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Just hours after walking the red carpet hand in hand at last year’s CMA Awards, Priscilla Bullock knows she’s loving every second of her boyfriend Elijah Phillips.
“When we got back to the car, he just kept saying, ‘Thank you,’ and telling me how special the night was and what an honor it was to be there with me,” Bullock, 30, recalled in an interview with People magazine about his red carpet debut last November. “It’s not often that he asks to go somewhere like that. It’s usually like, ‘Do your thing, I’ll be here whenever you get home.’ But he loved being there that night. He was just blown away.”
This life might be better for the two of them to get used to, as the couple, who have known each other since their early 20s, seem destined for greatness both personally and professionally. But don’t get me wrong. There was a time when Bullock was quite hesitant about making his romantic relationships public.
“I really wanted to protect our love,” Bullock admits. The ultra-true song “Elijah” is featured on their critically acclaimed second album, Things You Didn’t See. “I didn’t want to put this song out until I was ready to share it with the world. Obviously, we dated young and found our way back together. And sometimes people take it in other ways, like, why did he come back?”
The North Carolina native chose to leave the question far away, as if it didn’t really matter to her. “Every story is different,” she says. “This is just a reminder to never be ashamed of your story. I love him so much and I want the world to know how special he is.”
It’s the combination of her music and her twisting story that makes her one of this country’s greatest female artists. “It’s so special when people embrace your life and everything you love outside of music,” Block says. “Sharing my life was made easier because people made me feel so loved.”
Indeed, the ‘You, Me, And Whiskey’ hitmaker’s off-stage life is back in the spotlight as he joins the headline theater tour ‘Things You Didn’t See’.
“I’ve never been afraid of who I am, but I think there was a point in my career where I started to feel a little misunderstood,” Block says. She will culminate her current tour with “Priscilla Bullock & Friends” at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, March 4th.
“I’ve always been very active online, and sometimes that’s the only impression someone has. Like, she’s a girl with a big personality, she loves to have a good time, and she only sings fun songs. I knew this record was my chance to tell my story and take control of my own narrative.”
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And this trip adds to the career she’s building.
“I wanted this tour to be unlike anything my fans had ever seen from me,” says the platinum-selling country artist. “We start the show with just me and my acoustic guitar, which we’ve never done before. And we were able to get the lights and the stand and really level up the production. We want to do arena-level shows in clubs. I really think that’s what we’re doing.”
Bullock also appears to be taking dance classes.
“I’ve been challenging myself to move more and feel more comfortable on stage,” she said, adding that she would jump at the chance to appear on “Dancing with the Stars.” “I want to be the best artist I can be at this moment in my life and challenge myself to grow.”
And it seems that Elijah will forever be included in that growth.
“I think we’ll get married,” she admitted. “We’re not in a big hurry. We’re just enjoying the situation we’re in. I’ve always told him that I want to finish my second album before I think about getting engaged. So I just finished my second album…”
