or text 988 for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 to talk to someone who can help.
Written by Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Jimmy Robbins and David Hodges, “Say So” is the first release of more music to come from the duo this year. Dan + Shay are set to perform on April 24 at Stagecoach in Indio, California.
