Tunes from girlboss icons Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert, groups Lady A and Little Big Town, and all-time favorites Dierks Bently, Tim McGraw, and Luke Bryan filled the car. We stayed in Virginia for a long weekend and on the exhaustive drive back we chose to exclusively listen to country music. This music brought me back to the bright days of childhood, when things were simpler and the biggest problem was arguing what to listen to next.
Navigating around in an unfamiliar place but listening to the music I grew up on grounded me during my vacation and driving the long journey from Connecticut to Virginia Beach with the same person in a small sudan. Yet, when we got to Virginia Beach and relied on the radio instead of the aux, all that was playing was country, which to my surprise I enjoyed. On our drive down, my friend and I listened to our collaborative nine-hour playlist featuring pop, indie, and house music. It wasn’t until I took a trip to Virginia this past summer that I finally got in touch with my country roots. I desperately wanted to fit in with my peers so I refused to listen to country music at all. For the majority of my life I was vehemently against anything my parents liked.
I was raised on ‘80s pop, classical piano, and 2000s country, but I didn’t respond to country in the same way I responded to the first two. It took me a while to get into the genre, but eventually I did. It’s true not all of us were raised on country music like me, but there are other reasons this music is hated. Odds are, you’ll respond with a sour face and say “I like all music, but not country.” I find, based on this interaction, so many in our generation hate country music with a burning passion.
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