This beat is killing country music 

*Thanos’ favorite style*

It is pop music with a southern accent.

That forced southern accent sound also drives me nuts. If you dont have the accent then dont fake it, it sounds way too exaggerated

ive never given a shit about country music but the youtube algorithm recommended your channel to me and now here i am deeply invested in it

Douchy-sounding guys singing is the best description of pop-country I've ever heard. My god, do I ever hate pop-country. Just painful

Pop is pop. Mainstream country is just Pop with southern accents and cowboy costumes. True originality is completely gone at that level.

The fingersnap beat is killing all genres, really.

I blame Florida Georgia Line - Cruise. I feel like that was the beginning of the shift in country music, realizing they can make country/pop and make it mainstream but still technically call it country.

Country used to be really great back when every country artist shot at least one person

Country now days is Tractor Rap

Been listening to bluegrass lately for this very reason. The instrumentalists and vocal harmonies make the music.

And that’s why I like artists like Johnny cash, Marty Robbins, and Waylon Jennings.

People today who say they can't stand country, this is what they're thinking of. Can't even blame em at this point

Current country is just pop music with a cowboy hat.

Never been a country music fan but the 90s was the last bearable decade for popular country music. We used to have Waylon, Willie, etc singing about addiction, hard living, and mistakes. Now it’s just “Drinking a pitcher of beer, I wanna stay here. girl we are in the fields, rolling down the windows, your hair and smile blowing in the wind and blowing my mind. Lighting a bonfire, girl we’re getting higher. Sanging countries songs with friends all night long. Yea!” 👏 👏 P.S. i made up these lyrics in less than 30 seconds to show how easy and talentless these people are. Seriously, 30 seconds and I could 100% see this being in a country song on the radio.

I can’t actually tell male country singers a part. At least female artists are more likely to have a personality.

It actually has a genre. Derived from the words Country and Rap. We here at the studio like to refer to it as CRap.

All the lyrics sound like a 10 year old wrote them.

You know, people gave Taylor shit about her country sound back in the day, but damn, at least her storytelling was eloquent and she knew what kind of instruments fit in a song and which didn't. At least when she ditched it, she went full in. And no one can try and tell me Love Story, You Belong With Me, Picture to Burn, or Our Song sounds less like country than whatever Nelly and Florida Georgia Line spew out.

A lot of country music *USED* to be storytelling. Take, for example, "Big Iron" by Marty Robbins or "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell.

Modern country music: Pop music doing a bad country accent.

My dad calls a lot of the new country “hick hop” it’s so true and sad..

I shouldn't have watched this video. Before I would just kinda brush past the "snaps" but now I'm going to be hyperaware of them every time I listen to any music, especially country. xD

Have never had any interest in country music at all, but coming from the hip-hop (specifically UK) and grime side of things, you've gained a new sub bc this was super interesting, well put together and shows we're not too different after all : ) It's all about keeping it real - respect and love from Aus!

I can't lie, I don't automatically hate these songs but ever since I first heard you mention the snap track I can't unhear it.

"Country music today is hip hop for people who are afraid of black people" - Steve Earle

If anyone wants to hear a modern band do more classic country, I recommend the album “Long Lost” by Lord Huron. The album was made with a great love and passion for what country once was and this passion really shows. Great instruments, great vocals, and great stories in the lyrics.

I've been making fun of my girlfriend for listening to this on the radio. Been saying the same thing. I miss the old school country

It's gone from country to Hick Hop

1:00 “Wheels rolling on an *old* Toyota” *shows a brand new Toyota*

my favorite country tune is Just To See You Smile, and I cannot even comprehend it having such a lifeless beat. That song kicks my heart in the teeth every time I listen to it.

whats sad is some of them have good voices. its no insult to sing like dolly george tammy or marty you dont need to change somthing that was already great

They literally took the beat from 2000s hip hop and R&B, waited til most people forgot about it, then added a little twang guitar and some pandering, "good ol' boy" lyrics, then mass produced it and injected it into the radio bloodstream.

Americana and Bluegrass is where it’s at, until everyone else find out.

Not exactly a country fan but I’m glad someone said it. I live in a small town where modern country is suuuuuper popular. Very few people around here notice how formulaic it truly is.

And this is why I listen to real country in Orville Peck...dude is full old school to the core with a killer voice

I'll be honest. I'm an EDM/Metal artist who doesn't even like Country that much. But it still saddens me to see it imitate pop.

Johnny Cash would die again watching this.

Old video but you make a good point about the drums. My father was a banjo player in a bluegrass band. There was rarely ever a drum and if it was there, it was usually just a snare played with brushes. It was the job of the bass player to keep the time and add a click slap when they wanted a beat tick. I never really noticed the snap/clap thing and will probably not be able to unhear it now. It reminds me of the millennial whoop. Once you hear it and notice it, you find it everywhere.

I don't have a problem with some of these songs individually, but I definitely feel overwhelmed by how much of it there is. I think my main issue is that country music seems to have a habit of everyone doing the same thing at once

New county be like " I got a gurll and a truuuck"

2019: Mainstream country producers discover early 00's R&B beats.

You’re reminding me what I used to love, and really miss, about country music

I had the honor of playing pedal steel in a traditional country band. It wasn't until later in the band's life that we allowed the drummer to use anything other than a kick, snare and hat. Used sparingly, a full kit was allowed, but we never played anything newer than a few choice 80s country covers and our audience loved everything we played. Even the younger fans loved us! Country isn't dead, it just smells funny (modified quote from Frank Zappa on Jazz). I'm hoping the snap beat is cyclical and Country will go back toward its roots...the sooner, the better.

Maybe Thanos was trying to warn us about the snap to end country music.

I cant un-hear this! I'm hearing snaps in everything now

I kinda feel like Florida Georgia Line is like Nickelback. They release the money maker singles but the majority of the rest of the albums are decent country. They get too much hate.

I completely agree with you! The snap tracks take so much away from the mood and lyrics of the song!

What about the over-redundant use of unoriginal lyrics and the same words like: neon signs, tailgate, dirt road, etc.

I don't even listen to Country Music. Why am I here? Still a great video though!

I realized how fucked up it is when I listen to all the other artists and feel nothing and suddenly Dolly starts singing about her coat of many colors and it gets me misty.

I rewatched this video for the first time in a long time and...I must say....I love the energy. I literally laughed out loud when you said "here's some suggestions to help this" and its a vic firth drum tutorial hahhahahaha

Hey country music! Welcome to the 2004 hip hop! 😂

I never noticed the snap tracks, all I knew is I couldn't stand country radio suddenly.

I really want to say thank you. This is the best video on RU-vid. I miss country music and I’m exhausted of people saying “I thought you liked country music”. Thank you for this video

Haha love you. This is an on-going discussion/debate in our house. Completely agree it’s not traditional country but this country girl loves both. I wholeheartedly respect and appreciate traditional country but also dig new country or maybe better called country-pop. Your video just made my partner’s day :)

Me: doesn’t even listen to that much country music My recommendations: 🤠 🤠🤠

Finally, someone being honest about the decline of quality country music. This new wave of country pop is pretty cheesy and cliché.

So glad somebody actually adresses this.. I have Misophonia, a condition that makes certain sounds irritate me beyond reason, and this snapping or fingersnapping or however you want to call it is making me go crazy, I just have to change the song immediately. I wish they would stop it and go back to using you know, an actual musical instrument? I agree that it's a disgusting trend, not only in country music, in all generes.

not a country fan but i stan dolly parton forever 😍😍 i love the way you analyze music. your videos are interesting even to people who might not be regular country music listeners.

The snap killed half the universe too

It’s just pop music with an overly exaggerated accent

your stuff is a good man. You have a great communication style. I don't know a lot about the country. I am this way about musical theatre stuff. I will tend to comment on that the way you are with country. Look forward to seeing more stuff.

Amen! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I’ve been feeling this for 10 years. I grew up on country music but man the music on country radio today is so very shallow. I miss those Reba story songs that left you feeling all kinds of emotions.

So this is the "Mumble Rap" of Country music?

Some of these songs just sound like early 2000s R&B with different accents.

He is so correct! Now I can not stop hearing it. Ugh

I listened to Rock and Roll for over 30 years until it disappeared, my wife has always liked country and over the last ten years I've gotten used to liking country music, to me? it's patriotic music and most of it's easier to play with a acoustic guitar, but I agree, the famous artists of today need to decide who they want to listen to them. It sounds like they want to pull in all of the hip/hop, (C)rap, funk music. If I liked that kind of music, I'd be listening to it on a station that plays that kind of music. For all you country music fans like me, that want some beautiful acoustic guitar with lyrics that mean something instead of repetition ad nauseam. People that don't like it can get it back the way they want it, how ? don't listen to it on the radio, don't waste your money on concert tickets and quit buying music you don't like, if this movement gets big enough, we'll get the kind of music we want back. My mom gave me great words of wisdom, "If you try to please everybody, you're going to piss somebody off". She was right.

When rock was king, mainstream country sounded like rock with a twang. Now that hip hop is king, mainstream country sounds like hip hop with a twang.

This isnt country. Its one never ending beer commercial.

I've felt this about contemporary country for quite a while. Your articulation in this video of what I've felt for years is perfect. Pop with a fake southern accent. Yup.

ngl Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean got me hooked in 2014, but god damn you're so right, snaptrack bro country is soooo played out now

None of this is country music.... They just have southern accents, that doesn't make it Country lmao

I don't even listen to country, but I agree with this guy.

I saw the clip with Dolly, and, having just seen Willie again in NH(what my fiancée and I call Church) I'm wondering where the classical/nylon string/spanish guitar is in country. I think Willie keeps reverent that Mexican root aspect. I love it. Plus its just a nice sound. Keep pushin back on the industry...and my fiancée will keep fiddlin and upright bassing while I lap steel and jumbo. ❤

I agree with this, especially the lyrical simplicity, but there's another thing to consider. Drums take the most space and the most mics to record properly and big studios have been hurting and closing for years, and this started well before 2020. The fake drum beats can be created in a bedroom.

I’m never going to be able to listen to country music without hearing it now

are these just called country songs because of their accents?

Do you remember when you used to put on an album and be excited to hear each musician pour their heart and soul into a song? remember being excited for each part of a song like a movie with twistd and turns and highs and lows? The guys have had the country station on for the last two weeks at the shop and there is absolutely zero excitement with the new country songs. I was never a huge country fan but i could get behind brad paisley shredding on his tele and any REAL musician doing what they love!!

Waylon said it best: “Are you sure Hank done it this way?”

I believe it was Tom Petty who said there is no more country music anymore, just bad pop music with banjos.

Hick-Hop

This most be your best video over all, do you think it has gettin better? Mayby a new video on the same issue!? Thank you for good work!

I liked the snap between each segment. Perfect👌

First off.. Country music should be played with real fucking instruments and not be converted into pop music, I don't really love country music but it can be nice from time to time.. Still, it should be a band with real instruments.

More reason to use real drummers... let us know if you need help :-)

Great video!! I love the “bro tailgate party” comment.

I want to thank you for this excellent, stellar video!! You get it!! That's awesome! There still are some great country singers out there, Mo Pitney for example. Btw the great Ernest Tubb brought drums to the Grand Ole Opry at a time when they were frowned upon! There's actually a drum on Your Cheatin Heart Hank Williams classic song. Btw YCH was done in one take, imagine that! I love fiddle,steel,dobro, mandolin. Before drums in country music,the bass and the lead guitar would keep the rhythm. Bring Back Country Music Please! Again great job, stellar video and keep up the great work!!

Do country music artists even know what a steel guitar is these days?

My favorite country act from Texas is Pantera.

Thank you for identifying what it is I don't like about most current county music specific to mid tempo 4/4 timed music. Trying to do a country two step to this junk is next to impossible. I think there is a shuffle rythm to them also as opposed to just a straight beat like old songs by Hal Ketchum, Randy Travis, etc.

2022, still going strong. Bigger than ever.

"If you're gonna play in Texas you gotta have a fiddle in the band"

How to fix it? Easy. Replace every snap with cowbell. Need more cowbell.

Wow this opened my eyes. So true.

Now that you pointed it out, I really can't unhear that snap. It's everywhere.

I'm really getting tired of the claps and the snaps in every damn song. It's true all what you said.

It’s like they just discovered early 2000s r&b

He put that ✨👏🏻 bottle to his ✨👏🏻head and pulled the ✨👏🏻trigger And finally ✨👏🏻drank away her ✨👏🏻memory We found him ✨👏🏻 face down in the ✨👏🏻 pillow With a note that ✨👏🏻said I'll love her till ✨👏🏻 I die And when we ✨👏🏻 buried him beneath the ✨👏🏻 willow

“Body like a backroad??” That sounds like it would mean lumpy and overgrown.