Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley are back on their fourth studio album to kick the dust-up with their boots, and party recklessly with a couple of hotties down in Georgia. The bro-country is strong with this track, Y’all.

For a duo that emerged from the music industry by church worship groups, they have veered farther from that message of religion, love, and women, as their album, Dig Your Roots featured. Instead, they are driving that honky-tonk back road straight towards what the producers think the radio needs- bro country that sings about pretty girls, plenty of booze, and pickup trucks.

 “…a tight, mid-tempo backbeat; a quick, two-verse set-up, often laced with clever wordplay and bouncy, lyrical melody; and — bam — the power chorus to bring it all home and keep them coming back.”

Songwriter, Greg Todd on the genre of “bro-country”

The song starts with a slow and sensual banjo, which is surprisingly just the right balance between hip-hop R&B and country sound. You can listen to the song and find the similarities to their old work underlying in the track but also bringing to the forefront what people love, and in turn, hate about the Bro-country era. The song starts off great, soft instruments playing warmly to give the song an understated sexiness, that is until Hubbard opens his mouth and sings out the egotistical lyrics.

Because the music is so muted in the background, you can’t help but listen to every word they sing about wanting to take their girl out on the town but then changing his mind and wanting to “talk you out” of that “little dress” and spend the night away with a Vandross song playing. This would all be “hunky-dory” if the lyrics didn’t sound so objectifying.

Regardless of the lovestruck and charismatic charm the guitars and keys bring to the song, its overpowered by the crappy underlying message.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved it…but I wish someone would talk these boys out of constantly singing about what would sell on the radio. Whatever happened to “God, Your Mama, and Me”?

-Genna Dara