"Crash and Burn" singer plunges headlong into R & B, Bruno Mars and his junior-high jam, Usher
As the son of Rhett Akins, a successful Nashville singer and songwriter, 25 years old, Thomas Rhett was steeped in country music. But one of his formative influences came from a different world. "When I was in sixth, seventh, eighth grade, Usher was so great for me," says Rhett, mixing soul and funk with traditional accent for his excellent new single "Crash and Burn" and took it towards the top of iTunes country chart.
As the son of Rhett Akins, a successful Nashville singer and songwriter, 25 years old, Thomas Rhett was steeped in country music. But one of his formative influences came from a different world. "When I was in sixth, seventh, eighth grade, Usher was so great for me," says Rhett, mixing soul and funk with traditional accent for his excellent new single "Crash and Burn" and took it towards the top of iTunes country chart.
Rhett 2013 debut, and says, which produced three number one singles, gave confidence to try something more adventurous this time. Its as-yet untitled next album (which he described as a collection of sounds backward) include some country line similar to his 2012 ballad "beer with Jesus." But it also relies heavily on a sound that compares with Bruno Mars'. "Funky R & B really does something to me," says Rhett, covering "Uptown Funk" at the opening of Florida Georgia Line tour. "Being able to put all that in a country album is great."
On a tour of FGL stop this weekend in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Rhett looked very different from rock artist, trend for Chris Young opened in 2012 at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, where bounded around the stage with a megaphone camouflage during the punk "Front Porch Junkies". These days, he is provoking screams from the female segment of the crowd with some well-placed hip jams tour and heavy bass dance-like set-opener "Southside" and recent number one "Make Me Want to".
"I knew ['Make Me Want to'] had the potential to be a success by the way people moved to her, even if they know the words," says Rhett. "That's always a big test for me."
With "Crash and Burn", however, Rhett says he knew the song was a hit even before the written-Frasure recorded song and Jesse Chris Stapleton.
"When I first heard, I did not even hear the lyrics just because I was so entranced by the way the song sounded and how it felt. I loved her just the melody. When I went back and listened to the words, I loved the irony of how sad it was the song, but big that the track felt "he explains. “Actually, it was a little difficult to get the court song, because none of us knew that if Chris is going to cut or what he would do with it. When he decided that he would not, he sent me a message and He said: "It's all yours.”... I'm super happy with how it went."
Rhett back on the road to Florida Georgia Line tomorrow night in Providence, Rhode Island, and will be presented on the main stage at LP Field in CMA Music Festival June in Nashville.
On a tour of FGL stop this weekend in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Rhett looked very different from rock artist, trend for Chris Young opened in 2012 at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, where bounded around the stage with a megaphone camouflage during the punk "Front Porch Junkies". These days, he is provoking screams from the female segment of the crowd with some well-placed hip jams tour and heavy bass dance-like set-opener "Southside" and recent number one "Make Me Want to".
"I knew ['Make Me Want to'] had the potential to be a success by the way people moved to her, even if they know the words," says Rhett. "That's always a big test for me."
With "Crash and Burn", however, Rhett says he knew the song was a hit even before the written-Frasure recorded song and Jesse Chris Stapleton.
"When I first heard, I did not even hear the lyrics just because I was so entranced by the way the song sounded and how it felt. I loved her just the melody. When I went back and listened to the words, I loved the irony of how sad it was the song, but big that the track felt "he explains. “Actually, it was a little difficult to get the court song, because none of us knew that if Chris is going to cut or what he would do with it. When he decided that he would not, he sent me a message and He said: "It's all yours.”... I'm super happy with how it went."
Rhett back on the road to Florida Georgia Line tomorrow night in Providence, Rhode Island, and will be presented on the main stage at LP Field in CMA Music Festival June in Nashville.
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