Charles Kelley Makes Media Appearances With ‘Lonely Girl’

Charles Kelley made two major television appearances on Wednesday (Mar. 2), one on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the other on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

The singer, who is out promoting his solo album The Driver, performed the song “Lonely Girl” on both shows.

“‘Lonely Girl’ is a song that Chris Stapleton actually was a part of writing, along with a friend Jesse Frasure. I’ve always said this, he is one of those singers that intimidates me to a whole other level, but I’ve always wanted to cut this too,” Kelley said of the track when the album was released. “We almost cut this on a couple of Lady Antebellum records, but it just never really fit where we were going and I felt like when I was coming out with this solo project that this was a song that would be a nice kind of addition.”

The song is one that Kelley loves performing live because it usually gets heads bopping and toes tapping. “It’s definitely a little bit of an outlier compared to a lot of the other songs off the project. It’s got a little more groove to it. It’s a little funky. I felt like the project, to balance out more of the somber moments, needed something kind of funky. I love the way it came out. We actually have a little background part that Chris Stapleton, that he’s singing on, doing the answer parts to the song. This is definitely the one, when I’ve played it live, had the head’s bopping.”

Check out both of Kelley’s performance on Ellen below. Click HERE to watch him on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.