{"id":39511,"date":"2026-08-11T23:13:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39511"},"modified":"2026-08-11T23:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:13:54","slug":"dwayne-johnson-teases-music-career-inspired-by-old-school-soul-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39511","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson Teases Music Career Inspired by Old-School Soul, Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dwayne-johnson-music-career-cropped.jpg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1617366\" data-title=\"Dwayne Johnson Says He Is \u201cExploring\u201d a Music Career Inspired by \u201cOld-School Soul\u201d and Country\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/dwayne-johnson-music-career-your-dad-video\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/dwayne-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dwayne Johnson<\/a>\u00a0wants you to hear what he is cooking up in the studio. In a new interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-interview-your-dad-music-career-1235606544\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>, the pro-wrestler-turned-actor revealed his ambitions to explore a music career.<\/p>\n<p>Fans may remember Johnson\u2019s contribution to Wyclef Jean\u2019s 2000 song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VAag-nlCJQ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cIt Doesn\u2019t Matter\u201d<\/a> and his rap feature on Tech N9ne\u2019s 2021 track <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2021\/10\/dwayne-johnson-raps-tech-n9ne-face-off-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFace Off,\u201d<\/a> but his proper solo debut was in 2016\u2019s\u00a0<em>Moana<\/em>, where he sang as character Maui on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=79DijItQXMM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cYou\u2019re Welcome,\u201d<\/a> penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Moana-2-Movie-Collection-Auli%CA%BBi-Cravalho\/dp\/B0F15ZCNNB?&amp;linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=conseofsound-20&amp;linkId=0e878096328f5f6154d621bb31088796&amp;language=en_US&amp;gaOptInStatus=true&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buy\u00a0<em>Moana<\/em> Two-Movie Collection on Blu-ray<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, Johnson wants to \u201csing from the heart\u201d and in \u201ckeys that don\u2019t exist,\u201d exploring the \u201cold-school soul genre\u201d with \u201csome country flavor,\u201d inspired by Sam Cooke, Elvis, George Jones, Merle Haggard, and Willie Nelson. The focus on music comes at a convenient time as his box-office draw wanes, but we\u2019ll leave that for you to decide.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve reached this point in my life and in my career where\u2026 when I wake up in the morning, I swing my legs out of bed, and whatever the thing is that I\u2019m doing, I wanna feel like I\u2019m just running towards it,\u201d Johnson told\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cThe most gratifying things we do are when it\u2019s for us, because we have enough pressure to deliver for so many other entities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then referred to \u201cYour Dad,\u201d an extremely sincere ballad dedicated to his daughters that\u00a0he co-wrote with 2023\u00a0<em>American Idol<\/em> winner Iam Tongi. The song appears on\u00a0<em>Moana: Voices Across the Ocean<\/em>, a companion album to his recent <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/moana-live-action-review-dwayne-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live-action\u00a0<em>Moana<\/em><\/a> movie. Johnson executive-produced the album with his wife, Lauren Hashian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou make films, especially the big four-quadrant movies, you want them to do well. But this song, for me, is just a song to my daughters,\u201d Johnson explained. \u201cThere\u2019s no pressure of an expectation to deliver something that, \u2018Well, how are the sales, and how\u2019s the box office? And how\u2019s the streams?\u2019 It\u2019s just from me to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He certainly makes that evident in the newly released black-and-white \u201cYour Dad\u201d music video, which alternates between footage of Johnson recording the song in the studio and home video with his daughters. Check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/moana-live-action-review-dwayne-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Shannon Miller\u2019s review<\/a> of this summer\u2019s <em>Moana<\/em> movie, which unnervingly features Johnson in a <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2024\/11\/dwayne-johnson-bodysuit-live-action-moana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">muscle suit<\/a> with long flowing locks.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dwayne Johnson - Your Dad (From &quot;Moana: Voices Across The Ocean&quot;)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7_S-LpnTo6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dwayne Johnson - You&amp;apos;re Welcome (from Moana\/Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/79DijItQXMM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne Johnson\u00a0wants you to hear what he is cooking up in the studio. 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