Jess Jocoy Releases New Single “You Sure Showed Me” Ahead of ‘Cul-de-Sac Kid’

ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITER
JESS JOCOY
RELEASES NEW SINGLE
“YOU SURE SHOWED ME”
OUT NOW

CUL-DE-SAC KID
DUE OUT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

NASHVILLE, TN (October 8, 2025) — Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy has released her new single “You Sure Showed Me,” the second offering from her upcoming third studio album, Cul-de-Sac Kid, arriving Friday, October 24.

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“You Sure Showed Me” has all the makings of a sarcastic breakup ballad. It captures the moment when rose-colored glasses fall away and the bad times finally reveal themselves. 

“Even though this person’s been left on the sore end of the situation,” Jocoy says, “they still have a fight left in them. Their world isn’t ending.”

She continues, “A lot of my past songs had been ‘sad’ songs so for a long time I’d tried to intentionally stray away from that scene. Sad songs are in now, though, so one day I figured, let’s just go for it. The saddest line I could think of was the chorus: if you didn’t love me anymore you could’ve just said it… The rest of the song unfolded, holding a bit of sarcasm, which I love; kind of a screw you. It’s a broken heart that doesn’t give away their power.”

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The album’s lead single and title track “Cul-de-Sac Kid” earned recognition from Taste of Country, American Songwriter, and AmericanaUK. Her signature sultry vocals deliver a question that has long lingered at the heart of her identity as an artist: “Does country even need a country song from a cul-de-sac kid like me?” Taste of Country debuted the track along with its lyric video, praising, “Jess Jocoy aims to be as honest as Ashley McBryde…‘Cul-de-Sac Kid’ is a pretty good start. [Jocoy] is nothing if not authentic across this building ballad.”

Spanning 11 tracks, Cul-de-Sac Kid blends cinematic storytelling with folk-infused introspection, shaped by more than a decade of loss, heartache, and self-discovery. Jocoy describes her distinctive style as “cul-de-sac country,” merging Northwestern and Southeastern influences into a sound entirely her own.

After a lifetime of pouring herself into country music, Jocoy is carving out her own place within Nashville’s storied traditions — proving these songs belong to anyone, no matter where they come from. More than just another single, “Cul-de-Sac Kid” is Jocoy’s story to the core: honest, introspective, and deeply resonant in a genre that hasn’t always made room for voices like hers. “‘Cul-de-Sac Kid’ feels like a door opening,” she says. “I see what came before as memories rather than ghosts, and I look ahead to what’s to come as a hopeful light ready to break through.”

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Creating music for those navigating life’s in-between spaces, Jocoy has been mentioned by American Songwriter for her “mournful effervescence,” while No Depression highlighted her “smooth blend of traditional country and folk sounds.”

Jocoy moved to Nashville in 2014 to study songwriting at Belmont University, still carrying the grief of losing her father the year before. That weight entangled itself within her music. Cul-de-Sac Kid offered her a moment to breathe. “This album is about coming to terms with who you are, where you’re from, and the taking of longer roads,” she shares. “I’m finally making peace with not quite fitting in — and leaning into that.”

Raised outside of Seattle with the Pacific Northwest as her backdrop, Jocoy’s introduction to country music came through her dad, who filled the car with the sounds of Alan Jackson and Shania Twain on the way to school. That early influence guided her own mission: to prove that twangy guitars and honest, heartfelt lyrics belong on suburban streets just as much as they do on southern backroads. 

Throughout it all, Jocoy finds comfort in the narratives of country and Americana music. “At the heart of this style of music, there’s always a storyline,” she shares. “There’s a keen sense of observation in these kinds of songs that encourages me to be a better witness to the world turning around me.”

She concludes, “I hope listeners hear the sincerity in someone trying to bridge experience with imagination. Maybe they’ll find their own truth in these songs — whether they’re a cowboy, a stripper, a hopeless romantic, or someone watching their hometown get replaced by track housing and fast food chains. Maybe they’ve felt like an outsider in a place they wanted so badly to fit in. Maybe they grew up in a cul-de-sac like me.”

CUL-DE-SAC KID TRACKLISTING:
“I Could Live On That Alone”
“Above Ground”
“Cul-de-Sac Kid”
“Tearing Up Heaven”
“Neon Moon”
“Runaround”
“Every Good Cowboy”
“A Lifetime Only Lasts So Long”
“You Sure Showed Me”
“Echo In The Canyon”
“Gumweed”

Above: Jess Jocoy; Credit: Sam Wiseman

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