Save Me (Jelly Roll song)

"Save Me" is a song by American musician Jelly Roll, released on June 25, 2020, as a single from his 2020 studio album Self Medicated. An official remix of the song with American country music singer Lainey Wilson was released on May 12, 2023, as the second single from his album Whitsitt Chapel (2023).

The song was sampled on "Somebody Save Me", the third single from Eminem's 2024 album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).

Background
The music video of the song premiered on June 16, 2020. In the description, Jelly Roll stated, "This one is a little bit of a curveball for me. I don't usually do these stripped down acoustic videos, but writing this song made me feel something and I felt y'all needed some insight into the more vulnerable side of the music business."

In regard to his inspiration for writing the song, Jelly Roll told Apple Music:

"It was the middle of the pandemic. And when I say middle of it, I mean we were spraying boxes with Lysol. And I just couldn't sit through that. I was like, 'We got to work.' And I was in such a dark space because of that; I knew I needed to write. My father had just died a year before. So I'm still learning how to grieve through that. And then I'm like, 'We got to write. I got to get this out of me.' So 'Save Me' came from a really dark space. It's still really hard to sing."

In a June 2024 interview with Howard Stern, Jelly Roll further revealed that inspiration for the song came from Bette Midler's song "The Rose".

Live performances
Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson performed the song at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards and later at the finale of season 21 of American Idol.