The Rock Discusses Expanding Into the Realm of Music, Doing More Snging

During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, former WWE Champion and TKO board member Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson spoke about expanding into music and doing more work as a singer. Earlier today, The Rock debuted a new music video for his track, “Your Dad,” from Moana: Voices Across the Ocean. Below are some highlights:

The Rock on Exploring a Music Career

“I’m exploring that now, and I appreciate you asking that. As you roll along in life, I’ve been real fortunate to be part of some really cool projects, and love it. But music has always been such an anchor for me, and very specifically in genres that I love, like country music, traditional country music, and we’re exploring that now.”

On How He’s Now Doing Things for Himself

“I’ve reached this point in my life and in my career where, honestly, Brian, when I wake up in the morning, I swing my legs out of bed, and whatever the thing is that I’m doing, I wanna feel like I’m just running towards it, and the most gratifying things we do are when it’s for us, because we have enough pressure to deliver for so many other entities.

“The things we do, we must do them for ourselves, and then we must feel it in here, behind our ribcage. But they’re also always connected to some sort of commerce. You 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. Where there’s no pressure of an expectation to deliver something that, ‘Well, how are the sales, and how’s the box office? How’s the streams?’ It’s just from me to them.”

The Rock also sings in the new live-action version of Moana, now in theaters. His next movie, Jumanji: Open World, hits theaters on December 25. You can check out The Rock’s touching “Your Dad” ballad below: