Droning Chase Rice Open Letter Pretty Much Admits His New Single Sucks
“I’ve even started disliking these songs that I have written about a girl and a truck and a perfect night. I don’t dislike the ones I have put out. I just dislike the amount of songs I put out about that sort of subject matter.”
This was stunning (and slightly contradictory) admonition that Bro-Country artist Chase Rice made to the Sun Times back in October. Most infamous for being one of the co-writers on Florida Georgia Line’s mega-hit “Cruise,” Chase went on to become one of the defining artists of the Bro-Country movement when his album Ignite The Night was released in 2014. Rice’s single “Ready Set Roll” became the poster boy for the misogynistic bent of Bro-Country, commanding his object of desire to “get your little fine ass on the step, shimmy up inside.” But ahead of his new upcoming album he’s begun to sing a completely different tune.
“It’s exciting for me at this point of my life to really know who I am,” Rice says. “I put out 19 songs on my last album, and I figured out through that what I love and what I hate. It will be all about depth in this next record. If there is any way to find out who someone truly is, it’s through hearing about the deepest parts of their lives. That’s what these new songs will have in them.”
Chase was sure saying the right things, as are a lot of the Bro-Country acts who are now acknowledging the flight of interest in the bastardized style of country music. But words are cheap, and actions speak louder. And it didn’t take long for Chase to break his promise that his next album would be “all” about depth.
Just as Chase Rice was the lesser-known, but equally important player helping to usher in Bro-Country, he also part of a growing chorus of country stars pretty much openly admit their lead single sucks. But that’s okay because their albums will be better. Right now, mainstream country music is almost solely predicated on the life of an album’s lead single. It is the alpha and omega barometer of the industry. Everybody knows that lead singles are abominations of the format. But they are absolutely necessary to secure the radio play necessary to give an artist and an album the boost it needs to get from the studio to the store. If the lead single fails, so does the album, and potentially an artist’s entire career.
READ: Country Music Needs to Let Go of the Radio Crutch
You can at least give Chase Rice credit for his honesty, because even though he does his best to beat around the bush in a painstakingly-long chicken-scratched letter he released to his fans on Friday (2/5) he basically admits that his new single “Whisper” is bad, cliche, and lacks substance or story. But he promises the album will be much better. He even plays up the whole card about how the album concept and substance in music still matters, as if these words will make up for what “Whisper” symbolizes.
Despite Chase’s praising of the album concept, most of his spasmodic fans aren’t going to purchase a hard copy of his new album anyway. Most would need a Ritalin pill to make it through this letter.
What the Chase Rice letter tries to establish is that it’s okay if your singles suck, as long as you admit that to your fans. It’s a strange game of open-faced poker where your admitting you’re poisoning the masses, but believe apologizing for it ahead of time somehow removes all blame, when in truth all it does is admit culpability.
Chase’s letter is marketing. But what it does speak to is how the criticism of country’s direction is being heard and acknowledged in every sector of country music, and can’t just be ignored. The criticism of songs like “Whisper” is a force in the marketplace itself, so much so that it must be calculated into a single release. “Whisper” even has Chase Rice fans saying, “I miss the old Chase Rice.”
What’s up y’all. Chase here. I wanna start by saying I hope y’all enjoy my new song “Whisper”. My guys and I have put a ton of work and thought into this new music, and I know a bunch of you out there will love it. Having said that, I’m not ignorant, there are a lot of people out there waiting for country music to find a little more depth and meaning. Well, I agree with you. Country music deserves that. This first song may not be what you’re looking for yet, but that’s ok, because music was not meant to be heard in singles, but in Albums. My album will be out later this summer, and I can promise you one thing .. if you absolutely love this progressive version, I appreciate you, and I think you will love this upcoming album.
If you have listened to my music for years and want to hear more depth and meaning, I very much appreciate you, too, and your desires will also be fulfilled on this album (and truthfully that was my goal on previous albums with songs like “Carolina Can” and “Every Song I Sing.”)
I grew up on guys like Garth Brooks and Kenny Chesney. Songs like “The Dance” and “There Goes My Life” spoke to me at that time and still do today. They helped shape me as an artist and as a man. I cannot speak to the state of country music, after all I’m just one small part of it. But I can speak about my music, and I have a strong desire to put my life in stories .. good or bad, fun or serious, cliche or not often said – into my albums.
Having said this, I know I can’t please everybody, so if you’re a fan of mine, thank you from the bottom of my heart. If you’re not a fan of mine you most likely haven’t gotten this far in this letter, but I appreciate you, too, because you, too, give me the drive to maybe one day convert you with three chords and the truth one song, or one show, but since it’s coming from me, it’s going to come to you one album at a time.
God bless.
The song “Whisper” will be dealt with specifically in due course.
February 8, 2016 @ 11:12 am
Wow, that is mind numbingly awful.
February 8, 2016 @ 11:21 am
He’s such a clown. He makes me HOWL with laughter. Then I listen to this single and I cry because really, it’s so awful it could be used to torture war prisoners. Nothing he says will ever make up for this hideous piece of rotten shit.
February 8, 2016 @ 11:30 am
My God… Is the Chase Rice who wrote that letter the same Chase Rice who acts like an assmunch on social media? The letter sounds so much more mature and self-aware than we’re used to from Chase Rice.
If his new album is even remotely decent I’ll withdraw some of my criticisms about his personality.
That last part spoke to me. I love music, and even artists I used to hate have won me over. If he can puts the proof in the picking I’d be a fan…
I don’t think Kenny Chesney or Garth is indicative of “growing up” on Country Music. Come back after you listened to Haggard, or like me went through an 11th grade Waylon Jennings kick, or dressed up like Porter Wagoner…
I hope his album is better, for everyone’s sake.
I happen to agree with the assertation that bad music is made less bad by openly admitting it. I don’t like people who insult detractors or people who, like Dallas Davidson, blindly stick to their guns. It’s why I can tolerate Jerrod Niemann.
It’s still bad music, but it’s less annoying when it’s honest about it.
February 10, 2016 @ 12:45 pm
I agree that when he shows some maturity, I find myself disassociating the man with the bland-dumb music he plays. I want to root for him and hope he puts out music with substance so I can actually listen to it. But then I remember that his twitter feed was full of “God bless ‘Murica” and country stereotypes and I wonder why I feel bad for a guy who’s likely to say that manliness is under attack…
February 8, 2016 @ 11:32 am
Do you think he knows you don’t have to underline “album” every time you write it out?
February 8, 2016 @ 11:52 am
What Chase is trying to do here is build an army of loyal fans that every time someone criticizes this single, they’ll pipe up for him and say, “Yeah, but Chase Rice’s ALBUM is amazing and you should listen to it because it’s full of substance.” And the thing is, it doesn’t even matter if the album has any substance or not. They’ve been told it does so they’ll believe it.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:13 pm
Silly Music Row, no one buys albums anymore.
February 8, 2016 @ 11:37 am
I stopped reading the letter after, “Whats up yall, Chase here”
Really? I didnt see the giant print at the top of the paper where it says CHASE RICE…
I guess he doesnt understand that when writing a letter, you sign off, not sign in…
February 8, 2016 @ 11:39 am
What a letter! This guy is a comedian!
February 8, 2016 @ 11:42 am
“What if I shut you up with my lips on your lips”
As if bro/metro country wasn’t sexist enough already…
February 8, 2016 @ 1:16 pm
I had to do a double take on that line, and shut it off right after! Wow! What a way to treat a girl, tell her you’ll shut her up with your lips on hers! If a guy said that to me, I’d be done, but probably not before I smacked the shit out of him! I would certainly want to, anyway! I can’t stand that Ready Set Roll, either. It sucks!
February 8, 2016 @ 11:45 am
But what it does speak to is how the criticism of country”™s direction is being heard and acknowledged in every sector of country music, and can”™t just be ignored.
Exactly. That’s the real take-away from this. Yes, there is plenty of reason to criticize Rice for giving us a terrible lead single and then bizarrely apologizing for it in a public letter! To my knowledge, that’s a first. But the very fact that he (or his team) thought it important to release this letter is a clear indication that Music Row is fully aware of the ongoing and increasing backlash against their marketing model and radio hegemony.
February 8, 2016 @ 12:45 pm
I have to admit, I’m a little (pleasantly) surprised by the backlash. And I think some of it is just people parroting stuff they’re hearing from others, while continuing to eat up what’s handed to them at radio. But either way, I’m liking what you described as “the real take away” here, and I agree.
February 8, 2016 @ 11:45 am
Chase Rice played at the music venue I used to work at last May. I didn’t watch the whole show (on purpose), but seriously, every time I ended up in the theater, he was playing a cover. Like, Blink 182’s “What’s My Age Again?” and Lit’s “My Own Worst Enemy.” (hey, I’m part of the TRL generation too…but I think the problem is not what he’s doing, but calling it “country”) The crowd was singing along with every word of those tunes…so I’m not sure how much his fans want substance, honestly. It would have to be catchy, easily digestible, substance to keep the people who buy tickets to his shows happy.
February 8, 2016 @ 12:47 pm
I think a lot of people will actually like music of substance if it’s made very readily available to them.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:41 pm
They like whatever is playing on the radio and they think it’s cool to like. That is why artists like Chase Rice have a responsibility to the public that goes beyond lip service.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:52 pm
He apparently doesn’t put up too much of a fight in the meetings because releasing a song like this is like getting on his hands and knees. Especially after all of the BS he’s been spewing.
February 8, 2016 @ 2:54 pm
‘They like whatever is playing on the radio and they think it”™s cool to like’
Trigger …you’ve copped my mantra . Radio folk like what it’s cool to like .The Emperor’s new … SONG ?.
If a person knew anything about substance , depth , melody and craft in a song they’d have turned off mainstream country radio years ago . Its hip to like modern ‘ country ‘ radio .
To quote songwriting giant Bob McDill :
“But I don”™t listen to the radio anymore,” said McDill. “All those silly little phrases. I don”™t get it,” he said. “Some of [the modern country music] lacks definition.”
February 8, 2016 @ 1:52 pm
Some people might enjoy such music in the moment, but after the moment’s over, that doesn’t mean they’ll seek it out by themselves. Music isn’t all that important to some people. They’re like me when in comes to wine. I’ll really enjoy drinking a fine wine picked out by someone who knows their wine, but the next time I’m looking to buy a bottle or two, I’ll just pick up something from whatever is available in my local supermarket.
February 8, 2016 @ 3:01 pm
……at least you take the time to be educated and understand WHAT the differences are Jack . I am more and more convinced that folks don’t bother doing that and simply stumble on blindly settling for the crap peddled as ‘art ‘ by no- talent people peddling themselves as ” artists” . THESE are the listeners ” country ” music seems to be preying on .
February 8, 2016 @ 6:55 pm
Because music isn’t that important to them. It is background to whatever else they are doing. How many of them actually sit and just listen to music without doing anything else?
February 10, 2016 @ 9:56 am
I agree with that sentiment, and understand that most people do not value music as an art as highly as I do. However, with that being said, I’m going to play off your analogy.
The current state of country isn’t akin to a wine connoisseur and a casual wino. It’s more like someone saying, “I enjoy wine, I think I’ll go check out this wine bar.” Then, when they arrive at the wine bar, all that is being served is Milwaukee’s Best. Milwaukee’s Best is completely legitimate as a beverage choice, but it’s not what was billed, or what you arrived seeking. Next, when you bring this point up, that this is Milwaukee’s Best and not wine, everyone starts screaming about how wine can evolve and we just need to get used to it.
So, realizing that this is not a wine bar, you go down the street to a whisky and cigar lounge. However, when you arrive in that establishment, same scenario. Milwaukee’s Best, Camel Crush menthols and shouting about the evolution of alcoholic imbuements and fine tobacco. Repeat ad nauseum.
February 11, 2016 @ 7:28 am
Some people have been going to that wine bar for decades. The wines were at least decent when they started going there, but got progressively worse and eventually got to the point where, as you say, it’s not even wine anymore. Still, it’s their wine bar, so they keep coming out of habit. And hey, they still get a little buzz off of whatever’s being served, so it’s all good.
February 9, 2016 @ 6:38 pm
I think all of the commenters to Carrie’s post are missing the real issue it raises. If chase rice’s fans know and are all singing along to older modern rock songs, they’re obviously not country fans, they are rock ‘n’ roll fans. So it begs the question, is Chase Rice really marketing himself to the wrong group ( by making non country music for country music fans), or is it that country music has been taken over by an audience of rock fans, and is Chase Rice and his ilk actually correctly making music which would appeal to their fan base and everyone involved, fans and musicians alike, are just mistakenly calling it country?
By the way, I’m not saying that any of the complaints on this website are wrong. I’m simply saying that the genre of country music has been taken over by rock ‘n’ roll fans. And it appears also now by fans of pop, EDM and rap as well. It’s probably a losing battle. They need to rename this form of “country” as modern country, as triggered has suggested previously. Then let classic country be called classic country
February 11, 2016 @ 8:17 am
I”™m simply saying that the genre of country music has been taken over by rock ”˜n”™ roll fans.
Wuss rock fans, maybe. I think if you’re a passionate rock and roll fan, the “rockish” country favored by some mainstream fans comes off as pretty weak tea.
February 13, 2016 @ 10:27 pm
I think country has been taken over by the JV teams of all genres. Few of these guys and gals could make it in the proper genre. Even Taylor Swift has some trouble, the level of competition in pop is twice as deep and 10 times wider than what she had in modern country.
February 8, 2016 @ 12:15 pm
“Droning” Chase Rice? I’m all for it.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:19 pm
There’s gotta be an exception in the Fourth Amendment for intolerable bro country acts.
February 8, 2016 @ 12:42 pm
He’s trying to hop on the Joe Nichols “Sorry, guys. The studio made me cut three shitty songs as singles” bandwagon, but without the years of street cred for being a generally decent artist.
February 8, 2016 @ 12:47 pm
Has anybody heard his earlier albums? Was he better before he signed to a major?
February 8, 2016 @ 1:00 pm
No. He has always pretty much had this sound, I remember him showing up in a Spotify playlist a couple years ago with some “Jesus and Jack Daniels” song. It was incredibly generic. By in large he has always had the same songwriting style, only thing that changed is FGL came along and made it “cool” at Country radio to mix in the occasional white-boy rap and touch of EDM.
Dude’s a hack. Plain and simple.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:03 pm
I haven’t heard any of his earlier stuff, so I checked out his Wikipedia page. It looks like he’s only got 3 albums and 3 EPs. His singles from earlier albums have titles like “Girls of the SEC” “Buzz Back” and “Only a Country Girl”. I’m not sure he’s ever had much depth.
He’s had an interesting life, though: linebacker for the UNC Tarheels, NASCAR pit crew member for Jimmie Johnson, and contestant on Survivor. Now, that’s a total bro-life.
Also, Wikipedia actually lists his genre as bro-country. Awesome!
February 8, 2016 @ 1:22 pm
I have a very unscientific theory that it’s no coincidence that so many of the worst Country artists going right now are all ex-athletes. I know at least one of the FGL bros played baseball at FSU, Chase Rice, Jason Aldean, etc.
Considering the cost of sports for parents now, it seems to be dominated by middle-class to upper class families. So basically where you once had Johnny Cash–poor cotton farmer–who knew the hardships and realities of working class life from an extremely early age…..you now have a bunch of semi-wealthy kids who were probably pretty damn popular throughout their youth in sports and probably had a lot of things handed to them that working class to poor kids would never be able to experience. Basically you have a bunch of guys singing and “writing” songs with very little–if any–experience with failure and pain in life.
Like I said, simply a theory and I am sure you can shoot holes through it all day. But it sure seems like a lot of the best artists going now (Stapleton, Simpson, Isbell, etc).grew up in a pretty working class family or were never super wealthy or popular growing up.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:35 pm
I too find it funny that many of the bros are former college athletes and pretty much all were in fraternities.
They pretend they’re just good old boys but I’m sure in college they were blowing all of their parents’ money on overpriced Southern Tide and Vineyard Vines shirts.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:45 pm
Yes, this is all just a “career” for them. Country music used to be the avenue to pull poor people out of destitution. Maddox Brothers & Rose started a band so they didn’t have to pick cotton. Merle Haggard became a performer to stay out of prison. Now it’s a fall back plan if you’re a college jock with chiseled features, because with Auto-tune and paint-by-the-numbers songs, anyone can do it.
Colt Ford also took up “country” after he flunked out of the PGA. He rapped because he couldn’t sing.
February 8, 2016 @ 3:03 pm
Once again you’ve crystallized the scenario Trigger
February 8, 2016 @ 6:50 pm
See also: Sam Hunt. He straight-up admitted to not really being into music and that it was his Plan B:
Hunt didn”™t really listen to a lot of music growing up. “I had a couple CDs,” he confesses. “But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.””¦
A career in professional football started to seem like an actual possibility for Hunt after a strong season his senior year, and after graduation, he was invited to a free-agent training camp hosted by the Kansas City Chiefs. But he didn”™t make it past the first week. So he settled on an even more far-fetched career path. He packed up his car for Nashville.
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/another-country-sam-hunt-maps-out-nashvilles-bold-new-future/2014/11/04/bd37cf86-643d-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html
February 9, 2016 @ 12:10 am
Nailed it.
Being a singer and in many bands over the years (nothing “famous” mind you), this phenomenon astonishes me nowadays. Musicians were always the outcasts, the weirdos, and the misfits – on average anyway. The jocks in school and in fraternities always made fun of us or treated us like The Help when they hired us for their little shindigs and made no bones about the fact that they were better than us. Even though they used our music to pick up (or date rape) drunk girls, we were second class to them. Now they’re trying to be like us, and they’re singing about what they know. And their kind is singing along and buying it up. And the impressionable are lapping it up as well.
Hopefully the tide is turning now. From Little Richard to Miles Davis to Willie Nelson to Jason Isbell, personally I believe music is better when the misfits make it.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:09 pm
I do believe the “Bros” are s scrambling cuz their “music” is sinking like the TITANIC! It’s no longer fashionable. People are now getting snip its of Artists
(Stapleton,Simpson,Isbel) that have Not had mainstream country radio stations playing them,But people like what they’re hearing. Bro-Country will be taking a back seat soon. Music Row better get with the program if it wants to be a power player going into the next decade. The “Bro-Country” purge has begun.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:33 pm
Whats great about this is that Chase talks like country music currently doesn’t have anyone playing music with substance or that are “three chords and the truth.” Give me a break. Hey Chase, Check out a Sturgill (just to name one of many) album. thats basically 38-ish minutes of three chords and the truth.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:46 pm
Horrible music. Even this guy hates his own music. What, why should he expect his fans to pay for something he doesn’t even like?
I really hope for a country music revolution. Country radio has to change – the majority of songs they play is mind-numbly dumb. The entire business model in Nashville has to change. Why only play the same four or five MALE singers over and over again where the songs all sound the same. There is hardly any variety on mainstream country radio, it’s just repetitive BS. Bro-Country needs to be wiped out.
I’m glad there are people like Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, Ashley Monroe, Kacey Musgraves to name a few that are trying to do their own thing and making worthy music.
February 8, 2016 @ 1:47 pm
This letter is hilarious. In the same breath as this letter, he releases a heavy R&B song lmao, trying to capitalize on the success of his cover of ‘Ride.’ They even made a video for it and started pushing it to help his album sales. Basically Chase is asking for a license to release whatever he wants as singles because its just business right? But if you really want to “get to know him” you’ll have to listen to his album haha. How convenient, must be nice to play both sides of the fence.
February 8, 2016 @ 3:07 pm
I’m seeing an increased amount of marketing strategies that involve record labels trying to convey a “more authentic” brand with their acts, when in fact, they aren’t. They might be pulling something over on the average radio listener, but it’s not fooling the dedicated music fan.
This whole “Chase Rice wrote a letter” thing is a perfect example. The record label knows they have to wade the waters of Chase Rice is pure bro-country, but he’s made statements about his music having more depth. So they have to find some medium to save themselves and this letter (which I’m certain was picked apart by a committee) is one of their tactics. A hand-written letter…that’ll make them connect.
The Charles Kelly camp is doing something similar to save his solo efforts. Clearly, he had to cancel a slew of tour dates, some were rescheduled for this spring. Poor ticket sales, not a lot of initial airplay with the single, etc. were a few of the factors. His team saw this an opportunity to talk to media about “Who is Charles Kelly?” There’s even a video spoof that he released that plays on the line that no one knows who Charles is. I saw a CMT interview last week that was spun in a way that made it sound like that Charles was such a hero, overcoming these obstacles, and still being able to forge ahead with the album release.
And the whole Little Big Town “Girl Crush” ploy has to be one of the biggest marketing moves I’ve seen in recent memory. The way they sent those “Girl Crush” caps to other artists who opened for them or were close friends, the tweets, etc. trying to make a movement out of nothing.
Songs used to be just songs…then they became singles…music videos were introduced….now there are lyric videos….promoted tweets…and the list goes on. Bless the artists who let the songs just be songs….and not a marketing scheme.
February 8, 2016 @ 3:09 pm
We”™ll see how things go. As I said elsewhere, he has a lot to make up for after “Cruise” and “Ready Set Roll” alone, to say nothing of his general attitude on social media.
February 8, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
I don’t like Bro- country period.
February 8, 2016 @ 3:25 pm
Chase Rice needs to make good music because he has few good songs out. Hey Trigger I am surprised you haven’t rant on Chase Rice cd and his last 2 singles he released.
February 8, 2016 @ 7:40 pm
The reason I have never ranted against any of Chase Rice’s material is because it wasn’t worth it. He was a third tier star that had one sing eek into the Top 5. When you’re playing second fiddle to Cole Swindell, you know you’ve still got a ways to go to the top. It will be very interesting to see where this single goes. Basically, his entire career is riding on it. Hence the letter.
February 8, 2016 @ 8:38 pm
Thank you
February 8, 2016 @ 5:51 pm
This is what passes for music? This is really terrible and for a song called Whisper it is really loud. I don’t wish ill on anyone but this just might be where Rice drops off the earth. He has no biz whatsoever being a “recording artist”. He needs a new career.
I’d rather listen to FLG and Luke Bryan on an endless loop for 24 hours. It’s that bad!
February 8, 2016 @ 6:28 pm
This song almost sounds like the label decided bro-country is dying, so now let’s try to be like Sam Hunt, he’s popular.
February 8, 2016 @ 6:39 pm
There’s a lot of ways to draw attention to the release of your new single. Writing a letter stating that the song isn’t very good is the strangest yet.
Maybe he did it to get a better read on what his fans think of bro country. Some of his fans are gonna be like “what are you talking about? This new song is awesome!”
February 8, 2016 @ 6:56 pm
This letter is priceless.
The only flaw with this site is the name should be Saving Real Music because
‘Country music’ is forever fucked.
February 8, 2016 @ 7:00 pm
He is saying “I’m just in it for the money” and “keep paying me”
What a scumbag. I hate him even more now.
He did block me on Twitter, so that’s the best thing he’s ever done, in my opinion. Stupid shitdick
February 8, 2016 @ 7:14 pm
This is Rice’s attempt at ripping off Sam Hunt. You have to listen CLOSELY to tell the difference. Theres only one difference…..Hunt can SING, Rice CANNOT. This idiot seriously needs to hang it up he’s an embarrassment to himself.
February 8, 2016 @ 8:10 pm
Its a sign on how long its been since I listened to country radio or even the country stations on my XM radio in the car, that I have never heard of this guy. And I haven’t been missing much based on the song I just heard. Not everyone has to be Jason Boland, but that song wasn’t even country-like like Rascal Flatts. Just horrible.
February 8, 2016 @ 8:14 pm
I don’t really know who Chase Rice is and certainly have not heard any of this songs. What is amusing to me is how commenters on this site love to bitch about music they hate (46 comments before mine) but when a good review is given for someone like Nick Dittmeier there are only 13 comments. From my perspective, I avoid crappy music and would rather focus on new, good artists and music. In this day and age of streaming, iTunes, satellite, etc. why do people listen to music they hate? I have avoided many artists featured on this site simply because so many people seem to hate it. I never click on a link featuring a “crappy” song that starts a rant. To my knowledge, I have never heard a song by Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Sam Hunt, Taylor Swift (except for Mean, which is pretty good), Blake Shelton (except for that Redneck song), Darius Rucker, Eli Young band, Carrie Underwood or any of the other artists regularly ripped on here. My conclusion is that people who read this site listen to a lot of shitty music.
Why don’t you people just avoid what you think you don’t or won’t like? If I hear a song that sucks, I am not going to seek out that artist and there is no reason to listen to commercial radio if you don’t like it. (And I don’t listen to it). When I read a negative review, I don’t go buy the album.
Twenty years ago I heard lots of music I didn’t like because other options were limited. That hardly ever happens any more. Not trying to be a dick, but I don’t get it.
February 8, 2016 @ 9:17 pm
Well said but what is that marketing slogan regarding people telling 10 people about bad service and only 1 person about good service?
February 9, 2016 @ 4:05 am
True. The difference here is that many readers seem to keep going back to same “business” where they got bad service instead of avoiding it. Makes no sense. Life is too short; avoid the crap!
February 10, 2016 @ 9:01 am
That’s one big mouthful of truth. If you’d have given me 5 more minutes I’d a wrote it myself.
February 9, 2016 @ 5:34 am
ChaseRice: What’s up is your head, up your ass.
February 9, 2016 @ 11:03 am
Oh lord. I cannot WAIT for the rant on this one.
February 9, 2016 @ 11:26 am
he should just get rid of the electronic banjo, and add techno beats then send it to the party r&b stations.
February 10, 2016 @ 6:27 am
Maybe Eric Church isn’t the FIRST to plug the importance of “AN ALBUM”, but he was definitely the first in the mainstream to be the most vocal about the importance of an album as a whole. It seems like other artists are seeing his success with that, and HOW he dropped his last album (handwritten note to fans??) and trying to copy that, hoping to have the same success. The thing about Eric Church is, though, whether YOU like it or not, HE stands behind his music, and its clear that he makes the music HE wants to make – not what his label forces him to make. Chase Rice is basically writing a note to his fans acknowledging that his singles suck.
February 10, 2016 @ 10:42 am
Could this song copy from Sam Hunt any more?
February 11, 2016 @ 10:30 am
Woof. This guy is the worrrrst.
June 29, 2016 @ 11:21 pm
go listen to the new single if that’s this guys idea of depth than he doesn’t know the word and needs to stop throwing it around cause it’s not it’s typical bro country lyrics with blaring guitars so basically it’s a florida georgia line song that’s not by florida georgia line (sort of)