![]() ![]() These are things that Nashville is kind of always struggling with and always kind of being critiqued about. I also think Nashville kind of has this persistent anxiety about, are we open to new ideas? Are we open to people who aren't - we don't think of as conventional country performers? What is our relationship with race? He signed to BBR, so I think it smooths the entry a little bit. One, Blanco Brown is signed to a country label. There was such an immediate kind of stiffening in the face of "Old Town Road." I think The Git Up" has a couple things going for it. I found that - to be honest, I still find it a little bit strange. Why not? I mean, you talk about being invitational, but what does that mean?ĬARAMANICA: Yeah. I mean, "The Git Up" didn't stir up the kind of controversy over genre that was such a big deal in Nashville with "Old Town Road" as it climbed the charts. I think if you're looking at it through the lens of "Old Town Road," "Old Town Road" can feel ironic, distant, a little gestural, whereas there's something inviting about what's happening in "The Git Up." And you see Blanco Brown, who is teaching people how to do the dance, inviting them into the phenomenon. What are they?ĬARAMANICA: Well, it's really the ear of the beholder. And as you wrote in your piece, there are several elements that make "The Git Up" more traditionally country music, it seems. So it's a song that's literally just a litany of instructions for I guess what you would call country adjacent dancing.īLANCO BROWN: (Singing) Slide to the left, slide to the right. And this is kind of a good moment for that, given how a lot of music spreads these days, which is virally on apps like TikTok or Triller. MCCAMMON: So, first, tell us about "The Git Up." What do we need to know about the song or the artist?ĬARAMANICA: "The Git Up" is an instructional record, right? It's basically a dance craze or a kind of an invented dance craze. So what makes one country enough and the other not? New York Times pop music critic Jon Caramanica has been thinking about that question and joins us now. It's country but also rap, and the song is currently number two on the country charts. MCCAMMON: That's "The Git Up" by Blanco Brown. Grab your sweetheart and spin out with 'em. ![]() And then along came a new song.īLANCO BROWN: (Singing) Go'n and do the two-step then cowboy boogie. MCCAMMON: Is it rap? Is it country? That's the question that's been playing out for a while now, sparked by the song's removal from Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart back in March. I've been in the valley, you ain't been up off that porch. LIL NAS X: (Singing) Riding on a horse - ha. Now, the two-steppin’, dance instruction single is following in the footsteps of “Old Town Road” as its popularity is quickly increasing.And finally today, one of the definitive songs of the summer so far has been "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X. A clip of the track was shared earlier this year, but the single was quietly released just weeks ago. Atlanta native Blanco Brown’s “The Git Up” is the new wave that’s been floating around the internet among viral-loving youngsters. This level of success, of course, is helping other artists find their own voices when it comes to blending and bending genres. It’s dominating the Hot 100 chart for the 10th week in a row, helping to make the 20-year-old artist an international superstar off of one song alone. Nas-X" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Lil Nas X stumbled upon his “Old Town Road” smash following a bit of Billboard controversy and a Billy Ray Cyrus remix, and since then, the single hasn’t left the top of the charts. With nearly two million views on YouTube and countless other streams and shares on various networks, Blanco Brown’s “The Git Up” is becoming the next big hip hop-country crossover hit. ![]()
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