Their No 1 hit Girl in a Country Song took aim at the genre’s tackier side. Now,barely out of their teens, Maddie & Tae are bringing a fresh style to country musicNashville is a town that prides itself on being nice – or at least on maintaining the illusion that everyone always gets along. Country music’s top stars aren’t like rap or rock stars, or who will build their swaggering personae on beefs with their fellow artists. Mainstream country acts prefer to project a more supportive front,both in front of cameras and behind the scenes. Industry folk on Music Row may want to roll their eyes when they hear the umpteenth reference to “painted-on jeans” in a country song, but they’re more likely to paint on a smile and compliment it instead.
That’s precisely why Maddie & Tae’s debut single Girl in a Country Song felt so deliciously radical when it hit No 1 on country radio final year. The track roasted bro-country’s worst offenders, and using actual lyrics approximately tan legs and “sugar-shakers from artists like Luke Bryan and Chase Rice while asking the frustrated question,“Being the girl in a country song/How in the world did it depart so wrong?” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com