Role Model Shares Story Behind “Sally (When the Wine Runs Out)”

You've heard "Sally (When the Wine Runs Out)" but have you met the artist behind the viral track yet? Meet Role Model! The indie artist joined Ryan Seacrest in-studio fresh off his sold-out tour and opening for Gracie Abrams to share his journey from Maine to mainstream with over 139 million streams to date. Plus, who is Sally? We find out!

Tucker shared with Seacrest that he also almost gave up after getting home sick -- a story that resonated with Seacrest himself who packed up his own car to move to Los Angeles to pursue his own dreams at just age 19.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Role Model is here.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Role Model's got that big song everybody's talking about Sally
when the wine runs out.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
But his name is Tucker, Tucker Pillsbury.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
I like the name Tucker.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Tell us about that song and why do you think
it just sticks.

Speaker 3 (00:13):
Out the second part of that question, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
You can't predict these things anymore. It was just like
I wrote four new songs for a deluxe version of
the album, right just with the hopes of like extending
people's interest in the album itself, and then that song
took off in a way that I was not expecting.
I like, don't have expectations like that.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Tucker, role Model Open for Racy Abrams Wrapped Up has
sold out headlining tour ending in Boston last month.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
From Maine, I'm from Maine.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Uh huh? And when did you start to write songs
and get into music?

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Like, how did it begin for you? Was it always
having in your blood? No?

Speaker 3 (00:56):
And there was no music scene in Maine at the time.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
Really bangor doesn't have a big bang scene. No.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
I mean there's plenty of like ski lodges with like
sixty year old men and like big white beards playing banjos,
but like I was very passionate about film and wanted
to direct specifically like music videos. Went to school for
film in Pittsburgh, hated it and ended up kind of
finding a DIY version of making music that I did

(01:22):
not see before, like just kids on my dorm or
making music in their dorm. And I was like, let
me try that, fell in love with it and started
putting out music.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
I'd sell them out a tour and you know with
Gray Sabrams as well. All right, stick around for a
second and when I come back and play a clip
of your hit salad when the wine runs out on air.

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