“It was a bizarre thing to venture to figure out how to sing good-ish.

I just tried to have fun with it,” Jonas tells Entertainment Weekly.

It turned out to be “one of the hardest scenes to shoot.”

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Nick Jonas in ‘The Good Half’.Utopia

Jonas loved the “good challenge” of singingnotas himself.

“I’ve never done that before, and this was a very different kind of film for me.

It was a big undertaking.

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Nick Jonas in ‘The Good Half’.Utopia

I just tried to deliver a consistent and thoughtful performance.”

He also drew on his own experiences with grief to relate to Renn’s journey during filming.

It was necessary to tap into that."

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Nick Jonas in ‘The Good Half’.Utopia

“It’s okay to not be okay,” Jonas says.

“Healing happens over time and on its own time, so patience is important in that process.

The Good Halfhits select theaters through Fathom Events screenings on July 23 and July 25.