Jimmy Butler‘s style in music is far and wide. Everybody is aware of that the Texas native loves nation music, he’s a giant Taylor Swift fan, and as we realized throughout his look at media day earlier than this season, he’s identical to me. (i.e.: A man in his 30s who nonetheless actually likes the track “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” by Panic! on the Disco.)
All of that is to say that Butler, maybe unsurprisingly, needs to pursue his love of music somewhat extra significantly. And in a brand new piece by Claire de Lune in The Guardian, we realized that Butler is engaged on a rustic album, and that he’s already recorded 60 or so songs for the undertaking. Now, that is Jimmy Butler we’re speaking about right here, so there are equal odds on “this by no means sees the sunshine of day” and “he’ll drop it someday within the subsequent 20 minutes.” However one factor is for positive: If this album does ever get launched for public consumption, we’ll most likely not hear Butler sing on it, as he favored his position to one thing just like DJ Khaled, who he loves.
“He’s a loopy gifted particular person,” Butler advised de Lune. “To convey all these artists collectively and to have them have the ability to preserve the egos and be like, ‘Yo, look, that is what we’re making an attempt to get finished right here,’ he’s mastered it. I freaking love DJ Khaled. ‘We are the most effective,’ as he would say.”
Hopefully all of that is trending in direction of a world the place Butler opens a series of espresso outlets that solely performs music he created, which positive looks as if one thing he would do.
