When you talk to Jake Owen and find out what he thinks of the whole ordeal of Bro-Country he gives you an earful!

This Is What He Had To Say…

Ever since the term first appeared in 2013, it seems like all people want to talk about when country music comes up is “bro-country” – whether it's really a sub-genre, whether it's good or bad and who fits in the category. But for artists like Jake Owen, whose new single “Real Life” is pushing country into modern-rock territory and who's working on a genre-defying new album, the conversation is getting old.

To Owen, part of the reason country is so popular is because it has room for so much stylistic difference.

To him, good music is just good music and he thinks the fans feel the same way.

“People are there for the experience and they're there for the way it feels to relate to a song that you just like. If you try to put more thought into it than that, you're a dick. I get so tired of people who try to put everything into a box.”

What Do You Think?

Do you like Bro Country or Modern Country or is it all the same and should be labled as Country?

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This Article Was Adapted From: Rolling Stone

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