Country Music is Shooketh
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asphaltcowgrrlAnd so am I. LOL
I was greeted by some upsetting news this morning. One of my favorite new artists was showing his ass again. Several months ago, Morgan Wallen was asked to be on Saturday Night Live, pretty impressive for how new he is. And then his dumb ass went out, partying, kissing college girls while his ex was at home with their new baby. Annoying and stupid, to say the least. He lost his spot on SNL, but was asked to come back a couple months later.
Then, this morning, I read that he was caught on a neighbor's doorbell cam using racist slurs. Like, dude, it's 2021. What's with using the n-word? But this is how small town country people are sometimes. And honestly, big city people, too. I had hopes for this guy, I really did. Even my non-country-music listening child, Taylor, LOVES him.
His record label has suspended his contract, he's being pulled from radio, his videos are being taken off CMT, among other things. Which is good. It's about time that the people making money off these idiots start standing up for what's right. No one will ever change their racist ways unless they see someone else suffering the consequences.
On a brighter, happier side, I later saw that half of the duo Brothers Osborne, has come out as gay. This is SO big for country music because for the most part, it's full of southern conservatives. It's a huge risk for him professionally and, while none of this should matter to their fans, you know it's going to piss some of them off royally. I'm really hoping he and his brother don't have too much crappy backlash over this. There's an article in Time Magazine about him here if you're interested.
And to give them some love, here's one of my favorite songs of theirs:
God, TJ has the most amazing voice. Hahahaha. And truly, some of the most non-country country music on the radio right now.
Aw heck, here's another just because I can't get enough of these guys. This is the first one I ever heard from them:
(And FYI, this song is on Andrej's Tub Music playlist because yes, I have one of those.)
Okay, I probably ought to go back to work but blah.
I was greeted by some upsetting news this morning. One of my favorite new artists was showing his ass again. Several months ago, Morgan Wallen was asked to be on Saturday Night Live, pretty impressive for how new he is. And then his dumb ass went out, partying, kissing college girls while his ex was at home with their new baby. Annoying and stupid, to say the least. He lost his spot on SNL, but was asked to come back a couple months later.
Then, this morning, I read that he was caught on a neighbor's doorbell cam using racist slurs. Like, dude, it's 2021. What's with using the n-word? But this is how small town country people are sometimes. And honestly, big city people, too. I had hopes for this guy, I really did. Even my non-country-music listening child, Taylor, LOVES him.
His record label has suspended his contract, he's being pulled from radio, his videos are being taken off CMT, among other things. Which is good. It's about time that the people making money off these idiots start standing up for what's right. No one will ever change their racist ways unless they see someone else suffering the consequences.
On a brighter, happier side, I later saw that half of the duo Brothers Osborne, has come out as gay. This is SO big for country music because for the most part, it's full of southern conservatives. It's a huge risk for him professionally and, while none of this should matter to their fans, you know it's going to piss some of them off royally. I'm really hoping he and his brother don't have too much crappy backlash over this. There's an article in Time Magazine about him here if you're interested.
And to give them some love, here's one of my favorite songs of theirs:
God, TJ has the most amazing voice. Hahahaha. And truly, some of the most non-country country music on the radio right now.
Aw heck, here's another just because I can't get enough of these guys. This is the first one I ever heard from them:
(And FYI, this song is on Andrej's Tub Music playlist because yes, I have one of those.)
Okay, I probably ought to go back to work but blah.
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Date: 2021-02-04 01:51 pm (UTC)Agreed on that last part. Here's to hoping he can open the doors to more acceptance in the genre and in general.