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Today, Explained

Everybody's gone country

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Country music is cool again!!!!! Billboard's Melinda Newman explains. This episode was reported and produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Post Malone and Alan Jackson at this year's Academy Of Country Music Honors. Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for ACM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

My baby, Bonn and Birken, she's been telling me all night long.

0:06.0

Shabuzzi's A Bar Song is at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the 10th week in a row.

0:12.6

1, here comes the 2 to the 3 to the 4.

0:16.6

Tell them bring another round, we need many more.

0:19.2

Two stepping on the table, she don't need a dance floor.

0:22.3

He's having a moment. Also, country is having a moment. Shaboozy, post- Malone,

0:26.4

Beyoné, they're all crossing over. They're collaborating with Dolly and Willie and

0:30.7

Jelly and they're propelling country up the mainstream charts even as streaming

0:35.0

puts it into the years of millions of new listeners.

0:38.0

The King kind of late but the ladies want some more.

0:41.0

Oh my good lord.

0:43.5

Ahead on today explained, we've gone country.

0:46.0

So I'm gonna put me up a double shot of win.

0:49.8

They know me and jad d' Dance got a history.

0:52.8

There's a party downtown near Fish Street.

0:55.7

Everybody at the bar get tips.

1:01.2

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