Every country song has these lyrics. Right?

Today's video is a DEEP DIVE into the world of country music, and I'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's Country Airplay chart for the past six years (2014-2019) and then crunched a whole lot of data.
00:00 - Intro
02:20 - Building my ultimate country lyric spreadsheet
04:33 - Initial findings in country music from 2014-2016
06:16- The 5 most popular words in country music
10:16 - TRUCK stereotype testing
12:44 - GIRL stereotype testing
14:26 - JEANS stereotype testing
15:14 - BEER stereotype testing
16:21 - Writing my OWN basic country song
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Dana's Crunched Data Report: danagibbon.github.io/country-...
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[@GradySmith]

This is, bar none, the hardest I have ever worked on a video, and I hope it's entertaining and that it helps drive forward the conversation about country music! Love all y'all little back road truckers. YEAH.

[@jamesludwig6743]

The song is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen

[@KaylasMusicalDigest545]

You did a great job with the video! It was fun and fascinating to watch! :) Are you going to make a video about the ACM's? I thought it was a great show. My favorite part was Carrie Underwood's tribute to female classic country singers! 😊

[@joewarrenmusic]

As a country songwiter myself this helped me alot, but im still not sure wether it shows me what to or what not to write either way i'll be looking back on it during sessions, nice work Grady :)

[@treybrennan8913]

From a data perspective this was a great video on country lyric "performance" over time. The question "are country lyric stereotypes accurate?" was well tested. "Yeah" is not surprising given the popularity of the Millennial whoop in the 2010's. What would be interesting from a song writer's perspective is a predictive analysis of country music lyrics. i.e. What lyrics are trending up and is it possible to loosely predict what they'll look like in the coming year? Great stuff Grady.

[@Basketballski13]

Loved all the data analysis! Really cool video!!

[@justinbell7309]

This still goes to show that Bo Burnham's "rural nouns, simple adjectives" line holds true.

[@dannye7612]

was looking for this.

[@lukasrichardson7767]

My favorite country song

[@aaaaa-bm8oe]

🎶I could sing in Mandarin, you'd still know I'm pandering, huntin deer, chasin trout, a bud light with the logo facing out🎶

[@halflife103]

Could you explain that? i never got that.

[@BigGirthyRod]

@@halflife103 It means that all country songs start by listing random nouns and adjectives.

[@KlaustheViking]

“Hey girl, you make me wanna write an unoriginal song about a cliche girl” -Country songs of the past decade

[@Thkaal]

Axis of Awesome did this in their song...Cliche Love Song

[@aidand.7911]

And cruuuuuuuuiiiiiise

[@ellymae5313]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lukeswain1752]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/poatfqitlqaah7s here is this to make you feel better

[@ramonewilson3967]

Hey I love that song though.😅

[@michellemick6043]

Most used word in Country Music: "Yeah" Most used word in One Direction: "Nanana"

[@LycanixMusic]

Nost used word in modern trap, "yuh, skrrt, ayy"

[@dare3244]

@@LycanixMusic not words

[@LycanixMusic]

@@dare3244 1st of all, It's usually counted in the lyrics as an adlib (the ones that are usually bracketed when you read the lyrics), so technically speaking, since it's on the lyrics, it'll make it in the analysis, thus counts as a word in the lyrics 2nd of all, my comment was purely satire, so there's a bit of wooshing going on there.

[@Violetgalaxyshimmer33]

Fire Nanananananana If anyone doesn’t get it it’s referencing The Promised Neverland

[@mentallyinsanevirt]

Hey Jude intensifies

[@lesteryaytrippy7282]

I'm not even American. But I can feel it in my long tan legs.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

XD

[@rice_pp]

_wheeze_

[@noah8004]

Why is this comment so underrated?

[@savannaho4638]

@虎ツバサ lol.

[@lunahetfield]

Lol

[@toreclark8928]

I knew ‘girl’ was one of the most common words. My friends and I played a game where we try to find a country song WITHOUT the word ‘girl’. It’s almost impossible.

[@bootsabakha7923]

Not until you play “God’s Country” 😎

[@benjaminklooster9595]

In less than 10 seconds i came up with one. It's colorado Rocky mountain high, by john denver

[@lexi-op5vk]

If she ever leaves me by The Highwomen

[@someoneyoullmeeteventually6834]

try kacey musgraves

[@madisonb557]

Miranda lambert

[@youtuberreviewer4040]

I’m going to write a country song with just these lyrics “Talkin bout Whiskey, and girls in trucks, yeah”

[@KlynerKaiOffical]

Total bop man, I listen to it on the radio everyday

[@matthale8090]

I'm the 69th like, that is all 😆

[@bigbear9182]

Blake Shelton already did this: “talking bout girls, talking bout trucks”

[@danieldaniels7571]

And I’m parked down by the lake...

[@gloveofgames7629]

Pretty accurate

[@rhino1876]

My family plays this game called the “country song game” because we believe that you can make a country song up with any three given words. So we go around in a circle and the person who will go next gives us three words and we have to make a song up on the spot. It’s stupid and hilarious. Many times of us busting a gut laughing so hard.

[@ramona3840]

Haha that sounds like a great game,I wanna play!!

[@SimonDoer]

@@ramona3840 try this then: chair, sun and maths.

[@XaviBeeMommy]

Lmao 🤣

[@rhino1876]

I’m glad I have introduced you all to my whacky family ways. 😂

[@angeljones965]

@@ramona3840 Here: Trucks, beer, jeans

[@BirthQuakeRecords]

I noticed “cold one” wasn’t on your beer word list. I feel that’d skew your data much further into beer territory.

[@largebaguettevr8035]

yeah

[@Aerxis]

@@largebaguettevr8035 little yeah

[@killerbug05]

@@Aerxis a yeah with gigantism

[@sfkingalpha]

@@killerbug05 and necrophilia

[@michaelmerck7576]

It even sucking on a whiteclaw is beer

[@abbee1385]

Unlike Shania, this does impress me much.

[@whatsup7535]

😂😂😂

[@shelbiej94]

I’m dead. This comment lol 😂

[@14gears55]

He’s got the look, but does Grady have the touch?

[@mwamwa3488]

What's wrong with Shania? She was the last artist to do country music proud. After her it all went downhill0

[@davidrich27]

So you’re a data scientist!

[@noelphilips]

Still the most original country song of 2020.

[@victoriaa2281]

In the categories of KZbinrs that I watch that I didn't expect to see commenting on this video. Love your work.

[@jackalnerf6230]

Go listen to Eric Church's and Chris Stapleton's new singles haha, there's still hope!

[@ragobi4700]

Colter Wall. Trust me.

[@damyan5305]

Midland, Chris Stapleton, Jon Pardi like Jackal said there is still hope!

[@jackalnerf6230]

@@damyan5305 Yeah! Starting Over is out now and Chief's new album is dropping soon. It may drop within the next few days, either that or a new song!

[@Violetgalaxyshimmer33]

Sometimes I wonder how different a country song would sound if it didn’t have a country accent

[@diabeticmonkey]

It would be the same old cheesy pop we all know

[@m_artroom]

Have someone just sing it

[@kylefunderburk4194]

Most of what is on country FM radio today is just pop music sung by artists with southern accents.

[@yumnyuck5515]

Then it would sound good

[@kuxikanai4667]

Listen to “ in case you didn’t know - maoli”

[@patrickracer43]

Charlie Daniels: "the devil went down to Georgia he was looking for a soul to steal" Johnny Cash: "I hear the train a coming, its rolling around the bend" Modern country: "I'm in my truck with the lift kit, got my beer, going to party with the country girls"

[@Oilincoolhouse]

I’d say hip hop has had a similar ‘evolution’

[@shuriken2505]

@@Oilincoolhouse "guns, drugs, sex, bitches, crime, les go! aight"

[@CherryBlossomBlyue]

@@shuriken2505 more like cars, drugs, girls, party, luxury, designer brands etc..

[@Angel_423]

BIG IRON, rose garden, gambler

[@Angel_423]

"16 tons and what do you get"

[@micahpartridge6122]

“You have become the very thing you swore to destroy”

[@buttercupup3687]

Lol, love the reference

[@zachpatterson9461]

Hello there

[@buttercupup3687]

General Kenobi

[@dragonkfg]

You have underestimated my power!

[@41Brother2]

@@dragonkfg Don't try it

[@spencerallegra]

If Thomas Rhett or Dustin Lynch sees this they’ll pay big bucks for Little Yeah

[@elijahkrause3608]

I'm gonna give you a little yeah tonight Girl I'm gonna yeah you right When I see your face imma let out a little yeah I wont even have to ask your critical dad Little yeah

[@ryanshearer5653]

Don’t forget Chase Rice

[@coffeeguy957]

Chris Jansen will be in there too lol

[@faithwobbeking8285]

Maybe Dustin would rhyme “little yeah” with “little yeah”

[@Spitfirethedragon]

Thomas Rhett seemed to have some neotraditional songs on Center Point Road like Beer Can't Fix. He should do a whole album on neotraditional sound. Some of his songs sounded like songs from the 60s like Crash and Burn and the 70s like Make Me Wanna with that disco beat. As for Dustin? He should have stuck to songs like Cowboys and Angels.

[@wtfaiwpodcast]

Currently working on my next big country radio hit, "Yeah, Little Baby Girl."

[@lunahetfield]

"Yeah girl, my little girl. Lets crack a ice cold beer in my red truck as we drive down a red dirt road, lets pour that whiskey in my red solo cup. Lets put some time aside and watch the night sky as we fall in love under the starry night sky. Get up at 6 am as i put on my blue jeans and she put on her blue jeans. Plowing through the corn fields with country music playing."

[@chantlmcclary6419]

@@lunahetfield Hello you may not know me but my names chris hansen did u know that ur singing about a 7 year old girl 😆☠💀.

[@lunahetfield]

Chantl Mcclary 0_0

[@LosHitman]

That sounds a lil bit pedophile

[@d4davidg302]

The most off putting thing about country for me is the country voice, like I’ve seen artists sing normally, then in country voice.

[@billyj.causeyvideoguy7361]

Its a very processed and artificial southern accent.

[@tinyghostcat14]

As someone from Kentucky, I can tell you with absolute certainty that it is extremely fake and exaggerated by most people. Especially boys between the ages of 13-18.

[@m_artroom]

ok but like. i come from a place where people talk like that. maybe a little over exaggerated but pretty similar-

[@d4davidg302]

@@m_artroom that’s who they are pretending to be

[@bruhmaster5814]

@Martina Smith No joke, bluegrass freaking slaps

[@skyphantom29]

You forgot to include the innuendos for beer, like “good stuff”, “keg”, & “cold one”. It would easily blow all other words away

[@bowmanj603]

"This is not the perfect country and western song because he hadn't said anything at all about mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting drunk."

[@Browndogdiesel]

D.A.C. Now that’s country music 👌🏼

[@samsummers2202]

Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison

[@taylorboys3791]

And I went to pick her up in the rain

[@Alice-kq8eo]

But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck

[@phillipwarner4062]

She got ran over by a damned ol train!

[@recalcitrantpotato]

I think the "trucks" word group was missing words like "drive," "driving," "windows," "back road," and any other peripherally-related vehicle terminology. Probably would have skewed those numbers a smidge higher.

[@MindlessWanderings]

The word groups were all missing fairly typical words too. For example, the image he puts up to represent trucks is a ram/dodge which wasn't included but Tacoma was.. Similarly, alcohol includes margarita and cocktail but not bourbon or any beer brands.

[@madisnzz]

as someone who lives in kentucky, it’s almost impossible to not know someone who regularly listens to country. I know some country songs by heart when I don’t even like the music itself, that goes out to my parents anyways.

[@ahhh4117]

I need you to know i read your comment with a progressively more exaggerated generic southern accent

[@madisnzz]

@@ahhh4117 yknow, fair enough.

[@tinyghostcat14]

Same here

[@Star-pl1xs]

@@ahhh4117 did it begin to snowball once u hit "kentucky" bc that was my experience

[@KayJblue]

I’m in Maryland and years ago in High School bus rides we would listen to the same 3 country songs on repeat, i don’t like country at all and I don’t know the names, but I can still say each and every lyric of the songs. It hurts.

[@MadisonJarboe]

Country music AND data spreadsheets? It just doesn't get better than this

[@robynrodman2677]

Right!!! I feel so seen!

[@PenaltyKillah]

When the Venn diagram of country and Excel is just a little yeah

[@licoreen]

“A Little Yeah” features everything that Grady has trained his viewers to hate. Plus it only has maybe 5 different notes and a melody that goes nowhere. I am simultaneously annoyed and impressed.

[@CeeJayThe13th]

With a little higher production values though it could chart

[@christinewilliamson2755]

I seriously thought the most popular word was “blue” I hear it to often in songs blue jeans,blue eyes,blue skies 😂 sounds like an elementary teacher giving a lesson, but I tell you Grady you make me wanna listen to country music even more now.

[@NASkeywest]

“I took my little baby girl into town in my truck for diapers.” Dad country.

[@notan_alien881]

“Truck, town, little, baby” sounds like a country sound

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

My trucker girl, little-town baby...

[@lunahetfield]

Girish Manjunath lol

[@maplesupersyrup5899]

"little truck, little town, little baby" boom top 10 country song

[@chronofactor2037]

@@GirishManjunathMusic "My trucker girl, little-town baby", yeah I got her with me, pourin' us some whiskey, In the back of my truck with the with the windows rolled up, AC on, while I strum a little country song (*guitar solo intensifies*)

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

@@chronofactor2037 yeah I got her ridin' shotgun, radio blaring country songs, speeding down the dirt roads with our windows rolled all the way down, and when I leave the farmlands for the city, I'll miss my little-town baby, my trucker girl who's riding with me all day long.

[@bethpenrice1489]

country music: "yeah" ariana grande: "yuh"

[@HeatherLynseyMusic]

This killed me

[@ziggyvonzigzagovich]

You aren't wrong

[@Dirigo244]

Meanwhile me being 60 years behind: *I fell into a burning ring of fire*

[@impastabowl2328]

Cuz it burrnsss burns burrrrns

[@growingwild8411]

@@impastabowl2328 That ring of fiiiireeee

[@lurchadams2400]

thats alot of girls trucks and towns i tell ya what

[@Howitgoes799]

That’s a classic song.

[@Dirigo244]

@@Howitgoes799 that’s the point

[@GuinessHangover]

For years every time I've heard one of these awful derivative songs I ask "Is this that new song Dirt Road Truck Beer?" And to prove this video's point, most people think that's actually the name of the song.

[@joem2130]

OMG this reminds me of when I was in High School and I would go up to random kids who thought they were cool and indie and ask if they were going to the "dead baby fetus" show that night and they'd say hell yeah I love them! Or whatever made up punk/metal/indie sounding made up name. 😂😂😂

[@colinhoban8660]

"Beer may never break your heart but it broke my brain" aa meetings in Texas

[@jjgems5909]

I feel this analysis could be applied to the Christian music industry too lol 😂

[@Shyknit]

I remember someone saying you could take the less gratuitous r&b lyrics and make them gospel songs and vice versa if you switch jesus christ/god with baby/girl lol

[@marleee.2174]

Yessss

[@marleee.2174]

I think I have seen a video somewhere on the internet about that though (it might have been John Crist)

[@rexythet-rex3513]

As a Christian I definitely agree it’s to repetitive and all the songs sound the same

[@joshuastanley6080]

@@marleee.2174 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKjamZ6Bhaqcm6c

[@FernFeathers]

People making these jokes about country songs clearly haven't heard David Coe's "You Never Even Called Me By My Name". It's a famous country song where he literally has a whole section making fun about country songs It's brilliant and it's beautiful. An excerpt from some of the lyrics: "Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song And he told me it was the perfect country & western song I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country & western song Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country & western song And I felt obliged to include it on this album The last verse goes like this here Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison And I went to pick her up in the rain But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got run over by a damned old train"

[@nickrustyson8124]

And that was 1975

[@taureleafsilver]

I think the best part is that aside from that wild last verse, it's a pretty normal country song.

[@sadiemcnabb4444]

trucks trains prison and mama!

[@ericktellez7632]

She got isekaid out of this realm.

[@umitencho]

One or a few songs don't make up for it.

[@Footballfan896]

“Yeah, baby girl, I love you more than a little”

[@HuskerNinja]

My favorite “truck” song without a doubt has to be Lee Brice’s “I Drive Your Truck.” Makes me cry every single time

[@dawsoniezen]

Yeah that song gets a pass from the truck criticisms

[@Spitfirethedragon]

@@dawsoniezen I am surprise nobody mentioned the word truck have been around since the 60. Red Sovine's Teddy Bear, CW McCall's Convoy and Jerry Reed's East Bound And Down from Smokey And The Bandit soundtrack all used trucks, but in this case semis.

[@austinterry2343]

talks about actual emotion, immediately disqualified from Bro Country

[@alexanderfrancis1845]

Great song

[@itsme-pu8bf]

That song isn't about the truck. just a good metaphor

[@Olivia-kt5on]

“Yeah baby, I’m gonna love you a little” just used the top 5 words so easily and kinda sounds like a country song lyric!

[@ethanhugare4247]

Ima write a song with these 😂😂

[@matthale8090]

Already platinum 😆

[@dylanbarnes9015]

The fact that Florida Georgia Line is still considered country after saying “Mix tape’s got a little Hank, little Drake” honestly disgusts me. No hate to FGL but I cringe every time I hear that song.

[@charlescowart1931]

They also mention to “play that Travis Tritt above the Tupac” in May We All

[@patrickracer43]

Like both Hank Williams and Drake would want to be anywhere near those nerds... the best they can get is hanging out with Nelly who isn't even that relevant to today's rap game... probably better off trying to start Twitter beef with Soulja Boy

[@snrkybrd]

i mean Tim McGraw had a similar line in "Truck Yeah" - 'Got Lil' Wayne Pumpin on my iPod ..'

[@greattitan371]

That happens to be from my favorite song. Not because I listen to country but because it's the only country song I can recite almost by memory. That's probably because it was in WWE 2k15 back when I played those games and it was the only song I had on.

[@charlescowart1931]

@@greattitan371 sorry to offend you

[@leeenaa]

Inspired by this video I wrote these lyrics: It was a hot summers night At a downtown bar Round seven o’clock When she burst through the doors With her skinny jeans on And my heart began to drop Cause I knew that girl was the prettiest sight That I ever did see She would never be mine But I was gonna take a chance I said hey lovey lady Would you let me have this dance When you’re with me, I’ll be a gentleman Do what ever you ask I’m sure there’s a million more men Who would promise you the world So why don’t you take a chance With a small town boy

[@Garugontheblue]

Congrats. You two have made a country song.

[@flyingfeathers_]

You should release this

[@dragonballsy]

“WELCOME TO TRUCK TOWN, LITTLE BABY GIRL...”

[@howaboutnow1895]

Now are two trucks. Oh no my muscles, they are flexing.

[@silk1440]

@@howaboutnow1895 Oh no, my muscles flex involuntarily!!!

[@axeltech9914]

Yeah

[@johnnyfrankenstein0123]

"little baby girl" uhh ok buddy i got the feds on my line

[@joshuaschritz8151]

FBI OPEN THE FUCK UP

[@cowboyjohnn]

I told him it was not the perfect country & western song Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country & western song And I felt obliged to include it on this album The last verse goes like this here Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison And I went to pick her up in the rain But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got run over by a damned old train it was a stereotype in the 70s

[@smileygirl6925]

I LOVE THAT SONG!!!

[@boromirsmith4700]

My man DAC!

[@furrycircuitry2378]

Best beer drinking song next to pop a top

[@cowboyjohnn]

@@furrycircuitry2378 cant forget think ill just stay here and drink by merle haggard

[@abbeymurff]

yessss i thought about that when i saw the video 😂

[@eternalmiasma5586]

“Long tan legs, I couldn’t help my self” sounds like a rape confession. Honestly, country died in 2003 with Johnny Cash, maybe there are some exemptions but it’s honestly become awful. Folk music is different, I like a lot of anais Mitchell and people like the Oh Hellos and The Crane Wives. Some country mixed with other genres are good, Barns Courtney comes to mind, and obviously Lil Nas X who blended country and rap perfectly

[@vanillabatbones]

well said

[@SaraNovowas_here]

Im with you. Honestly can't stand country music nowadays, but folk há to be my favorite genre

[@taylorgrech5601]

Folk, folk punk and bluegrass are so good

[@roxassora2706]

"Mr. Lonely" - Midland

[@constancemiller3753]

Yeah girl.

[@XxEvilTiggerxX]

I recently got an advert for a song where some bloke was going on about how he'd rather drink hot beer, burn his fishing equipment and go hunting without a gun rather than get back together with his girl. The sheer number of stereotypes was on a level where I actually sat through more of the ad than I usually would because I was so disbelieving that it could be an actual song. I thought it must be a parody or designed to be humorous to sell a product 😅

[@irok1]

Irony is a strong seller

[@loarpotato]

Grady, 2013 called, they want their lyrics back

[@Im_Ish]

Like literally, he stole them. They belong to him now 😂

[@rfrolicarts]

The interesting thing about your country song is that it somehow didn't sound country until I heard the word "truck"- this word has unlimited power.

[@izzypfutzenreuter]

I miss when country music was all about guns, trains, mama, and getting drunk

[@lilbaseballpro]

Video: Cuts to a snippet of a stereotype song Me: *bobs head to music and realizes I’m part of the problem

[@Kat-kh6gt]

I mean there's nothing wrong with liking that kind of music

[@daniellecollins8257]

It be like that

[@jennas1812]

i felt that on a personal level

[@icannotcomeupwithanything4609]

I actually used to like Country. Well I still kinda do but prefer a lot of the older stuff though.

[@TravJam317]

I'd be willing to bet that "yeah" tops most genres. I would love to see an analysis like this on other music genres. I admit I'm not the biggest fan of country music, but I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.

[@silk1440]

especially rap music and loves songs

[@shirin8609]

Yeah. :P

[@TakaComics]

Top was whiskey, next was wine. Song: "I see you sippin' white wine instead of whiskey." XD

[@Akursedtime]

As a Canadian who hardly knows country music...I only know three country singers. Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and Reba McEntire. Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash through their songs and Reba McEntire through her sitcom. Lol. So hearing these songs are weird for me.

[@ChristinesSnaps]

Loved this analysis of country music !!! And the song clips you used were great

[@Willybean08]

I have never gotten that many likes on a compliment. My most liked comment ever only had like 50 likes and it was a _very funny_ joke.

[@arco4936]

@@Willybean08 whats the joke

[@Willybean08]

@@arco4936I don't know why I said it was funny because it wasn't even a joke, it was more of like a shower thought, but here goes: *"Five minutes of late 1940's early 1950's nostalgia" If KZbin existed in 1970.* It was on a video titled, "Five minutes of late 2000's early 2010's nostlgia" Yeahh... I'm a little boring.

[@arco4936]

@@Willybean08 yeahhhh okkkk

[@Willybean08]

@@arco4936 sorry :/

[@FreekToTakex]

That stock footage of that elderly lady texting on her phone was A+

[@stickfigurewithahat8860]

“Country music as a lot of repetitive lyrics” Rap music: “Hold my lean”

[@Flourikum]

I'd argue that less famous rap still can be more original than less famous country. Country has a lot of wanna bes trying to be the top 3 for the last decade while rap sure has those types you still have old fashioned rappers where its about their struggles and such. I still constantly get crap about drinking and pretty blonde cowgirls for the stations here in Oklahoma and top chart rap is just mumble crap but there are at least diamonds in the rough for rap that I've heard but aren't too radio friendly.

[@stickfigurewithahat8860]

@@Flourikum rap has the same thing

[@NexusGideon]

***modern 'rap'***

[@ahhh4117]

I need to see a detailed analysis in the style of this video about rap music first

[@griffinwilhelm6688]

@@NexusGideon no such thing

[@SpaceMissile]

This was an outstanding amount of data analysis. I would love to see this same thing done for hip-hop, rock, and pop.

[@colbyprince6]

Not gonna lie, that wouldn’t sound all that out of place on the radio.

[@PenaltyKillah]

6:57 Does that make Usher's "Yeah!" a country song? 😂

[@Nobodyishom3]

YEAH

[@meowbruhhh4586]

YEAH

[@izenlonghurst4589]

YEAH

[@Ninjaznexx]

YEAH

[@brayidur]

YEAH

[@ThreeProphets]

This is fantastic. There's nothing quite like proving a living stereotype with science

[@CommentingOnThis]

Would be interesting to have this level of analysis with other genres.

[@ATFprdepartment]

Someday someone will make a song called “Yeah Little Baby Girl”

[@matthale8090]

Haven't they ?? 🤔

[@nolanmyers2441]

As a college student currently working on a research thesis, WOW! The effort and time put into a 20 minute video is insane. Major respect for the dedication.

[@TheVoltage2]

I remember having this conversation a long time ago with a friend. We determined based on our own experiences that Love (we roped in mentions of girls and boys into this) or partying, vehicles (more leaning on trucks, but we both admitted cars did get mentioned), and alcohol made up all of "current" country music. I put quotes around current because the conversation is old. Like, 2007 old. So I clicked on this video out of interest. Not because I like country music, I don't, but because I wanted to see if me and him were correct. I am almost disappointed at how correct we were. I wanted to be wrong, but this data really kind of proves us right.

[@wildice1858]

I never realized the bro country was happening. I only listened to country up until that 2013 era and I remember being repelled so much by the country at the time I flew back all the way into electronic music where I reside today

[@benclark2001]

Grady Smith: "The body parts mentioned really aren't especially crass, they're pretty innocent." Wheeler Walker Jr: "DROP 'EM OUT LEMME SEE THEM..."

[@hollybritt5225]

Family tree is wonderful.

[@amaradryden720]

@@hollybritt5225 A personal fave.

[@samsummers2202]

Gonna take a long look at those....

[@williamamonette1430]

The thing is saying girls and trucks and jeans whatever isn’t bad by itself. It just when it’s presented in a really annoying way. Like Dustin lynch

[@thaforgotten7396]

Cowboys and Angel's is probably his only good song

[@macheteman3832]

Colt ford has the most annoying songs

[@Shenayerx96]

I think Georgia Florida Line are super annoying.

[@starylize]

watching these videos as someone who doesn't listen to country music outside of a few specific songs is always so interesting and eye-opening. i feel like i'm getting a peak into what country music is like in a very accessible way!

[@dyland712]

The fact that Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton had the most hits is so sad and upsetting

[@supersqueak]

It just shows how country music has changed so much these uncreative guys were like the top ones.

[@baileycorwine3736]

Grady. This was fantastic on so many levels. I really can’t believe you’ve kept this project going for 5 years 😂 That’s basically the equivalent of a college degree in country lyrics! Well done.

[@_texan306]

Starving else to remember Is not just dress, but a “little black dress” to be exact. And maybe that’s just 90’s country but it’s still here prevalent

[@abbie2151]

Very nice. Thank you. You have been rewarded by the algorithm.

[@emmamusicatso5535]

This is my new favorite video! Props to you! Would be so amazing to see this with different styles

[@grandassassin24]

12:18 man rhymed "Tacoma" with "California" and I have to respect that.

[@lyn4473]

!!

[@RockyRepairs]

the only reason to mention tacoma, no other songs did lol

[@thejusmar]

Nothing more country than a Japanese light truck in California

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@thejusmar I mean yeah it make sense, rural parts of California exist, and Japanese trucks are popular, especially there

[@Nomorehandlenames9230]

George Strait can use whatever word(s) he wants to. He’s still the king.

[@bubbahyde322]

And it's because he doesn't, he makes good music

[@14gears55]

George could make a song using all these stereotypical words and I’d still listen because it would sound fabulous. He’ll, he could even sing ‘Little Yeah’ and I’d listen too it

[@bnbcraft6666]

I'd say Hank Williams Sr or Johnny Cash is the king of country music

[@bubbahyde322]

@@bnbcraft6666 I wasn't around for the OGs of country music but whoever is the best would have to have had significant commercial success across several years, a wide variety of material and texture in his music, a respectable command of a musical instrument, elements from his own life that are relatable with his audience, a song you'd want to listen to with your dad, a song your mom likes to hear, a song you'd like to dance to with your wife and a clean image. For me that's George Strait. Don Williams Tom T Hall Bobby Bare Hoyt Axton Charlie Daniels Chris Ledoux Mark Chesnutt Randy Travis Tracy Lawrence Clint Black Alan Jackson Brad Paisley David Nail Gary Allen Kenny Chesney Tim Mcgraw Garth Brooks All have some portion of that lofty ideal but the artist who most wholly rounds out those ideas for me is George Strait.

[@ironpheonix5937]

in my opinion tim mcgraw will always be the king of country with faith hill as the queen of country, but if it wasn't faith hill as queen i would choose carrie underwood

[@kairinaminemix]

Why “Golden Hour” by Kacey Musgraves is a masterpiece

[@torey4322]

I love country music. I cannot get enough of it. Repetitive or not I’m still digging it

[@happycheese5135]

I love how the thumbnail is just Luke Bryan looking apprehensive like "oh yeah, those are all my songs, aren't they"

[@pro-seriesfabrication3810]

Perfect algorithm timing. Gonna start writing "Dad Country" where the guy has no money and no time to do everything mainstream country writes about because he has kids and a wife. Way back up in the hollar, we raise our kids on Family Dollar. Under the soft glow of a WaHo. My buddies truck/house/grill/pool cause I don't have the money for any of em.

[@yvonnehokanson9805]

⬆ This guy for president!

[@sarahharman9879]

The thinking y

[@ranmindyt2902]

Words I can think of: Road, little, town, road, truck, baby, beer, girl

[@facetsofus2008]

Great video as always!

[@lifeninja987]

I’m only commenting just so the algorithm is like “yes, this video”

[@migfrarummet1907]

"Yeah, this video"

[@FirstBran]

Yuh

[@barrynangle1319]

Grady why is there a file of billy currington’s mugshot on your computer

[@aaroncharlie9058]

Billy Currington must be doin’ something wrong.

[@Im_Ish]

@@aaroncharlie9058 I've never seen a better reply than this. Well done.

[@liamb6812]

Aaron Charlie he needs some good directions to get em back on track, eh?

[@jonathangau9830]

Came here for this. 👏🏽

[@TrailMuffin]

@@aaroncharlie9058 I almost spit my tea out, wasn't prepared for that reply LOL

[@BarrySmithviolin]

Awesome video! More better than a little 🌟

[@rahulkamath]

This legit is the best video I watched today. Totally worth all the work that went behind this one video!!

[@ChrisLoew]

Songs are usually about emotions; love, possessions (truck, outfit), work, memories, sometimes events like holidays or social gatherings (wedding, funeral, anniversary) all in hopes to relate the shared memory you have in your life to that same memory attached to the song. The same with R&B, Rock, Country, Gospel, all competing for the mood you relate to.

[@marielambert7585]

“Well I was drunk the day my mom got outta prison. And I went to pick her up in the rain. But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck. She got runned over by a damned old train.” Perfect country and western song

[@chrisleslie8439]

Came to comments specifically looking for a reference to this

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

I love spreadsheets. Deep approval earned.

[@sandra3193]

Love your song at the end, you are good.

[@awolfofchaos3211]

Is "A Little Yeah" on Spotify? I could groove out to it!

[@joshua21vg]

Agreed

[@soldotna]

The snap track will make it #1.

[@datboi1103]

I seriously would LOVE to see the metal genre version of this.

[@nickjohnson7494]

It would be interesting, as metal is a broader genre but also has many similar themes across those genres. Like, how would Gojira compare to Slipknot?

[@pixelpudding3914]

I want that to, just to see what’s gonna happen when they get to groups like Babymetal, Saint Snow, and Roselia

[@indigothecat]

I think to be fair, you can do this with most popular music in general and come up with similar results. Songs singing about women's bodies are probably pretty typical in nearly every genre. If you dig deeper to try and find the genre-specific trends like you did here, it would be interesting to compare. I am curious about metal music, I feel like the popular lyrics in those songs tend to be quite different from Pop and Country, though I wonder if it's anymore different than genres like Rap, R&B, Show-tune, or even more international styles. J-Pop would be an interesting thing to research, because they love to throw in English words to emphasize certain parts, so I wonder which English words are most common in J-Pop?

[@dixonhill1108]

Yeah anything love/party/drink related is just modern pop music. Make no mistake bro country was 100% pop, it's why it is good. It's the last stronghold of guitar based music. It's stylistic conservatism is why it's the only thing left in 2023, guitar based music is dead outside of nashville. The one that I think is slightly greasy is reference to rural living, as it is often written/listened to by people who live in cities/suburbs etc. Going to a suburb golf course isn't "rural living", neither is "driving to the lake".

[@pixelpudding3914]

Tbh, I’d guess J-pop would probably be one, two, three, four, five etc. if that doesn’t count, I’m actually not sure. A lot of “English” words in Japanese are technically just that word. Look up “gairaigo” and “wasei - eigo” if you wanna know more, but some examples are idol/aidoru/アイドル and love/rabu/ラブ which I’d say are the 2 most used English words, but they’re technically Japanese words

[@mags1397]

There was so much work put into this video analysis, I liked it as soon as a saw charts presented! Awesome job😊

[@robsgirl7778]

We are gonna need a "little yeah" merch 🤣

[@HelloMaster50]

How to be a Country Pop Star in 5 easy steps: 1) Be a good looking (preferably Caucasian) male age 20-35 2) Buy Cowboy boots, a cowboy hat, blue jeans, and plaid shirts 3) Learn how to play basic acoustic guitar chords and learn decent voice pitch 4) Watch this video and base your entire songwriting on what is mentioned the most 5) Move to Nashville and get signed by a major label That's all there is to it!

[@Hopeofmen]

It's true. :)

[@kaield4763]

That's why aside from Luke Combs and a few other people, I only listen to traditional country and bluegrass

[@clarajays]

Nowadays, just a cap will do the trick 😒 sadly

[@14gears55]

You are correct sir....unfortunately. Very little country pop is even halfway decent, in my opinion. The more traditional acts like Randall King, Charley Crockett, Dave Fenley among numerous others take more time to develop a following it seems.

[@GsusKryst]

You don't need step 4 . If you look the part and can sing someone will write your songs for you.

[@lucassmall8145]

Awesome video man!

[@Claire-bz8mq]

I think one of country musics strengths is how specific the lyrics are, and how narrative focused the songs are usually. So it’s kinda a shame it’s become so generic. I think part of the reason Taylor Swift did so well when she transferred to pop was the narrative element her songs had which was a bit unusual in the pop industry.

[@kasunkavishka2976]

Yeah that's true... that's one of the reasons why Taylor's music stands out in pop world

[@AJayTwo001]

For a relief, I hope you listen to Tyler Childer's surprise album to give your ears a break.

[@buttercupup3687]

Wait, he has a new album? I’m going to Spotify now Edit: It’s all instrumental but I love it so far!

[@jacklandismusic]

YO WHAT

[@WomeESQ]

@@buttercupup3687 its not. The last song is essentially the album. The instrumentals were supposed to divert your attention

[@josieerin505]

i feel like some of the bro country stereotypes of “trucks, girls, jeans and beer” probably comes not from the lyrics but music videos and maybe even concert performances

[@derek96720]

I also think a large part of it has to do with the songs that make it onto music videos and top 40 are the ones that have these lyrics the most. Even if artists have lots of other songs that don't quite fit the stereotype, it's the generic ones like these that end up getting the most airplay.

[@dcstar7994]

Awesome job!

[@andybub45]

Wow, the amount of work that went into this video is incredible!!

[@RebeccaEWebber]

I'm not sure why the algorithm led me here other than that I am a cultural anthropologist. You are delightful and I never knew country music was so... flirty.

[@pockmock11]

I was dropping a huge shit while reading this, and some water splashed my ass

[@pockmock11]

@Turquoise Cheetah while I didn't get an anthropology degree. I don't think getting one is useless. Also I did get everything off, but I'm has happened twice again since.

[@bestfloridaconcerts998]

Dude!! This is my favorite video of yours by far!!! This video and its editing is purely incredible. Great job Grady. 💯

[@user-od8yh8xs9u]

this must have been a massive amount of work. great video!

[@Ecjohnson98]

I just love that shirt. Literally my favorite lyric in any song ever!