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Jason Aldean Says “Help You Remember,” A Powerful Song About Dementia, Wasn’t Written To Be A Hit: “It’s A Different Kind Of Song”
Sometimes the biggest hits of an artist’s careers are the songs that help their fans the most.
Dementia is a truly horrible disease, and the Aldean family is pulling back the curtain on their lives to share their personal experience with the illness that causes cognitive decline. If you personally know someone that’s been affected by dementia, Alzheimer’s or another progressive brain disorder, then you’re familiar with the daily battles that the disease can bring. Families have no choice but to watch their loved ones struggle with memory loss and confusion as they grow older.
Currently, there’s no cure for the disease that affects 7 million Americans (according to Alzheimer’s Association). Brittany and Jason Aldean have recently been more open about how the disease has affected their family. Jason Aldean’s uncle just recently passed away after a battle with Lewy body dementia, and Brittany’s father is currently dealing with dementia as well.
With all that’s been going on in their lives, Jason Aldean decided to get a bit more personal with his upcoming 20-track album – Songs About Us – which is set to release on April 24, 2026. He’s already released “How Far Does A Goodbye Go,” along with the three songs that have been called an album preview: “Hard To Love You,” “Lovin’ On Me” and “Help You Remember.”
It’s clear that every song on the album will be one that’s emotionally driven. That’s especially so with “Help You Remember,” which was written with Brittany Aldean’s father in mind. Aldean and his team recently shared a video where the country star talked a little bit more about how that song came to be, and what they were going for when they went to write it:
“It’s a different kind of song. It’s not like we were going in to write this fun kind of song. We went in to write it more like a ‘Live Like You Were Dying’ type of feel. This big, meaningful song. And those are hard to write, especially when our career has been built on these fun, up-tempo type things.”
It’s definitely a change of pace from Aldean’s earlier work.
Nothing wrong with some growth though, and considering everything that Aldean and his wife have been going through lately, it only makes sense that the 48-year-old sing about the subject matter that’s weighing heavily on his mind. He went on to admit that he wasn’t going after any radio play with “Help You Remember.”
Aldean instead just focused on crafting a song that was meaningful, and that could possess the power to help those who are going through similar, difficult situations:
“As a songwriter, everyone wants to go into a room everyday and you want to write this song that’s this really meaningful, big thing. You get caught in this thing of trying to churn out songs. You’re just trying to write a hit. Who’s gonna cut this? Who’s looking for this, who’s looking for that?
Sometimes when you pull from personal experience and you really sit down and figure it out, you come up with these things that are really impactful that are gonna hit a lot of people. That’s what we landed on with this song…. there is something to this thing that is really special.”
The good news is that the song – written by Jason Aldean, Kurt Allison, Tully Kennedy, John Morgan and Lydia Vaughan – has already connected with the masses.
How could it not? There are plenty of families out there that have walked down the same path – or are currently walking down the same path – as the Aldeans. And the lyrics of the track, which tells the story of someone trying to help their loved one hold on to the memories that are fading, are tragically touching:
“Talking in circles, saying anything I can
To bring an old familiar feeling back, would it
Help you remember?
Would it all come back to you again?
If we got in that truck right now
And drove out to watch that made you smile sunset
The heart knows what’s hiding
Even when the mind can’t find it
Even if you don’t, I still ain’t gonna stop trying, yeah
To help you remember
What I’ll never forget”
It’s a horrible thing that the Aldean family is going through right now, but it’s great that they are being open about their journey, if only so that others out there experiencing the same or similar know they aren’t alone. “Help You Remember” probably hits close to home for a lot of people, and Brittany and Jason are hoping that it can bring some healing to others out there that are affected by dementia.
“Help You Remember” – Jason Aldean
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