Kane Brown – The “Justin Bieber of Country Music” – Is Now a Major Label Artist
Purported country music “viral star” Kane Brown is now a major label artist. And if you thought your acid reflux got a workout when you watched Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt up on stage claiming to be country singers, Kane Brown is guaranteed to kick it up yet another notch.
As much of an earache as Sam Hunt or someone like Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line might be, my guess is if you asked them on the spot to name five Hank Williams songs, they could rattle off satisfactory answers, even if they have to struggle to come up with the last couple. But Kane Brown? I’m not sure he even knows who Garth Brooks is, let alone what country music as an artistic expression is supposed to be. Sam Hunt and Luke Bryan at least paid their dues as songwriters. Kane Brown flunked out of The X Factor and posted a couple of videos to Facebook. Apparently in 2016, that’s enough to prove your worth.
“A lot of the people in Nashville think the numbers are fake, but they can’t prove it. They’ve never had a Justin Bieber in country music, so they don’t know how to deal with it,” is what Kane Brown told the Times Free Press a while back.
Anyone with any sort of cursory understanding of country music would never compare themselves to Justin Bieber, and the reason Kane was so defensive about his numbers is because a lot of people believe they are fake, and were partly stimulated by cozy relationships between Kane Brown’s manager Jay Frank, and streaming entities. Instead of proving his worth in songwriting rounds or slagging it out in bars, it’s millions of questionable views and streams that have put this 22-year-old in the spotlight.
READ: Kane Brown: Market Manipulations & The Manufacturing of an Organic Star
None of that matters now though. Kane Brown has put pen to paper with Sony Music Nashville, and now he’ll be releasing singles and albums in the mainstream and showing up at awards shows and other mainstream functions regardless of the manipulations that got him here. He’s also been booked to open for Florida Georgia Line on an upcoming tour.
No matter what you think about his music, the lesson of Kane Brown is that you can cheat to get ahead, and you don’t have to pay any dues or prove yourself in the marketplace.
The “Justin Bieber of country music” sounds about right.
January 28, 2016 @ 9:47 am
He sold out a venue in Columbus that Brothers Osborne and Brandy Clark (playing a show to benefit St Jude) couldn’t. I still don’t know how that happened. I guess someone is really watching his videos.
January 28, 2016 @ 9:57 am
There’s no doubt Kane Brown has a solid following now. It’s because so much hype was built up around him, people, young girls especially, felt like they needed to be involved or they wouldn’t be part of the cool crowd.
January 28, 2016 @ 8:22 pm
looks like a affermative action hire to me
January 28, 2016 @ 10:35 am
Same thing happened in Indy at the 8 Second Saloon. It completely sold out before acts like Cole Swindell did, which I found so hard to believe. A sell-out isn’t typical for such a new act….and this specific venue is known for distributing free tickets to get people in. This was around the time the talk of Kane’s out-of-proportion numbers were being discussed, so his sold-out show caught my eye and made me question it.
January 28, 2016 @ 9:51 am
To get a record deal in country music, all you need to do is put on a ball cap, turn on a camera, and rap a little about beer, trucks, dirt roads, and girls. Meanwhile, talented women have to “sex it up” just to get anywhere. And Heaven forbid you try to sing a song that actually means something.
January 28, 2016 @ 9:55 am
Excuse me while I vomit. He looks like a reject from Party Down South or Buckwild…
January 28, 2016 @ 12:21 pm
Just missing the TAPOUT T-shirt..
January 29, 2016 @ 5:58 am
Probably the ugliest kid I’ve ever seen.
January 31, 2016 @ 8:38 am
Agreed. He is one ugly *ss mofo!
January 28, 2016 @ 9:58 am
Un freaking believable.
January 28, 2016 @ 10:04 am
It really boggles the mind to think that that things have gotten this bad.
January 29, 2016 @ 9:40 pm
I’m sorry but this guy really sucks. I see no semblance of country influence in anything he does.
Kane Brown shall never leave my lips again as long as I live. Kane Brown be gone and never come back.
January 28, 2016 @ 10:06 am
I don’t think anybody will pay attention after Chris Stapleton sweeps the Grammy awards in a week.
Stapleton’s success will spawn imitators worse than “Dirt Road Anthem” did because it’s even more astounding. That’s why the minor bros are getting left behind. Cole Swindell, Chase Rice and Thomas Rhett have in essence hit their career peak and are going to be left behind, while FGL, Aldean and the dude who falls of stages will have to adjust their sound to continue forward.
Even assuming my hypothesis that Isbell will receive a poor reception at “All for the Hall” is correct, the ever swelling number of traditionalists punching through to the mainstream should keep Kane Brown largely inconsequential because by the time any new music is released, the “bro” era will have been replaced by the “try to imitate Chris Stapleton and that weird guy who sings about reptile aliens” era, because that’s what is selling.
Luke Bryan has been such a major star for so long, but for almost three months now Stapleton has been carrying around the bro”country” Hydra’s most dangerous head as a trophy, by shuffling Luke Bryan to the sidelines overnight and staying that way.
Meanwhile Kane Brown’s fudged numbers won’t translate into stardom, even assuming that the direction of music doesn’t change, because unlike the equally untalented Cole Swindell, he doesn’t have a frat buddy to piggyback.
Seriously, when was the last time a “new” Bro “Country” artist was launched? They haven’t been, and the only successful pop “Country” artist to date has been Sham Hunt. The idea of trying to present Kane Brown as either of these types of performers will fail, because no new bros are in the chutes now that Stapleton has begun calling the shots, and Sham Hunt is the only one of his kind to make any influence.
January 28, 2016 @ 12:34 pm
I agree that we are about to be flooded with Chris Stapleton wannabes. Probably the only reason it’s taking so long is that the labels are waiting for the beards to grow in on their next crop of generics.
January 28, 2016 @ 1:23 pm
LOL on the beard comment. Here’s hoping Christ Stapleton wannabes are at least a little more interesting and enjoyable than the Luke Bryan type wannabes.
January 28, 2016 @ 3:12 pm
I imagine you’re going to include William Michael Morgan and Mo Pitney in the mix?
January 28, 2016 @ 10:27 am
Here’s hoping this kid’s career is a flash in the pan.
January 28, 2016 @ 10:35 am
Two things:
1) From my experience in four decades of interviewing everyone from everyday people to death-row inmates to governors and members of Congress, I can tell you that when someone is presented with an accusation and their response is not an unequivocal denial but rather, “They can’t prove it,” then there is probably something to the accusation.
2) Why is it so hot in here, and what are we doing in this handbasket?
January 28, 2016 @ 11:22 am
Lol, I’ve never interviewed anyone for anything… but when I read that quote from him I thought of Bart Simpson standing there saying “I didn’t do it, nobody saw me do it, you can’t prove anything!”
January 31, 2016 @ 8:51 pm
Reminds me of Randy Marsh coming down the stairs in his bathrobe screaming “they got nothing on us, nothing on us!”
January 28, 2016 @ 10:41 am
i’m the Justin Bieber of SCM’s comment section. deal with it.
January 28, 2016 @ 10:49 am
Damn. What did we ever do to deserve this?
January 28, 2016 @ 11:31 am
We’ve got to get them to stop using the word Country to describe this stuff. Has anyone come up with a term that we can get them to start using? They used to call it “Hot Country” back in the 90s, right? But then they were able to take over the basic term completely? I listened and liked Kane’s voice, like the baritone aspect especially, he can have his fun. I just want them to call it what it is and it is NOT country music. I’m getting the sick feeling that we’ll never get it back and “Country” music will just mean American pop music from here on out.
January 28, 2016 @ 11:58 am
Just read your other article on Kane’s mysterious rise and I want to take by my “have his fun” comment. It’s pretty obvious he’s been dishonest and it’s all pretty disgusting.
January 28, 2016 @ 11:35 am
Yuck. Oh well, I’ll just continue to support the artists I like (Isbell, Simpson, Stapelton, Rogers, Morgan, etc.) and ignore these one trick hacks Nashville is rolling out. I don’t even have a country station set as a pre-set on my trucks radio anymore. The only one I do have is this little classic country station that plays stuff like the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Any new Country music is pretty much only listened via Google Music streaming or digital downloads.
Screw Music Row and screw Country radio. There is really very little to no excuse to listen to it anymore with so much good music just an app away from being discovered.
P.S. Congrats Trigger on the write up about Mikel Knight that I saw on Deadspin this afternoon. I don’t want to derail the thread so I won’t go much into it, but it’s damn cool to see you and the website getting mentioned on one of the most trafficked websites on the internet.
January 28, 2016 @ 11:39 am
I was just about to mention the Gawker piece. I scrolled through it but it was too long to read on my lunch break. I did see that Trigger was mentioned and linked to.
January 28, 2016 @ 12:00 pm
Sounds interesting. What’s the link?
January 28, 2016 @ 12:21 pm
Thanks Mike, I’ve been conversing with the author Andy Cush about this for probably going on six months. I’m glad he was finally able to get his piece published, and hopefully the greater exposure by a big outlet will help spread the story.
January 28, 2016 @ 12:17 pm
I don’t care if an artist finds success, but I have no idea how he is considered anything like country music.
January 28, 2016 @ 12:21 pm
This makes it so much easier to forget Nash country.
I’m sticking with my long time love affair of Texas Red Dirt.
January 28, 2016 @ 12:25 pm
Not directly related, but in case you haven’t seen it yet Gawker has a big story on Mikel Knight and his street team, including this quote from a former street teamer: “I”™m not a religious guy, but Mikel Knight is fucking Satan.”
http://gawker.com/driving-and-dying-in-the-service-of-the-country-rap-kin-1751698239
January 28, 2016 @ 1:12 pm
Meet the new bro, same as the old bros. Yawn.
January 28, 2016 @ 9:00 pm
Isn’t he “lil bro”?
January 28, 2016 @ 1:37 pm
Well, all I can say is shame on me for actually believing that with the initial surge of his popularity a good 3-4 months behind us, and the fact that Chris Stapleton just became country’s most popular artist, that Kane wouldn’t get his big record deal after all. I figured that since he hadn’t signed with anyone within that first month that he blew up, there was a smaller chance of him signing. By now, I’d all but given up on the idea that he’d go anywhere but the internet. Guess we all have our stupid moments huh? Let’s hope he doesn’t derail the momentum that real country music has going for it right now.
January 28, 2016 @ 2:01 pm
I heard when he played Boondocks in Springfield, IL he was like an hour late going on. On top of that he only did something like 5 or 6 songs, with only 2 being originals. I wasn’t there, just second hand from someone who was.
January 28, 2016 @ 2:05 pm
Lord have mercy on country music. Country Music is very ill right now and I want to puke right now. Play some Waylon and Hank please.
January 28, 2016 @ 2:15 pm
Trigger, I’d like your honest opinion: Do you truly, deep in your heart, believe that we are about to do a 180 into hearing more artistic music on country radio and seeing more genuine artists represented on awards shows? And if so, what kind of timeline do you project for it? Do you think Kane Brown even has time to reach the top? I know you’ve said before that we will be heading into a period of FGL types alongside Stapleton types, but do you think that our horse will ultimately win? These two sounds, so different in nature and approach, cannot coexist. One will emerge victorious, and one will be left behind entirely. On a similar note, if we should win this battle, what will become of SCM? I like to think that you’d stick around. We’ve gotten used to you. Who know, maybe SCM would emerge as the go-to blog for country music?
January 28, 2016 @ 4:12 pm
We’ve already seen that turnaround at awards shows and in a big way with Chris Stapleton. We’ve also seen some inroads into country radio, but that’s a much slower process. Country radio has to change direction or it will no longer be a viable entity. Radio stations are in the red all across the country, there’s talk of a power vacuum at Viacom whose laying off employees at CMT left and right, and nobody has a plan beyond Bro-Country and Sam Hunt.
What I don’t think is we’ll ever eliminate guys like Kane Brown coming into the picture and making everything that much worse. But as long as folks like Stapleton and others are getting their due attention, let them have Kane Brown. Someone needs to appeal to 14-year-old girls.
January 28, 2016 @ 2:52 pm
Trigger………where… is…Pawn Shop??? Lol
January 28, 2016 @ 3:28 pm
Will their be a critique in “fix”?
January 28, 2016 @ 4:08 pm
If your asking about Chris Lane’s song “Fix,” I’m sure I’ll have some words about it soon. No need to give it any more attention than it deserves until it gets big enough to be worth paying attention to.
January 28, 2016 @ 4:12 pm
What about the Brothers Osborne album? Been looking forward to your thoughts on that.
January 28, 2016 @ 3:28 pm
BTW I think I can now officially say that I am probably the weirdest young guy on the planet, I’m about to turn 27 in a couple of months and here I am reading about this young 22 year old dipshit who apparently is picking Garth Brooks as an influence but singing FGL and Thomas Rhett Atkins knockoff songs and flat out just insulting me because I make no effort in hiding the fact that I’m an unapologetic Garth fan but I choose not listen to fuckheads who do nothing but make fucking beer commercials. THAT’S IT! THAT’S ALL THEY’RE DOING!
I would rather have my Garth records be played alongside Dave Cobb’s records and Wade Bowen’s and hell even Bruce Springsteen’s because their stuff is more along the lines of Garth’s music and not Jason Aldean’s and I’ll tell y’all this, the next beer commercial music defender that starts coming in and defends this bullshit is gonna suffer an ass whooping with me, because I’m getting tired of having to explain to people why I like this genre but not the radio shit.
January 28, 2016 @ 4:04 pm
I laugh so hard that I start hacking up my lungs when I hear the name Kane Brown. Actually the first time I saw a picture of Kane Brown that a facebook friend of mine shared popped up on my news feed, I really he thought he was some wanna be rap artist. He has a song called “Don’t Go City On Me”…..and I know an artist shouldn’t be judged on their style of clothing, when its their music that really counts……but COME ON! I watched a concert performance of him (he wasn’t actually singing the song) and he looked like Lil’ Wayne standing on the stage. If your going to sing a song titled “Don’t Go City On Me”, at least have some respect by pulling your pants back up to your waist and throwing a belt on…..But hey! Call me an old fashioned 21 year old…
January 28, 2016 @ 4:15 pm
Son of a bitch, gimme a drink.
January 28, 2016 @ 4:47 pm
Why do we have to get a freaking Justin beiber wannabe
Why can’t we get like Slash or freaking something?
January 28, 2016 @ 5:37 pm
This is honestly so stupid I don’t think it’s going to work. Like so next level stupid I doubt even lowest common denominator “country” fans are gonna buy it.
January 28, 2016 @ 6:03 pm
Who’s buying this?
Only two of his songs are even alright; Forgetting Is The Hardest Part (which is pulled off iTunes because…?) and Used To Love You Sober. Even then, Used To Love You Sober was released the same week as another song by Gwen Stefani called “Used To Love You”. Everything about this man is calculated. The songwriting is boring and vague, the instrumentation is predictable, his voice, while decent, is never pushed near its limits, and his music is clearly not meant to express anything; It is only made to appeal to a wide audience who eats these “country” songs up.
Hopefully the market will get sick of him. After releasing 4 (!) singles in the span of 3-5 months, each getting less and less traction, I’m hopeful he’ll be gone soon.
January 28, 2016 @ 6:43 pm
“No matter what you think about his music, the lesson of Kane Brown is that you can cheat to get ahead, and you don”™t have to pay any dues or prove yourself in the marketplace”
Aw c’mon Trigger …..he’s got the backward hat and acres of tattoos . He MUST .be a legit country singer
January 28, 2016 @ 6:48 pm
He is on RCA records (good singers Garth, Trisha, Miranda, and Chris Young) along with Old Dominion; what a tragedy!
January 28, 2016 @ 6:57 pm
“Radio stations are in the red all across the country, ….”
Interesting comment as just last week for the first time ever ( and I’ve e-mailed comments to our local station for years ) the local FM ” country ” station e-mailed out blanket surveys . It was quite detailed in terms of zero-ing in on musical tastes….. breaking down ‘ eras’ by groups of artists , asking for comments on particular artists they play , asking for feedback on how the station should improve playlists etc.., It wasn’t a check-box kinda survey . It seemed much more thorough …as thought they actually were prepared , now , to listen to listener concerns ( my own included generic sounding bands / songs….lack of female airplay , lack of rhythmic variety , lack of diverse themes ,lack of narratives , not featuring musician soloists and traditional instruments and the ever-present chanting and fake software hand-claps on every song ) . The surprise was that it was such an in-depth survey in terms of the actual music . Very interesting and hopefully it will result in a far better playlist . BTW , the station is JR FM 93.7 in Vancouver , Canada and they have really gotten about as un listenable as a station gets in these times ….not to mention the relentless onslaught of LOUD commercials .
January 28, 2016 @ 7:29 pm
Canada is a different ballgame. While pandering to the USA market it has to be still a number of Canadian born artists. Do a little research I believe it was around 40% of the playlist has to be Canadian born artists. Plus their country market size is 10% of ours so a gold record is considered 50,000 units there.
I live ten minutes from the Niagara Falls border. We used to get the biggest country station in Canada out of Toronto 95.3 called cing-fm but it changed formats maybe six years ago. We currently don’t get any of the stations just if I’m really close to the border and in the early morning or night time. Absolutely love Paul Brandt, Aaron lines, and George canyon to name a few. Other stuff I couldn’t care for much.
Another item of note is Canada lifted their ban on American touring musicians paying an exorbitant fee last week. Unless it was a huge outfit they really couldn’t play there.
January 28, 2016 @ 8:23 pm
Honestly it really blows my mind to think how much in truth the country music industry seems to be funded and influenced by horny teenage girls and girls in their early twenties. Think about it they go crazy about attractive douchy male singers and force their boyfriends to pay for their tickets or they go in a big group to a concert. Not to mention how they spend so much money on iTunes. Its either that or its a bunch of guys in the suburbs who somehow now think its cool to act all country even when they have no idea what they are doing. It is ridiculous. I can just imagine all the teenage girls and douchy guys going crazy over Kane Brown. Sorry about the rant, but I just have to say that I grew up in the country on a farm, and I don’t dress or act country too much at all. Maybe I should start wearing some designer cowboy boots with my flat bill flipped back and tell girls to hand me a beer and make me a sandwhich though so I can get a girlfriend.
January 28, 2016 @ 8:45 pm
“The Justin Bieber of Country Music”
Dubious doesn’t begin to describe that (IMHO).
January 28, 2016 @ 11:33 pm
Focus energy into turning people on to the “good shit.” Bro country fans (little girls & bro-country songwriters) are doing it for the bros. Tag friends in social media when you find “good shit.” I promise you, our favorite artists are keeping up with “page likes” and “followers.” It’s a movement so get to moving.
January 29, 2016 @ 2:47 am
For some reason Facebook thought it would be funny to “suggest” one of his posts to me. Think it was for a new video he dropped. I saw some of the comments and the first one was him saying something along the lines of “before you haters start freaking out, I never said this was country music.”. Theyre not even trying to hide it, just shitting on the rich legacy of Country Music!
January 29, 2016 @ 4:47 am
We have a local place called The Brew House that brings in acts. They have brought acts like Chris Knight, Jason Eady, Adam Hood and Pat Green. They even bring in older acts like Confederate Railroad and Joe Diffie. These acts all have trouble selling the place out but I’m glad they keep bringing them in.
I know the place has to make money and find a way to sell the place out. Old Dominion regularly makes a stop, Sam Hunt from the county below us will do a show from time to time (I believe that he is somehow friends with the owner) and then they had Cole Swindell a few months back. All of the shows sold pretty quick.
But this Kane Brown fellow seemed to come out of no where in ticket sales when he came to town. It was like the biggest act in music just came to our small town. His popularity is more of the popular thing to do rather than the music. They think he’s Country just because he has a deep voice.
When I first became a Cody Jinks fan I read a blog that he posted a while back. In the blog he talked about the best advice he was ever given….the shorter the ladder to the top the faster the fall….
Casey Donahew Band will play the Brewhouse on 2/4 and as of now there are tickets available….I would be surprised if they are sold out on a Thursday night.
January 29, 2016 @ 5:29 am
And the going gets weirder.
Hope this creates some backlash with the mainstream pop country people. Wish there was more traditional country on the radio for them.
January 29, 2016 @ 7:41 am
He is absolutely hideous, and his music is terrible. And that’s coming from a 19 year old girl.
January 29, 2016 @ 8:20 am
As an X Factor reject, was there any reason why he was eliminated? Did any of the judges give him any kudos or is that show a viewer voted thing?
Don’t like him much but am curious. If he never said he was Country then why the hell is he allowing himself to be promoted as such? I’m sure it’s about the money and publicity but any true artist would fight the powers that be.
January 29, 2016 @ 10:34 am
I’m not sure why Kane Brown was eliminated, but he didn’t make it terribly far in the competition.
January 29, 2016 @ 2:20 pm
Just saw this in the Times Free Press from last year:
Brown tried out for “American Idol,” but was told the world didn’t need another Scotty McCreery. The folks on “The X-Factor,” also on Fox, wanted to put him in a boy band, so he quit the show, he says.
January 29, 2016 @ 9:28 am
Kane Brown – Ass Clown! Enough said
January 29, 2016 @ 10:35 am
I have had a conversation with this person. Truly…when you look up douchebag in the dictionary, FLG pics have been replaced with Kane’s. He is the most pompous, arrogant, ignorant, disrespectful person that I have met in my 21 years in the business. Not to mention that his spelling and grammar are HORRIBLE. Bro-Country is on the decline…and hopefully this time, Abel will kick Cain’s ass. (yes I know different spelling)
January 29, 2016 @ 11:21 am
Why am I not surprised? The FGL guys may be stupid, but at least they seem approachable. (And I’m not an FGL fan by any means.)
January 29, 2016 @ 1:01 pm
He comes off as the guy at the bar that thinks he owns the jukebox and will stand behind you to make sure you “play something good” and then take the remote from behind the bar to skip all your songs until Fetty WAP or Big Sean come on.
January 29, 2016 @ 1:09 pm
Someone like Kane Brown has no business in country music. Hell, I’d take Sam Hunt over him. He may not be country, but he at least has talent. I am 19 years old, listen mostly to mainstream country music, and agree that mainstream country music has gone to Hell in a hand basket. I have no interest in that clown Luke Bryan and his ass shaking and girl pants and think hacks like Brown, Cole Swindell, Old Dominion, and Michael Ray shouldn’t be here at all, but there are still some excellent artists in mainstream country. I love Kacey Musgraves (she’s my hero and the reason I wanna be a country singer), Ashley Monroe, Jon Pardi, Gary Allan, Lee Ann Womack, Brandy Clark, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Maddie and Tae, Tim McGraw, Jana Kramer, Cam, Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton, Chris Young, Mo Pitney, the list goes on. The ones who are still interested in putting forth an effort and making decent music. Substance and artistry still exist, but it’s getting harder to find every day.
January 18, 2018 @ 11:14 pm
All mainstream music sucks, from country to rock and everything else. Country has been dead for a LONG time.
January 29, 2016 @ 2:26 pm
I checked out iTunes to see what kind of reviews he had….this was my favorite:
As a country song, it’s awful. Don’t give me the “country music has to evolve” excuse, if you order spaghetti and get ravioli, did the spaghetti evolve? No.
January 29, 2016 @ 6:34 pm
Love it! haha
January 30, 2016 @ 4:42 pm
Hilarious!! 🙂
January 29, 2016 @ 4:54 pm
I don’t know what it is but there’s something about this stock photo of the guy that makes me want to punch him right in his gapped teeth. I don’t maybe I’m just crazy.
January 30, 2016 @ 4:43 pm
Adam, you’re not the only one who wants to punch him. 😉 He looks like a pompous, arrogant, disrespectful, stupid little twit.
January 29, 2016 @ 9:50 pm
So, is Lame Brown more country than Sam Hunt or has he taken the “More country than…” crown.
January 30, 2016 @ 4:41 pm
Sam Hunt isn’t country in the slightest, but at least he has paid his dues and does possess a smidge of artistry. Matters aside, Kane Brown is rightfully the new owner of the “More country than…” crown.
January 30, 2016 @ 11:18 am
Every time I see something on this character I know think of the kane toads in Australia and that makes me think of this, which is more country than Kane and uh… more Kane than Kane. LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSsUXMjXXp4
January 30, 2016 @ 7:44 pm
Gosh. This is horse $#!tt, please don’t even give this guy the time ofday. He doesn’t even exist in my world. Next year hell be the young Chris Stapletron. Since they are both imitators. Took the time to listen to traveller from beginning to end. Someone told me I needed to hear it as a concept album(idiot). Got a good pair of headphones and gave it a listen. The only concept is imitate something popular from rolling stones to allman brothers, Hank Jr, I can pinpoint where the melodies and luric came from.
Sorry that was off topic but even production wise traveler doesn’t stand up to Jason or sturgill dave Cobb release really not even shooters.
So in closing screw Kane whatever his name is, he needs to go play with miley and justin stat away from the adult table.
January 30, 2016 @ 7:47 pm
When did he get paroled?
January 31, 2016 @ 5:36 am
Somewhat related to this comment, but then again this comment would be applicable on almost any thread on this site: often in the morning I will put on CMT or GAC (just for some background noise), and this morning I flipped on GAC and I thought i was on the Disney channel by mistake. i was confronted by a “group” called 1 Girl Nation. Bright costumes and pure pop. The song was dreadful, but I waited until the end in pain just to get their name so I could warn y’all. Upon seeing this, not only did I think I was watching the Disney Channel but it occurred to me that they were finally trying one of the last things I had not yet seen in country; something that ruined rock and even pop, prefab boy/girl bands. This group appear to be five young girls singing nothing more than pure cotton candy pop, there was no evidence of country whatsoever. If this has been tried before in country, I have not yet seen it. Sure there have been manufactured folks like this new bozo Kane and Dang + Shat, but now they are sticking 4 or 5 talentless little cuties together a la One Directon, BSB or NSYNC. Can it get any worse? Needless to say there were 3 songwriters, none of them from the “group”. I have no doubt I just saw the next budding Beyoncé, I just didn’t know which of the 5 it was.
January 31, 2016 @ 5:16 pm
country music is in the @#*& hole.
February 1, 2016 @ 7:56 am
He’s just so TRASHY looking! Even with all the awful music out there now – at least they all LOOK like decent people. This guy is just disgusting and looks like he should be in prison. His music is awful. Some people get by with their shitty music on their looks… So I just don’t understand how this guy is getting by with neither.
February 1, 2016 @ 8:08 am
It looks to me like his mother drank a case of Night Train every day for nine months. Bless his heart…
February 4, 2016 @ 6:43 pm
Whoa, wait a second. I have been out of the loop for a while. When the hell did Tyrann Matthieu of the Arizona Cardinals try making a country music album???
February 14, 2016 @ 10:10 pm
I’m not really sure if I’m understanding everyone. It seems like you are just simply haters!!! Yes Kane Brown does have followers me being one of them. I have actually taken the time to listen to a lot of his music not just one or two songs to pass judgement. I have been to one of his sold out concerts that I purchased a ticket for (it was not given to me bc Kane Browns people were buying tickets to give away to fill the venue) and the concert was GREAT!!! The fans were great! The fans were excited to see him and knew every word to his songs. So why all this talk about him cheating the system? He obviously is proven him self right now with 27 sold out concerts. People know him from social media and love him it’s as simple as that. To say he can’t sing. Well like I said you need to do more research bc he can take any song from another artist and kill it. His voice is absolutely amazing and he doesn’t need any help from a recording studio. So there’s really no need to be a hater. Jealous, maybe. He has true talent and he made it on his own with nothing but his talent. So let this kid live his dream and all his fans (bc there’s a lot) enjoy his music and all the haters realize your wrong.
February 22, 2016 @ 10:13 am
people will listen and buy what they want to….all the yah-yahing in the world isn’t going to change it..there you go,,,,
April 20, 2016 @ 6:06 pm
Yall are rude af he is kewl and a really good singer so f*** off n get a life
July 25, 2016 @ 2:52 am
Is it country to hate on ones success? Country isn’t the same today as it was 20 years ago, just like rock n roll isn’t the same. Things change so adapt or just buy the old shit on cassette and shut up. He is selling out venues for a reason. The people in this country are ridiculous. Just shut up and stop complaining already. Bunch of babies.
October 13, 2017 @ 8:52 am
Laughing my ass off at the girl a few comments back who says he doesn’t need help from a recording studio and clearly has no idea the dude uses rack mount auto tune and tracks for his live shows…
January 18, 2018 @ 11:16 pm
Might as well be the Milli Vanilli of country LMAO!!
February 14, 2019 @ 7:44 pm
Kane Brown is FAKE country music . He doesn’t deserve to be called country. I beat Hank William Sr. rolled over in his grave hearing about Kane Brown and his FAKE self. Us folks should start a bring back country music petition so we can stop this madness.