Country music, any music, any artform evolves. Safe to say country music is evolving again. There’s a shift to a 90’s sound of country, there’s red dirt/americana country, there are artists who are landing right there in the middle of what traditionalist expect country, there’s country rock and then there’s pop-country. The latest example of the latter is the new Beyonce song that is landing on country radio called “Texas Hold ’em”.
In a matter of days it has dominated not only the discussion about does it deserve a place at the table but also, the new and trending dances are all over social media. It has quickly become the new “Fancy Like”.
My opinion, for what it’s worth, I like the new Beyonce song. Afterall, country music is rooted in African American music…heck a lot of genres are. Will it be around forever, no. It’ll ‘burn’ pretty fast just like “Fancy Like” or “The Git Up”
…but I believe it makes sense and country music it, as it exists today, should play it.
