At Home With Chris Daughtry – The Journey Back From The Bottom
Rock doesn’t just hit hard, it heals. In this intimate hang, Allison Hagendorf welcomes multi-platinum front man Chris Daughtry for brownies, coffee, and one of the most vulnerable conversations of his career around his new EP, “Shock To The System (Part Two).”
Filmed at Allison’s home, this candid, long-form conversation dives into grief, mental health, peak performance, and the creative rebirth behind some of the most powerful songs Chris has ever made.
Chris Daughtry opens up about:
⚡️ The making of “Shock To The System (Part Two)” and how “The Day I Die” set the tone
⚡️ Pouring loss into “The Antidote” and “Razor” — and what those songs really mean to him
⚡️ Finding his way back to himself after years of people-pleasing and creative second-guessing
⚡️ How walking, lifting, and “moving meditation” became a mental health lifeline
⚡️ Summer of ’99 with Creed, the Seether co-headline, and why rock crowds feel more alive than ever
⚡️ Singing with his daughter, raising musical kids, and the lessons he hopes they carry forward
This is Chris Daughtry like you’ve never seen him — honest, raw, reflective, and completely at home. It’s a conversation about family, resilience, and refusing to be anything but your truest self.
👀 Watch next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwh7qo7VAe4&list=PLl6dGiHr9hXCBsHHe9qR0PiTgxkpdjRyI&index=2
🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts: https://play.megaphone.fm/sxhb2ibzrw-vle8ombutpa
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00:00 — Brownies, coffee bar & welcoming Chris to the house
03:26 — Early touring years, bad habits & the 2010 wake-up call
05:02 — Blacked-out arms, new look & the start of a new era
07:58 — From full album to EPs: splitting Shock To The System in two
09:24 — “The Day I Die”: writing sessions, darkness & setting the tone
10:32 — Real-life overwhelm, parenting, and wanting to escape (without giving up)
11:45 — Resurrecting an old song idea & finally “cracking the code”
13:27 — Down in a hole: finding his identity inside the lyrics
16:51 — “The Antidote”: Hurricane Hannah, loss & ending the EP with nothing left to give
19:00 — Recording through tears, nuance over vocal fireworks & songs as medicine
22:36 — Walking, lifting & “moving meditation” as mental health tools
26:35 — 20 years in, feeling like this is his best work (and why charts don’t define it)
29:21 — Summer of ’99 with Creed, phones-down crowds & rock’s resurgence
33:00 — Co-headlining with Seether & building the most vocally brutal set list yet
35:26 - Proudest achievement and able to still do this & community, being a music fan
37:55 — Singing with his daughter, musical twins & a Bring Me The Horizon cover
41:55 - What do you hope your kids learn from you
43:00— The story behind “Razor,” painful voice memos & learning to let go
48:51 — Words to live by, being present with family, garage-gym hang & bounce house send-off
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An A-Game Production
Co-Produced by Raw Content & Ones To Watch/Live Nation
Raw Content
Directed by: JT Boehme
Shot by: Michael Morones
Sound by: Andrew Kim
Set Artwork Courtesy of Tchay
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