Beloved Country Star Has 'No Idea' How He's Going to Make Money Amid Career Hiatus
- - Beloved Country Star Has 'No Idea' How He's Going to Make Money Amid Career Hiatus
Kayla AldecoaJanuary 16, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Chase Rice shocked the country music world when he announced in November that he was stepping away from touring for the first time in more than a decade.
As he prepares to wrap up his final shows before his indefinite hiatus, Rice admits he has "no idea how [he 's] going to make money."
"It's scary," he told Rolling Stone in an interview published Thursday, January 15, adding that residuals for his biggest songwriting hit, Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise", have slowed down.
"The cool part about it all was everybody on my team agreed that I should do it. It’s scary as s--t not knowing where your money is going to come from, but it’s a fun thing to be in a place where you’re not making what you usually make, and you’re still content with it," he continued. "That just assures you that it’s the right move. I have zero plans of going back to any of the more pop stuff. I’m going to keep writing the style of music that I make now on a guitar and pray for the best."
Rice burst onto the country music scene after "Cruise" became a massive hit in 2012. He went on to release his own debut album, Ignite the Night, two years later and hasn't slowed down since.
"I’ll probably never tour like I did again. And financially, that is not your best decision, because if you’re doing 80 shows over one year, you’re not doing it because you’re making a million dollars a night, not for me anyway," he told Rolling Stone. "You’re doing it because it’s a business. You got to cover your expenses, and sometimes it takes that many shows to cover your expenses."
The North Carolina native first announced his plans to take a break in a November 2025 Instagram Story.
"Taking next year off from touring for the first time in 13 years," he shared at the time.
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He elaborated on the decision earlier this year, explaining, "I haven’t been able to be myself on stage in quite a while and really enjoy music and why I got into it in the first place."
This story was originally published by Parade on Jan 16, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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