also, here are some really good country songs:
- When It Rains It Pours, Luke Combs: I don’t know of any song that does a better job of “take sadness and transmute it into pure joy.” like there are a lot of songs that are like “I was sad about this breakup, but now I’m doing better.” harder to pull off “I was sad about this breakup and that was dumb because it was awesome and life is just so good.”
- I Want Crazy, Hunter Hayes: “I don’t want good and I don’t want good enough, I want can’t sleep can’t breathe without your love.” it’s just a beautifully distilled defense of Red-era TS in her battle against Lover-era TS.
- Somewhere in My Car, Keith Urban: just how can you not have feelings when you hear the transition to the first chorus. “but in my mind, we’re somewhere in my car”
- Mama’s Broken Heart, Miranda Lambert: just love the sentiment of I could choose to be elegant and composed like Jackie Kennedy, but instead I’m going to be as dramatic as I can because why the fuck not