Zach Bryan Fulfills Promise To His Late Mother
Before she passed away, Zach Bryan promised his mother he would graduate from college and he kept that promise After his final show of 2023, family and friends surprised him with a graduation ceremony, and he posted a video clip of the moment on TikTok.
The video shows Zach dressed in a cap and gown as a mariachi band plays their trumpets, and he walked toward a big balloon display as his friends cheer him on. Bryan’s archive TikTok account captioned the post, “Zach Bryan promised his late mother that he would graduate college. He kept that promise, and his friends and family surprised him with a celebration after his last show of 2023.”
@zachbryanarchive Zach Bryan promised his late mother that he would graduate college. He kept that promise and his friends and family surpised him with a celebration after his last show of 2023. 🙏🏽 #ZachBryan @Country Chord
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Bryan’s mom, Annette Bryan, was someone Zach told People was “like my best friend in the world.” She died in 2016. His first studio album, DeAnn, was self-released in 2019, and the title was in honor of Annette, whose middle name was DeAnn.
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Bryan played shows for fans in Australia in December. While there, he made a little girl’s dream come true. Zach was playing a show in Melbourne, Australia, and noticed a sign in the audience. It was at that moment that a little girl’s world would change.
While performing, he saw the sign that read: “4 years old: check. Middle of chemo: check. Go to Zach Bryan: check.” There was also one unchecked box on her sign: “Meet Zach Bryan.”
After he saw the sign, he motioned for the girl, who has been battling leukemia, to be brought to the front of the stage, where a security guard was holding her. He jumped off the stage, and signed her sign. Then he got back on stage with some help from a band member.
The end of the video shows the girl singing every word as Bryan sang on stage.
A family member at the show posted the video to TikTok and wrote, “Laylah’s dream fulfilled. #zachbryan #zachbryanconcert #zachbryanmusic #melbourne #fyp #leukemia #cancer.”
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"Dawns" featuring Maggie Rogers - (2023)
This duet was released in January of 2023. Bryan and pop singer Maggie Rogers co-wrote it. A music video was released simultaneously. The song entered the top 50 of the charts in Canada, Ireland, and the US. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Bryan and Rogers performed the song at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on August 23, 2023, as part of Bryan’s “Burn, Burn, Burn Tour.”
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