Jason Kelce was on his brother Travis‘ podcast and had some very strong words for the current state of country music. I thought Jason was the mild-mannered one, but he didn’t hold back.
He said, “If I have to hear one more country song that’s like, ‘I got my boots in my truck, going through the fields.’ Like what the [f*ck] are we talking about? That’s not country music.”
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Now Jason went on to say that he was, “tired of country music and what it has become.” But he did say something we can all get behind…he said, “just put on some [f*cking] Willie Nelson.” Can we get an amen? Seriously.
No one in their right mind would argue with listening to more Willie. To be fair, he just put out a new album, so he can listen to all of the Willie he wants. Now does he make a valid point?
Are the lyrics in country music getting bad again? Isn’t bro-country dead? Haven’t we moved past that? The answer is easy. Nashville labels can’t help themselves in putting out bad “country” music with a pop sound in hopes it crosses genres to make the most money possible. It’s a business and they’ve forgotten their core country audience. I feel it’s all about the money and not about the music.
Maybe Jason just needs to listen to better country music? Try turning off mainstream country radio sometimes and explore streaming country music. Artists like Cody Johnson, Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce, Riley Green, Zach Top and Jake Worthing to name a few are carrying tradition country on their backs. They are doing it pretty damn well too.
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