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- "Cruise," Florida Georgia Line. Photo : Mike Lawrie/FilmMagic. If there is a Platonic ideal of a bro-country song, it is Florida Georgia Line’s breakout hit “Cruise.”
- "Drunk on a Plane," Dierks Bentley. Photo : Amy Harris/Shutterstock. For its title alone, Dierks Bentley’s 2014 Riser hit “Drunk on a Plane” deserves a spot in the Bro-Country Hall of Fame.
- "Girl in a Country Song," Maddie & Tae. Photo : Kevin Winter/Getty Images. There’s so much to love about “Girl in a Country Song,” Maddie & Tae’s introductory single wherein they owned the bros: from the music video that flipped the narrative and put dudes in cutoff shorts, to priceless one-liners like “sure I’ll slide on over, but you’re gonna get slapped.”
- "That's My Kind of Night," Luke Bryan. Photo : Amy Harris/Shutterstock. If “Cruise” opened up the bro-country floodgates, then Luke Bryan summed up the trend’s philosophy and ethos most succinctly when, one year later, he shouted: “Girl hand me another beer, yeah!”
Bro-country is a form of country pop originating in the 2010s, and is influenced by 21st-century hip hop, hard rock, and electronica. Bro-country songs are often musically upbeat with lyrics about attractive young women, the consumption of alcohol, partying, blue jeans, boots, and pickup trucks.
Oct 9, 2014 · In 20 years, fans of country music are going to look back on the era of bro-country like anyone under age 35 today looks back on the urban cowboy craze.
Jul 28, 2016 · Jody Rosen of New York Magazine officially dubbed the new, party-starting sound as a sub-genre of country music playfully known as “bro-country.” Other artists that often get lumped into this label include Luke Bryan, Chase Rice, Jake Owen, and Jason Aldean. But what exactly makes a bro-country song?
- “Dirt Road Anthem” (2010), Jason Aldean. Who doesn’t like to cruise around in their ride when the weather’s nice or like to think about those parties you went to during summer as a teen?
- “Bottoms Up” (2013), Brantley Gilbert. Brantley Gilbert’s “Bottoms Up” grabbed the second spot on our list because of its bro-country lyrics and the rap part accompanied with it from southern rapper T.I.
- “Cruise” (2012), Florida Georgia Line. Even though Florida Georgia Line once told news journalist Dan Rather they don’t even know what bro-country is, they are definitely one of the bands at the forefront of it.
- “Country Girl Shake It For Me” (2011), Luke Bryan. What’s bro-country without Luke Bryan? As the definition of the subgenre states, most of his songs are, in fact, about trucks, beer, and scantily clad women.
Jul 24, 2014 · Country music has plenty of powerful, talented, and savvy female performers, but it has fallen to a pair of eighteen-year-old rookies to offer the first riposte to the bromancers.
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Dec 6, 2017 · Luke Bryan has been testing the sonic limits of country music for a decade. Just how much novelty can the genre take?
