Country Star Drew Baldridge Lights Up Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade With Hallmark Duet ‘Joy To Your World’

Country singer-songwriter Drew Baldridge is closing out 2025 on a high note, dazzling millions during the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and sharing joyous family news that another baby boy is on the way. Baldridge joined forces with Mickey Guyton atop the Hallmark Channel float to debut their festive single “Joy To Your World,” adding country flair to the holiday spectacle that featured 34 balloons, 28 floats and 11 marching bands. The Illinois native called performing in the iconic parade a “dream come true” and revealed he arrived two days early to soak in behind-the-scenes preparations, from balloon inflation to float choreography. Fans won’t wait long for more Baldridge on screen: he appears as rowdy newcomer “Rowdy” in Hallmark’s time-travel holiday movie A Grand Ole Opry Christmas, premiering Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Offstage, Baldridge and wife Katherine are expanding their family. The couple—already parents to three-year-old Lyric—announced they’re expecting their second son in April 2026, sharing the news exclusively ahead of the BMI Country Awards. “Nothing comes close to the joy of being a father,” Baldridge said, noting 2025’s career milestones pale next to fatherhood. The upcoming birth caps a breakout run fueled by Baldridge’s viral wedding anthem “She’s Somebody’s Daughter,” self-funded chart-climber “Country Born,” and relentless touring that put him on stages from CMA Fest to European festivals. Industry watchers credit his authentic storytelling and TikTok savvy—he has 2.3 million followers—for converting viral moments into sold-out shows and 600 million global streams. Looking ahead, Baldridge teases a 2026 album built around gratitude and fatherhood themes, anchored by “Joy To Your World” and a duet with Ashley McBryde recorded at the Opry. Spring tour dates will pause in late March so the singer can be home for the new arrival, then resume in May with amphitheater slots opening for Dierks Bentley and Lainey Wilson. Between a bucket-list parade performance, a Hallmark movie cameo and growing family, Drew Baldridge is living out the lyrics of his own hit: “Life’s got a way of giving back more than you give.” Country fans—and Google searchers—are clearly listening.