{"id":14455,"date":"2023-08-04T23:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/04\/every-country-song-has-these-lyrics-right\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T23:48:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T23:48:13","slug":"every-country-song-has-these-lyrics-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/04\/every-country-song-has-these-lyrics-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Every country song has these lyrics. Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Every country song has these lyrics. Right?\"   width=\"400\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/48ZxNFGJTo8?cc_load_policy=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Today&#8217;s video is a DEEP DIVE into the world of country music, and I&#8217;m determined to figure out if the stereotypes people have about modern country songwriting are actually true. Is it REALLY all about beer and trucks and girls and blue jeans? Are all the lyrics REALLY the same? To find out, I maintained a spreadsheet of every country song that has reached the Top 30 of Billboard&#8217;s Country Airplay chart for the past six years (2014-2019) and then crunched a whole lot of data.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Intro<br \/>\n02:20 &#8211; Building my ultimate country lyric spreadsheet<br \/>\n04:33 &#8211; Initial findings in country music from 2014-2016<br \/>\n06:16- The 5 most popular words in country music<br \/>\n10:16 &#8211;  TRUCK stereotype testing<br \/>\n12:44 &#8211; GIRL stereotype testing<br \/>\n14:26 &#8211; JEANS stereotype testing<br \/>\n15:14 &#8211; BEER stereotype testing<br \/>\n16:21 &#8211; Writing my OWN basic country song<\/p>\n<p>Country Lyrics Raw Data (viewable in Google Sheets): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1lz-xpqufGggdPh4gUeIdYvtB2s8ePewn\/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1lz-xpqufGggdPh4gUeIdYvtB2s8ePewn\/view?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dana&#8217;s Crunched Data Report: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/danagibbon.github.io\/country-music-lyrics-grady\/gibbon_report.html\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/danagibbon.github.io\/country-music-lyrics-grady\/gibbon_report.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merch: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gradywsmith.bigcartel.com\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/gradywsmith.bigcartel.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why Country Music Was Awful in 2013: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WySgNm8qH-I\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WySgNm8qH-I<\/a><br \/>\nThis beat is killing country music: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aT9iox7jH1g\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aT9iox7jH1g<\/a><br \/>\nBoyfriend Country is the New Bro Country: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IQYpmNDV3gE\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IQYpmNDV3gE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find Grady:<br \/>\nPatreon: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/gradywsmith\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/patreon.com\/gradywsmith<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/gradywsmith\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/gradywsmith<\/a><br \/>\nTIkTok: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tiktok.com\/@gradywsmith\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/tiktok.com\/@gradywsmith<\/a><br \/>\nSubreddit: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/r\/CountryMusicStuff\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/reddit.com\/r\/CountryMusicStuff<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/gradysmithwriter\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/gradysmithwriter<\/a><br \/>\nMy Spotify playlist: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/5SBRhqxctG4awl4apGxaZm?si=rfPPDv4uSBOPTrM-uSFkSw\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/5SBRhqxctG4awl4apGxaZm?si=rfPPDv4uSBOPTrM-uSFkSw<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><a 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