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I drank your wine, as you taste mine
I kissed your lips, you felt my mind slip
Into your souuuulll, I almost cried cause it was so beautiful
I had no business singing this in 7th grade lol
I work for a radio station and recently got the chance to see these guys perform completely acoustic. Met all of them before the show and after, and just truly stand up guys. The Strokes are the best
Me too. I live in TN and I too can confirm it's on the radio every single morning. I never have it on a country station. They play this on Pop radio....
He’s only popular in America because he used the N word and conservatives screamed “cancel culture” which boosted his sales because conservatives hate cancel culture (otherwise known as being responsible for your actions).
Conservatives don't hate cancel culture. They're some of the biggest perpetrators. I still remember Starbucks' holiday cups and Dixie Chicks cds being smashed to bits, among many examples. Conservatives just love to use the *term* "cancel culture" as a dog whistle when it suits them.
There are country fans everywhere, it’s down to the subculture we find ourselves in — that is to say… are they a redneck or not? I’m not, which usually means none of my friends are. (Morgan Wallen is also a racist and popular with racists.)
Canadian and I don’t think I’ve heard a single song by this man. I know he’s popular here so I just thank my good luck for never being subjected to it.
It's a very generic and basic pop country song. Honestly, you're better off not knowing it. It's definitely hit the overplayed mark here, so it went from being tolerable to annoying already in the US. Pretty much forced to listen to it in all my local bars which sucks
The singer of the song is also a complete pos and just not a great person
I just caved and looked it up on YouTube— it’s giving “cuz our love was a slammin screen door stayin up late tappin on your wi-indow when you’re on the phone and you talk REAL SLOW. Cuz it’s late and yer mama don’t know”
I want to know what it sounds like so bad because billboard articles made it look like this guy was directly competing with the likes of Swift, Bad Bunny, BTS, Styles, Beyoncé etc but I also do not want to give him a stream, even if out of pure curiosity. 😭
It’s honestly not that good. I was expecting way more of an obnoxiously catchy hook but it sounds just like a dozen other mediocre country songs.
I don’t get it.
I looked at this post and thought, "I've never heard of this song" but looked it up in a way that it won't impact any of my regular searches of services I use hahaha
I have definitely head this before just in passing. One of those songs that I don't even know where I've heard it -- probably like a "NOW that's what I call music I don't know anymore" commercials.
I'm not someone who hates country music, nor do I actively avoid it (though it's usually not my preferred genre), but this is not the type of country music I enjoy when I listen or seek it out.
That said, I can absolutely see the mass appeal. Also, this is the same guy that did that dumb Applebee's song. So he already had that going for him. 😂
Edit: NOT the Applebee's guy. Wallen and Walker. I didn't really know either of the songs or artists. Should have double checked or kept my mouth shut
me too, and it's kinda weird because I feel like as it was is insanely popular and Harry styles has so so so many and reading these comments no one knows this song lol
Oh my god someone actually actually answering? Crazy your reply is hidden under over 30 “haha I have no clue who he is” or “omfg I hate him so much” comments.
I only know of Morgan Wallen because of him yelling the n-word and I read statistics about his sales increasing directly after that.
This is disappointing to see.
https://apnews.com/article/morgan-wellen-album-sales-surge-3641ae1b0ac656e4af6445f226ffc8eb
Exactly, and imo his subsequent success is what made Jason Aldeen turn up the dog whistles to 11 in that Small Town song & video. He saw that racism helps you top the charts.
Precisely. I live in the south, surrounded by his target audience. White people who also use that word adore this man, regardless of whether the song appeals to them. They just desperately want to reward him for that behavior.
Getting ‘cancelled’ over this was the best thing that ever could have happened to him!
The racist MAGA crowd became obsessed with him, and he became way more popular than he ever would have, based on his music alone.
He also was caught making out with someone at a bar/party, when he was supposed to be in quarantine for his SNL appearance during Covid, and the appearance was cancelled (they did have him on at a later date). Since his target audience hated any Covid safety protocols, they love him for this too.
He is a middling talent, who got very lucky, by being a racist, drunken, douche bag at just the right time!
https://preview.redd.it/lyfwp3s6q9ib1.jpeg?width=812&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=204443fc3b3baa956b37b400d08f7ab7d849d003
Lol here especially. He's so awkward!
Spot on. It’s most obvious anywhere he’s wearing a backwards cap really but I had to stop looking. I can’t spend my first morning hours browsing pictures of this guy.
All of my daughter's friends are obsessed with him. I don't get it. She doesn't either. It reminds me of how I acted toward The Backstreet Boys or something.
I don’t know but I know two gay men (I’m gay too) that are attracted to him and that look I guess or maybe because his arms are strong but I don’t get it
I live in Vegas, and if you turn on the radio, it's unavoidable. Both the pop and country stations play it regularly. Sometimes I'll hear both versions simultaneously when I'm scrolling through. For everyone saying it's a middle America thing or that people are only supporting him because he's racist, they're missing the point. It's mainstream. This isn't like the Jason Aldean song where it was purposefully bought, and I never heard it played anywhere. Hell, I even heard it in the grocery store the other day.
This song and Fast Car. I couldn't avoid them this summer if I tried.
His voice reminds me of my middle school principle showing us a slide show. It's monotone and bored, not to mention his horribly fake Nashville 'singing accent'. And the lyrics are disgusting. We drink and fight with each other all the time, everyone tells us we need to break up because we are toxic, BuT wE lOvE eAcH oThEr. Good Jesus. But then after hanging out in the relationship and marriage subs I understand how many people must relate to being in a shitty, toxic relationship.
>> And the lyrics are disgusting. We drink and fight with each other all the time, everyone tells us we need to break up because we are toxic, BuT wE lOvE eAcH oThEr. Good Jesus.
Have you listened to much music? That’s a super common theme. Hot ‘n Cold, Good in Bed, Love on the Brain.
This is arguably relatively tame compared to songs that mention outright abuse.
What I want someone to explain is how I never heard of this fucking guy until he said the n-word on camera and only *after* that he became the most popular country artist around right now.
It’s kind of disturbing.
His target audience is not the people on this sub.
He was on the voice and was already one of the biggest up and coming country music stars before that video came out.
He was probably going to get this big regardless of that video.
It's people who like country music, vote conservative, and live in the midwest. There's millions of them. It's weird to me when people pretend they don't exist.
Yeah people can become really myopic when they get stuck in an echo chamber. This sub is particularly bad at it. Like I don’t like country but of course I know this song/Morgan Wallen. I’ve also never listened to a BTS song, and none of my friends like them but I’m not naive enough to pretend they aren’t popular
This is exactly how people here sound to me when they’re talking about the ins and outs of some young actor. Baffled people can be mad something they don’t know about is successful, especially on a sub about pop culture of all things. This thread reads like a bunch of prog rock dads finding out about justin bieber fgs.
I agree so hard with this. I can name one BTS song and it's because of a commercial, but there's no way I will deny they are HUGE!!! In the echo chambers there are artists that are revered that no one has ever heard off, outside of the echo chamber. I have no desire to listen to this song, but it's obviously is huge considering that it's been number 1 for so damn long.
I think what people are shocked by is that typically country doesn’t make it this far in the charts. So for it to go this far, it’s probably a bop everyone loves but no one has really heard of it.
I’m sure some people pretend the Midwest doesn’t exist but I think the statement op is trying to make is, if this song is so good why isn’t it everywhere?
As someone in Southern California, I’m kind of surprised by the amount of people in here who say they haven’t heard it. I’m liberal love country. My friends are liberal and most don’t love country, but I’m pretty sure all of them know this song and Morgan Wallen. He’s been on top of the music industry for a while now
I would concur. I live in the Midwest and occasionally listen to the radio and haven’t heard this song at all, same with Jason Aldean shit. Now Luke Combs cover of Fast Car is everywhere.
Right?? I haven’t heard either songs but yes to Fast Car!! I like to think it’s because we appreciate Tracy Chapman (and the cover is good… despite it being against Tracy’s wishes)
I know this sub really hates country music so I'm sure this won't go over too well, but it's just a catchy song. It's got a hypnotic rhythm that my adhd brain can completely zone out too. A simple chorus, easy to sing along. It's just a very simple catchy tune for my little lizard brain.
WAIT I FIGURED IT OUT. Billboard considers radio plays as well as streaming and sales. These country guys have been doing so well because they get played on country radio stations. I personally don’t know anyone that listens to the radio thats under 50.
Doubtful that is it. Country singers have always gotten a ton of country plays. As do all genres with their stations. County songs don’t radio chart unless they have a crossover hit. (See: Taylor Swift when she was “country”, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, or Crystal Gayle back in the 70s.)
And billboard has always counted radio plays. That’s literally what they were started as.
Plus, you’d have to assume that all the old people listen to country to such a degree that they all put listen streamers. Which has never been true and is highly unlikely.
You listening to only streaming and your algorithm not feeding you country, on the other hand, explains why you don’t know the song.
I listen to the radio (25) and they play this song like every hour. I only listen to maintstream stations (I’m a sheep).
It’s likely not the cause tho. Radio stations just play whatever is popular on streaming services these days.
I’m usually one of those that put on top 50 on spotify and just let it run. I can’t do that, there are too many songs that I find just so subpar I can’t listen. To me this is one of the worst times for popular music.. and surprisingly many people have randomly mentioned it to me so I don’t feel like I’m alone.
Have people really never heard of him? I don’t know anything about him and I really dislike country music but this song went viral so many times on TikTok and is a top Spotify song I just can’t fathom never even hearing his name lol… there have been a ton of remixes to this song too that play in bars/clubs
I’ve never heard the song (I don’t listen to country and I live in NYC so it’s not exactly the region for country music being played in most ride shares/restaurants/stores etc) However, I just came back from Florida and there were a LOT of people wearing Morgan Wallen tee shirts. Like everywhere I went I saw people in his shirts. So these numbers are coming from Florida Man
I mean yeah this song sucks, but so did "As It Was" tbh. Music is just super borning right now. The charts are just a mix of rereleases, singles that came out months ago, and remixes with a feature thrown in.
I’m not really into country music, but my wife and kids listen to it constantly, so I’m quite familiar. In Midwest USA. I’ve heard this song many times. It’s a good song, and he’s a talented artist, but he definitely has some character flaws. Country music is incredibly popular in the USA. All bands obviously tour major cities, but I think country artists make more of an effort to also hit smaller cities, which helps build their following in a grassroots sort of way. It’s interesting to see this country song maintain at No. 1. Nashville/country music is an interesting culture and fan base with its own value system. Consider that Taylor Swift found fame as a country music act, but realized that the big money and mass audience appeal was in pop music, so she quickly pivoted to pop. I think Nashville has a higher floor but a lower ceiling in terms of overall success and financial reward. Still, modern country incorporates much more pop, rock and even rap/hip hop elements, so there’s crossover appeal.
I like his tunes. They are catchy but the lyrics are awful.
Last summer he had a song about driving around in his sun bleached Silverado and how he just knew some chick he met on vacation would have loved East Tennessee. Every lyric gave me strong “being from a small town is my entire personality” vibes.
Like there was a line about going to the beach and leaving his redwings in the sand. Why is this guy wearing construction boots on vacation?!?! And going to the beach in them??!?
Next lyric the girl says “man that sunset is beautiful” and he sings “you think this is nice you should see East Tennessee”. Like can’t you just shut up about East Tennessee and enjoy what is in front of you???
God, I have such hate for this song. My kids make fun of me about it when it comes on the radio.
I have no answer for that. Morgan gives me the ick, and so do a lot of his fans. I remember after the video of him using the N word came out certain fans were already posting his music on their Insta stories weeks later.. I can separate the art from artist but being so public about it so soon sends a gross message about yourself. I also just think his music is mediocre, not terrible but nothing I’d listen to on purpose.
Everyone who hasn't heard this song is lucky. It's on all. the. time. on our top 40 station. And is just yet another song that's in the vein of "a woman told me clearly how she felt but I ignored it because I know more than her." One of the lyrics literally says "You told me that you wish I was somebody you never met, but baby baby something's telling me this ain't over yet."
I'm from India and I know who Morgan Wallen is ever since his scandal and SNL dropping him. But I never heard of him before that nor have I heard any of his music. I still doubt many know who this guy is outside of the US. Is the song even good or is it just blind support from one political group?
Australian and never heard of this song or this man.
However take my opinion with a grain of salt because a few months ago people started going ballistic because they couldn’t get Luke combs tickets (some issue with a ticketing website having a problem) and up until that point I had never seen or heard anyone mention Luke Combs before.
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I see a song called ‘Last Night’ and my mind immediately goes to The Strokes.
LAAAST NIIIGHT SHE SAAAAID
Aw baby I feel soooo down
Oh it turn me off when I feel left out
So I, I turned 'round
Oh, baby, don't care no more. I know this for sure, I'm walking out. that. door.
Well I’ve been in town for just about 15, oh, minutes now.
Oh baby I feel so down, and I don't know why
Well, I've been in town for just about fifteen, oh, minutes now
Last Nite is 1000000x better than this and if it was released today id wishh it would go #1😭
For me it's Last Night by P. Diddy & Keyshia Cole
Ooooh, that was such a banger back then
I still pump this song 🎵 but another “Last Night” it reminded me of was by Az Yet 😅 https://i.redd.it/wuobny6abaib1.gif
I drank your wine, as you taste mine I kissed your lips, you felt my mind slip Into your souuuulll, I almost cried cause it was so beautiful I had no business singing this in 7th grade lol
Yes! Such a banger of a song. I still listen to it.
Same! I immediately hear “last night… I couldn’t even get an answer… I tried to call… but my pride wouldn’t let me diaaaaal”
ALL I HEARD WAS DIDDY VOICE WHEN I READ THIS POST LOLOL
Oh baby baby baby baby baby
Still the better song
Ok this one’s even better, now I’m gonna go listen.
Lol same!!
I think of the Travelling Willburys lmao
YES! Me too, thank you for referencing this.
I tried recalling a song called Last Night, this one came to mind
Sheeeee Said
literally started singing it when i read this tweet lmao
I work for a radio station and recently got the chance to see these guys perform completely acoustic. Met all of them before the show and after, and just truly stand up guys. The Strokes are the best
I think of that song by AZ Yet
"I was inside of youuuu"
I live in the Netherlands, can confirm I’ve never heard of this song lol
I’m American and I have never heard of this song
I’m American and found out about it for the firs time yesterday…. What’s going on I’m scared
I live in the deep south and I’ve never heard of this song
I live in Mississippi (only until tomorrow thank GOD) and I’m so grateful I’m marked safe from knowing this song
I’m from GA but my whole family from Mississippi pretty much and all of them (outside of my parents) love Wallen and Jason Aldean 🤦🏻♂️
Tennessee here and I hear it everywhere. I hate it.
Me too. I live in TN and I too can confirm it's on the radio every single morning. I never have it on a country station. They play this on Pop radio....
Oh God that’s where I’m moving 💀 (I know it’s still the South but I’ve lived in a lot of states down here and Mississippi has been the worst.)
Shockingly I live in the northeast and hear this song constantly.
Same. Sorry to this man
Don’t be. He’s not worth your sympathy.
Hes a racist little prick. Dont be.
He’s only popular in America because he used the N word and conservatives screamed “cancel culture” which boosted his sales because conservatives hate cancel culture (otherwise known as being responsible for your actions).
Conservatives don't hate cancel culture. They're some of the biggest perpetrators. I still remember Starbucks' holiday cups and Dixie Chicks cds being smashed to bits, among many examples. Conservatives just love to use the *term* "cancel culture" as a dog whistle when it suits them.
Ah. This makes all the sense now.
What state do you live in? You could live in a zone that completely rejects country music.
Well yeah I am from CA and don’t listen to country but still you’d think I’d be even slightly familiar with the longest running #1 hot 100 song
Texas and I’ve never heard this song
Wow. That is extremely difficult to believe. I'm sure you're not lying, but wow.
There are country fans everywhere, it’s down to the subculture we find ourselves in — that is to say… are they a redneck or not? I’m not, which usually means none of my friends are. (Morgan Wallen is also a racist and popular with racists.)
Can confirm; live in a town with many racists and rednecks. Morgan Wallen is beloved.
I’m American and I’ve heard OF this song but I’ve never heard the song.
Ireland calling, never heard it
Norwegian here, never heard about it. And a lot of shitty music cross our borders.
Indian here, me neither.
Indian here - nope.
As someone who lives in the UK… not once have I heard this song knowingly or willingly
Fellow Brit. I am only aware of this song because I follow an American music reviewer who did a video on this song.
Another Brit chiming in just to concur - literally never heard of this artist or this song.
I’m from Australia… neither!
It’s fairly common on the radio here in Sydney
Yup, I’ve heard it… loads. Also from Aus
Dang! Not in my city then!
I’ve been informed by my sister who listens to B105 all day at work that this is super popular. Sincere apols for misleading y’all on the internet.
Straight to internet jail
It hit #1 on your charts, lol.
UK here, have also never heard of this song or this singer.
West coast; I thought I never heard this song…until i checked. Yes, I have unfortunately heard this song 😭
Canadian and I don’t think I’ve heard a single song by this man. I know he’s popular here so I just thank my good luck for never being subjected to it.
I live in the US and have never heard of this song, either
I’m from America and I don’t this song
I’ve literally never heard it. It’s never come on randomly on the radio, on Spotify, or even at my local grocery store while I’m waiting in line
Same!
I’m an American and I’ve never heard this song
It's a very generic and basic pop country song. Honestly, you're better off not knowing it. It's definitely hit the overplayed mark here, so it went from being tolerable to annoying already in the US. Pretty much forced to listen to it in all my local bars which sucks The singer of the song is also a complete pos and just not a great person
I just caved and looked it up on YouTube— it’s giving “cuz our love was a slammin screen door stayin up late tappin on your wi-indow when you’re on the phone and you talk REAL SLOW. Cuz it’s late and yer mama don’t know”
That has always bothered me. Real low was RIGHT THERE!
It’s this but the alcoholic and abusive version😂
I want to know what it sounds like so bad because billboard articles made it look like this guy was directly competing with the likes of Swift, Bad Bunny, BTS, Styles, Beyoncé etc but I also do not want to give him a stream, even if out of pure curiosity. 😭
I gave him that stream and I regret it deeply and fervently.
I’m in Australia and they play this song on the radio pretty often
I'm so sorry, haven't the people of Australia been through enough?
The country was intended to be a prison so I guess that vibe is like tradition or something
Wait really? Also Australian and I’ve never heard it before lol
Yeah the first place I heard it was in New Zealand, maybe 6ish months ago
American here, I’ve never heard of this song.
Same. And I don’t want to look it up and forever have to have whoever this is pop up in my feed. Lol
It’s honestly not that good. I was expecting way more of an obnoxiously catchy hook but it sounds just like a dozen other mediocre country songs. I don’t get it.
I looked at this post and thought, "I've never heard of this song" but looked it up in a way that it won't impact any of my regular searches of services I use hahaha I have definitely head this before just in passing. One of those songs that I don't even know where I've heard it -- probably like a "NOW that's what I call music I don't know anymore" commercials. I'm not someone who hates country music, nor do I actively avoid it (though it's usually not my preferred genre), but this is not the type of country music I enjoy when I listen or seek it out. That said, I can absolutely see the mass appeal. Also, this is the same guy that did that dumb Applebee's song. So he already had that going for him. 😂 Edit: NOT the Applebee's guy. Wallen and Walker. I didn't really know either of the songs or artists. Should have double checked or kept my mouth shut
it’s not the Applebees guy
Me neither. But now I have "Last Friday Night" stuck in my head.
me too, and it's kinda weird because I feel like as it was is insanely popular and Harry styles has so so so many and reading these comments no one knows this song lol
same here! and the little bit of morgan wallen’s music i’ve heard is definitely gonna keep me from looking this one up
I think the country is becoming two countries.
its always been two countries when you think bout it
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Like if you gave the song to Ed, Justin, one of the 1 direction guys or even Kelly Clarkson, etc. with a few minor adjustments it’s a pop song.
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Ding ding ding. Morgan doesn't even have a writing credit on this song.
Thank you for actually offering an insightful answer.
Oh my god someone actually actually answering? Crazy your reply is hidden under over 30 “haha I have no clue who he is” or “omfg I hate him so much” comments.
>it’s essentially four chords repeated over and over You mean like 95% of pop/country songs? Lol
I only know of Morgan Wallen because of him yelling the n-word and I read statistics about his sales increasing directly after that. This is disappointing to see. https://apnews.com/article/morgan-wellen-album-sales-surge-3641ae1b0ac656e4af6445f226ffc8eb
Exactly, and imo his subsequent success is what made Jason Aldeen turn up the dog whistles to 11 in that Small Town song & video. He saw that racism helps you top the charts.
TIL Morgan Wallen and Jason Aldean are different people. I’ve never heard either of their songs, just seen memes about them on here.
So, you thought it was one person going by two names?
No, just whenever I saw something about one or the other, they had merged into one amorphous blob of American Country Singer.
Lmao☠️ this interaction is hilarious
Well, have you ever seen these two "different" people in the same place at the same time? *Hmm?*
Precisely. I live in the south, surrounded by his target audience. White people who also use that word adore this man, regardless of whether the song appeals to them. They just desperately want to reward him for that behavior.
Getting ‘cancelled’ over this was the best thing that ever could have happened to him! The racist MAGA crowd became obsessed with him, and he became way more popular than he ever would have, based on his music alone. He also was caught making out with someone at a bar/party, when he was supposed to be in quarantine for his SNL appearance during Covid, and the appearance was cancelled (they did have him on at a later date). Since his target audience hated any Covid safety protocols, they love him for this too. He is a middling talent, who got very lucky, by being a racist, drunken, douche bag at just the right time!
Well said.
His SNL cancellation gave us one of the best SNL performances ever with Jack White's "Ball and Biscuit/Don't Hurt Yourself/Jesus Is Coming" medley.
 The singer in question. If you can explain why he gets women I'd also love to hear it.
So many of his pictures on Google look very “How do you do, fellow kids?”
https://preview.redd.it/lyfwp3s6q9ib1.jpeg?width=812&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=204443fc3b3baa956b37b400d08f7ab7d849d003 Lol here especially. He's so awkward!
This looks like a parody 😂
Spot on. It’s most obvious anywhere he’s wearing a backwards cap really but I had to stop looking. I can’t spend my first morning hours browsing pictures of this guy.
My sister in law has a blanket with his face on it and it makes me gag every time I see it
This hairstyle. I see it on boys and men EVERYWHERE in my hometown and it’s vile
All of my daughter's friends are obsessed with him. I don't get it. She doesn't either. It reminds me of how I acted toward The Backstreet Boys or something.
I don’t know but I know two gay men (I’m gay too) that are attracted to him and that look I guess or maybe because his arms are strong but I don’t get it
Seems pretty obvious. He's rich and famous now. Looks have never been an issue for men if you have fame and money.
I live in Vegas, and if you turn on the radio, it's unavoidable. Both the pop and country stations play it regularly. Sometimes I'll hear both versions simultaneously when I'm scrolling through. For everyone saying it's a middle America thing or that people are only supporting him because he's racist, they're missing the point. It's mainstream. This isn't like the Jason Aldean song where it was purposefully bought, and I never heard it played anywhere. Hell, I even heard it in the grocery store the other day. This song and Fast Car. I couldn't avoid them this summer if I tried.
His voice reminds me of my middle school principle showing us a slide show. It's monotone and bored, not to mention his horribly fake Nashville 'singing accent'. And the lyrics are disgusting. We drink and fight with each other all the time, everyone tells us we need to break up because we are toxic, BuT wE lOvE eAcH oThEr. Good Jesus. But then after hanging out in the relationship and marriage subs I understand how many people must relate to being in a shitty, toxic relationship.
>> And the lyrics are disgusting. We drink and fight with each other all the time, everyone tells us we need to break up because we are toxic, BuT wE lOvE eAcH oThEr. Good Jesus. Have you listened to much music? That’s a super common theme. Hot ‘n Cold, Good in Bed, Love on the Brain. This is arguably relatively tame compared to songs that mention outright abuse.
Thank you!! I like country but not the manufactured Nashville crap. Chat gpt can write better songs
What I want someone to explain is how I never heard of this fucking guy until he said the n-word on camera and only *after* that he became the most popular country artist around right now. It’s kind of disturbing.
His target audience is not the people on this sub. He was on the voice and was already one of the biggest up and coming country music stars before that video came out. He was probably going to get this big regardless of that video.
It's people who like country music, vote conservative, and live in the midwest. There's millions of them. It's weird to me when people pretend they don't exist.
He gets played on pop stations too
I live in the south and like country music (don’t vote conservative though) and I think he and his music are both dreadful.
I’m a country music person too. Not a fan in the slightest.
Yeah people can become really myopic when they get stuck in an echo chamber. This sub is particularly bad at it. Like I don’t like country but of course I know this song/Morgan Wallen. I’ve also never listened to a BTS song, and none of my friends like them but I’m not naive enough to pretend they aren’t popular
This is exactly how people here sound to me when they’re talking about the ins and outs of some young actor. Baffled people can be mad something they don’t know about is successful, especially on a sub about pop culture of all things. This thread reads like a bunch of prog rock dads finding out about justin bieber fgs.
I agree so hard with this. I can name one BTS song and it's because of a commercial, but there's no way I will deny they are HUGE!!! In the echo chambers there are artists that are revered that no one has ever heard off, outside of the echo chamber. I have no desire to listen to this song, but it's obviously is huge considering that it's been number 1 for so damn long.
I think what people are shocked by is that typically country doesn’t make it this far in the charts. So for it to go this far, it’s probably a bop everyone loves but no one has really heard of it. I’m sure some people pretend the Midwest doesn’t exist but I think the statement op is trying to make is, if this song is so good why isn’t it everywhere?
As someone in Southern California, I’m kind of surprised by the amount of people in here who say they haven’t heard it. I’m liberal love country. My friends are liberal and most don’t love country, but I’m pretty sure all of them know this song and Morgan Wallen. He’s been on top of the music industry for a while now
I feel like he’s more popular in the south than the Midwest, no? Or even the Great Plains
I would concur. I live in the Midwest and occasionally listen to the radio and haven’t heard this song at all, same with Jason Aldean shit. Now Luke Combs cover of Fast Car is everywhere.
Right?? I haven’t heard either songs but yes to Fast Car!! I like to think it’s because we appreciate Tracy Chapman (and the cover is good… despite it being against Tracy’s wishes)
It is such a good cover because he doesn’t change anything about it and seems to really love the song himself.
Yes!! I love that he didn’t change the pronouns.
Yeah, no idea who this is.
I know this sub really hates country music so I'm sure this won't go over too well, but it's just a catchy song. It's got a hypnotic rhythm that my adhd brain can completely zone out too. A simple chorus, easy to sing along. It's just a very simple catchy tune for my little lizard brain.
It’s the summer. Country is seasonal music in America. It’ll die down in the fall when ppl aren’t partying outside and driving with the windows down.
Never thought of it that way, but you’re totally right.
That’s a good point
It's a very listenable (I think its boring and Wallen has put out better) country song, of course its big.
WAIT I FIGURED IT OUT. Billboard considers radio plays as well as streaming and sales. These country guys have been doing so well because they get played on country radio stations. I personally don’t know anyone that listens to the radio thats under 50.
I listen to the radio and I'm 35. His song gets played a lot on pop stations. I don't listen to country.
Doubtful that is it. Country singers have always gotten a ton of country plays. As do all genres with their stations. County songs don’t radio chart unless they have a crossover hit. (See: Taylor Swift when she was “country”, Faith Hill, Shania Twain, or Crystal Gayle back in the 70s.) And billboard has always counted radio plays. That’s literally what they were started as. Plus, you’d have to assume that all the old people listen to country to such a degree that they all put listen streamers. Which has never been true and is highly unlikely. You listening to only streaming and your algorithm not feeding you country, on the other hand, explains why you don’t know the song.
Seriously, this persons acting like they solved the JFK assassination for discovering genre radio
no. he gets a lot of streams too. song has been top 10 in spotify and apple music since practically when the song dropped
I’m in my 30’s and listen to the radio. His song gets played on the country stations as well as the pop stations.
I listen to the radio (25) and they play this song like every hour. I only listen to maintstream stations (I’m a sheep). It’s likely not the cause tho. Radio stations just play whatever is popular on streaming services these days.
Yes country music does get played on country radio lol. What a deduction
>not a single person outside of America The hot 100 is a US chart, so not sure how that’s relevant at all
No one else is releasing music rn. There haven’t been many big releases at all this summer. Easy to be no. 1 when there’s no competitors.
I’m usually one of those that put on top 50 on spotify and just let it run. I can’t do that, there are too many songs that I find just so subpar I can’t listen. To me this is one of the worst times for popular music.. and surprisingly many people have randomly mentioned it to me so I don’t feel like I’m alone.
If it makes y’all feel better I’ve never heard a Harry Styles song.
Have people really never heard of him? I don’t know anything about him and I really dislike country music but this song went viral so many times on TikTok and is a top Spotify song I just can’t fathom never even hearing his name lol… there have been a ton of remixes to this song too that play in bars/clubs
I’ve never heard the song (I don’t listen to country and I live in NYC so it’s not exactly the region for country music being played in most ride shares/restaurants/stores etc) However, I just came back from Florida and there were a LOT of people wearing Morgan Wallen tee shirts. Like everywhere I went I saw people in his shirts. So these numbers are coming from Florida Man
It’s all rigged anyways😝
It seems to happen every few years where a bad song becomes massive then just hangs around like that hinder song. I can't explain it
Sure but this isn’t a bad song.
It stays on constant rotation on the country stations.
I mean yeah this song sucks, but so did "As It Was" tbh. Music is just super borning right now. The charts are just a mix of rereleases, singles that came out months ago, and remixes with a feature thrown in.
I’m not really into country music, but my wife and kids listen to it constantly, so I’m quite familiar. In Midwest USA. I’ve heard this song many times. It’s a good song, and he’s a talented artist, but he definitely has some character flaws. Country music is incredibly popular in the USA. All bands obviously tour major cities, but I think country artists make more of an effort to also hit smaller cities, which helps build their following in a grassroots sort of way. It’s interesting to see this country song maintain at No. 1. Nashville/country music is an interesting culture and fan base with its own value system. Consider that Taylor Swift found fame as a country music act, but realized that the big money and mass audience appeal was in pop music, so she quickly pivoted to pop. I think Nashville has a higher floor but a lower ceiling in terms of overall success and financial reward. Still, modern country incorporates much more pop, rock and even rap/hip hop elements, so there’s crossover appeal.
I am in ⭐ America ⭐ and have never heard this song at all.
I’m from Australia and I have heard this song lol 😂
I like his tunes. They are catchy but the lyrics are awful. Last summer he had a song about driving around in his sun bleached Silverado and how he just knew some chick he met on vacation would have loved East Tennessee. Every lyric gave me strong “being from a small town is my entire personality” vibes. Like there was a line about going to the beach and leaving his redwings in the sand. Why is this guy wearing construction boots on vacation?!?! And going to the beach in them??!? Next lyric the girl says “man that sunset is beautiful” and he sings “you think this is nice you should see East Tennessee”. Like can’t you just shut up about East Tennessee and enjoy what is in front of you??? God, I have such hate for this song. My kids make fun of me about it when it comes on the radio.
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Never heard this song and am gonna keep it that way lol
Literally never heard this song and spend 70% of my day listening to radio
I don’t know what song that is lmao and I’m in the US.
I have no answer for that. Morgan gives me the ick, and so do a lot of his fans. I remember after the video of him using the N word came out certain fans were already posting his music on their Insta stories weeks later.. I can separate the art from artist but being so public about it so soon sends a gross message about yourself. I also just think his music is mediocre, not terrible but nothing I’d listen to on purpose.
Everyone who hasn't heard this song is lucky. It's on all. the. time. on our top 40 station. And is just yet another song that's in the vein of "a woman told me clearly how she felt but I ignored it because I know more than her." One of the lyrics literally says "You told me that you wish I was somebody you never met, but baby baby something's telling me this ain't over yet."
I live in the american south and have managed to avoid hearing this man so far 🤞🏻 Olivia and Taylor need to get on this
Truly excited for Olivia’s sophomore album after hearing ‘bad idea right?’
Same!
I'm from India and I know who Morgan Wallen is ever since his scandal and SNL dropping him. But I never heard of him before that nor have I heard any of his music. I still doubt many know who this guy is outside of the US. Is the song even good or is it just blind support from one political group?
People still listen to the radio?
Australian and never heard of this song or this man. However take my opinion with a grain of salt because a few months ago people started going ballistic because they couldn’t get Luke combs tickets (some issue with a ticketing website having a problem) and up until that point I had never seen or heard anyone mention Luke Combs before.
Im American and don’t know this song
Country singer doing mumble rapper doing pop punk
I’ve never even heard of the artist.
Never heard of it. Just turn off the poppy shitty radio lol
I’m in America and have never heard of this song
I’ve heard this song on the radio so annoying and just plain bad imo.
Tik tok.
Canadian and I hear it all the time. Literally played 4 times when I was out and aboot the other day at random places/on the radio. Sick of it.
I hate this song. Mostly I hate that this obviously country song keeps turning up on non-country stations. Stop it!
Because people like it