Washington Post Reporter Writes Scathing Blog About Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan has a reputation of being a fun, party guy who likes having a good time. And that seems to be getting on the nerves of a reporter for The Washington Post who wrote a rather harsh blog about him Thursday.
Emily Yahr, a writer for The Washington Post, wrote a blog titled, "Luke Bryan’s ‘Spring Break’ is ending. Can the Prince of Bro Country grow up now?" Oof. And after reading that headline, I almost tripped over myself clicking on it to see how harsh of an article it was going to be.
As you may know, Luke has released an EP of party-ish songs every year for the past several right around spring break time. And that seems to be getting on Yahr's nerves. In her first jab, she writes, "It should be noted here that Bryan is 38, two decades older than your average college freshmen that crowd the beach" (referencing some free concerts that he does). And upon announcing that he won't be releasing any more EPs, she goes on to write, "Is this a sign that Bryan is maturing? Let us use this opportunity to offer a plea: We really, really hope so. Luke Bryan, it’s time to grow up."
Oof.
The blog goes on to say that Luke needs to evolve as a country music artist. It's time for him to get away from the spring break stuff and become a more anchored performer. Yahr goes on to opine that maybe the bro country crowd is getting tired of the truck and/or beer and/or girl lyrics in a lot of songs these days.
Then she drives one more big punch-in-the-face:
We’re counting on you, Luke Bryan. Use your powers for good! You don’t need to stop your dorky dad dancing to “Country Girl (Shake It to Me)” or alienate your many fans who rely on you for party music. Just try something new.
Alright, I'll admit it... the "dorky dad dancing" line was pretty hilarious.
While I agree that singers and bands have to sometimes evolve or, in her words, grow up, that's not always the case. Kenny Chensey is not too far away from being 50 years old, yet he's still living on island time and selling 80,000 concert tickets at a time. Does Luke Bryan need to become less fun, grow up, and only release songs with deep lyrics that researchers analyze for decades? Nope.
Leave Luke Bryan alone. He's a nice guy.
I say this about critics all the time: not every song needs to change the world. It's OK to have fun. It's OK to buy a $9 (alright, $13) beer at a concert and sing along to a guy on stage doing a dorky dad dance who is belting out lyrics about trucks and girls and drinkin'.
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