All those weeks ago, in the middle of Super Bowl LVIII, Beyonc茅 came along and 鈥渂roke the internet鈥� with the surprise release of twin country singles 鈥淭EXAS HOLD 鈥楨M鈥� and 鈥�16 CARRIAGES,鈥� a preview of her upcoming album. Almost immediately, a fiery debate ensued among the self-appointed ...
Long ago, a girl with golden locks and cowboy boots beneath her princess dress declared: 鈥渢here鈥檚 more to life / than dating the boy on the football team.鈥� And so there was. The little girl went on to grant the gifts of a fairy godmother ($55 million in bonuses to her Eras Tour crew), make the ...
Ask anyone about the summer of 2023 and they will tell you it was the summer of Barbenheimer. What they won鈥檛 tell you, however, is that it was just as much the summer of country music.
Tears, laughter, and joy spill across the strings of Taylor Swift鈥檚 guitar. This is the Taylor I know and love. She is the one who always listens, the one who got me through middle school, the one who makes me jump and shout with glee鈥攁ll with a mere click on Spotify. This Taylor disappeared with ...
Gum-covered bus rides. Fingers stained Bomb Pop red. Billabong swim trunks clinging to two still-growing legs. This is what 鈥淐larity鈥濃�擹edd鈥檚 iconic 2012 pop banger鈥攎eans to me. When Ice Spice samples it on her song 鈥淣o Clarity,鈥� one of her first songs to gain traction, pop becomes a signifier: ...
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Morgan Wallen hails from Tennessee鈥攖he home of the Ku Klux Klan, the former land of lynch mobs, and the deathbed of the Civil Rights Movement鈥檚 greatest hero鈥攁nd croons endlessly about its virtues and beauty. After he famously said the N-word, his fans made him a martyr to cancel culture, saluting ...
