The country bro-fest on the year-end Billboard Hot 100 is briefly interrupted by the world’s two biggest female entertainers: Beyoncé with ‘Texas Hold ‘Em‘ at #32, and Taylor Swift with the vault track ‘Is It Over Now?‘ at #33.
Then we’re right back to the bros at #34 with the Marshmello/Kane Brown collaboration ‘Miles On It.’ Brown is the country bro here, while Marshmello is a producer and DJ better known for electronic and trap music.
Country has definitely seen an infusion of hip-hop and electronic sounds in recent years, just as hip-hop has gone a little bit country. It’s notable that the two songs sharing the record for most consecutive weeks at #1 are Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road‘ and Shaboozey’s ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy).‘
New truck, big lift
Old roads, we’ve been
Tearin’ up since way back when
But these wheels are innocent
New hitch, new seats, no history
And you just can’t fake that
So, let’s change that
[Chorus: Kane Brown]
Girl, let’s go put some miles on it
Back of the Chevy with the engine runnin’
Just you and me in a truck bed wide like a California King
We could break it in if you know what I mean
Put some miles on it
Back of the Chevy with the engine runnin’
Just you and me in a truck bed wide like a California King
Wе could break it in if you know what I mean
Put some milеs on it
We could break it in if you know what I mean
[Verse 2: Kane Brown]
All night, no brakes
All tail, no gate
Ain’t gotta try too hard
My baby’s push to start
All torque, full speed
Off-road, on me
Zero to a hundred fast
My foot ain’t touch the gas
I said, “Hey, baby, slow it down, let’s make it last”
You said, “Where’s the fun in that?”
[Chorus: Kane Brown]
Yeah, let’s go, put some miles on it
Back of the Chevy with the engine runnin’
Just you and me in a truck bed wide like a California King
We could break it in if you know what I mean
Put some miles on it
We could break it in if you know what I mean
Put some miles on it
We could break it in if you know what I mean
[Bridge: Kane Brown]
Mile after mile after mile after mile
Turn up the night like that radio dial
Shoulder to shoulder where nobody knows
Know where we’re goin’, we ain’t goin’ home
[Chorus: Kane Brown]
We’re puttin’ miles on it
Back of the Chevy with the engine runnin’
Just you and me in a truck bed wide like a California King
We could break it in if you know what I mean
Put some miles on it
Back of the Chevy with the engine runnin’
Just you and me in a truck bed wide like a California King
We could break it in if you know what I mean
Put some miles on it
We could break it in if you know what I mean
Put some miles on it
We could break it in if you know what I mean
Put some miles on it
Meet Me In Montauk 
The combination of country with hip-hop and electronic music was unexpected, but it does seem to work and has broad appeal.
Is there anyone who doesn’t know what he means? I guess neither rap nor country is prized for its subtlety.
Still, it’s a bop.
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