Poster Position: Level 3 (13) Both Weekends. Friday.
Thoughts: There are some of these entries where I am either really enjoying the new tunes, or at least satisfied with letting the tunes spool out over a day or two at the desk. This is not one of those. I have got to write this entry just so that I can turn this godawful schlock off as soon as possible. If you are a fan of pop country, then I apologize for any feelings I may be hurting, but this is killing me inside.
Daniel Gerard Breland feels like the next evolution of the world caused by the popularity of "Old Town Road." It is country rap, with some R&B flavors, over the top of terribly generic beats. He apparently turned down the opportunity to go to NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and went to Georgetown to study business instead. He graduated and moved to Atlanta with a sales job in tech. On the side, he started making tracks on his laptop, and placed some songs with artists like Trey Songz and YK Osiris. But his personal big break was the terrible song "My Truck," which went platinum once Sam Hunt helped with a remix. 34.3 million streams for the remix, 68 million streams for the original.
I'm sort of surprised that this guy didn't make the Two Step Inn lineup and instead is on this ACL poster instead. Super hate that song. I can totally see a bunch of Trump Flag dorks blaring it as they drive too fast down the beach in Port A in their jacked up F-950s. Many of his top songs are not actually his songs - he is making appearances now on many other songs. Like, his top track on Spotify has 76.5 million streams, but it is actually a Dierks Bentley song that he just appears on. After that, his top ten is songs with Alana Springsteen, Keith Urban, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, Nelly (?!?), and something named Kidd G (and that song truly, deeply, sucks ass).
One album, 2022's Cross Country. The top song on there is that Keith Urban one, with the Thomas Rhett one in second place. The top track without a more famous person helping him is "Natural," with 4.4 million streams.
That guitar part sounds like he stole the riff from "Red Neck Girl" and looped it while trying to copy Brooks & Dunn. But also, that song freaking bloooooooooows. I really hate this so much. I'm sorry. He seems like a likeable guy with a lovely smile, but if I never hear another one of these songs again, my life will be markedly improved.
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