“Totally different Man”, totally different music – The Observer

Kane Brown has carved out a distinct segment for himself within the music business, straddling the road between pop and nation. His collaborations with widespread pop artists like Khalid, Blackbear, Marshmello and others solely solidify that place. His new album, “Totally different Man,” isn’t any totally different. Tracks like “One Mississippi,” “Dropping You,” “See You Like I Do,” “Go Round” and “Expensive Georgia” possess Brown’s typical pop manufacturing with nation influences.

Nonetheless, with this album Brown launched tracks that drastically deviate from his regular model in both route — one towards a resolute pop/rap and one other towards a extra old style nation really feel with rock affect. His music “Grand” is by far probably the most rap of any music he has launched, going past his traditional pop affect. Personally, I believe the shift works for Brown. Whereas the change can be too radical for different nation artists, the music has been largely profitable along with his viewers due to his already established place in pop music.

That being mentioned, I additionally discovered Brown’s extra conventional nation tracks — particularly with the added delicate upbeat rock affect — to work exceptionally properly on the album. His tracks “Bury Me in Georgia” and “Riot” are energetic and invigorating. They parallel a few of the nice hits of the Seventies when nation rock began to turn into widespread. The songs additionally resemble nation music from the early 2000s. It’s quite becoming in that sense, one in all two collaborations on the album is Blake Shelton, one of many distinguished figures throughout that period of nation music. Different aspects of that old style nation really feel are the songs “Satan Don’t Even Hassle” and “Drunk or Dreaming”, which tackle extra of a lazy honky-tonk temper as an alternative of nation rock. In my view, these songs stray just a little too removed from the place Brown can flourish.

Essentially the most notable music on the album, nevertheless, must be “Thank God”, which options Brown’s spouse, Katelyn Jae Brown. Jae Brown launched two songs in 2016 and has been absent from the efficiency scene ever since, opting to pursue a level from Berklee School of Music as an alternative, graduating in 2019. The couple met in 2015 at one in all Brown’s first reveals and had been married in 2018. Since then, they’ve welcomed two daughters into their household.

Followers of the pair have been eagerly awaiting a collaboration for years. In an interview with Individuals Journal, Brown mentioned that his spouse is his “secret weapon”, and so they had been ready for the fitting music to return alongside. It appeared he was proper concerning the secret weapon half. “Thank God” has remained the #1 music on the iTunes charts since its launch on Sept. 9. A big a part of that’s the emotion and love the couple share for one another that shines by within the music.

Different notable aspects of the album embrace the return to Brown’s roots. Two of the songs on the album, “Bury Me in Georgia” and “Expensive Georgia”, emphasize the singer’s connection to his dwelling state. In one other music, “Pop’s Final Title,” Brown gives a touching tribute to his grandfather, who performed a big half in elevating Brown after his father was sentenced to jail in 1996, a problem Brown touched on in his music “For My Daughter,” which was launched in his final studio album, “Experiment”.

Total, I loved the album and the divergence from his typical model. My favourite monitor must be “Whiskey Bitter” due to the superbly melancholic temper of the music, which appears to transcend the partially frivolous nature of a few of the different songs within the album. 

Artist: Kane Brown

Album: Totally different Man

Label: RCA Data Nashville

Favourite tracks: “Thank God”, “Whiskey Bitter”, “One Mississippi,” “Dropping You,” “See You Like I Do,” “Go Round” and “Expensive Georgia”

In the event you like: Nation, Pop, Rap, Rock

Shamrocks: 3.5 out of 5

Contact Ashley at ahedge@nd.edu