(AUDIO) FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE EMBRACES THE EVOLUTION OF COUNTRY MUSIC

Not only is Florida Georgia Line’s sound always evolving, but they believe country music as a whole is evolving, and they welcome it.  Tyler Hubbard says, “I think of all genres of music country music evolves very quickly and I think that’s a beautiful thing. I think it’s been fun to watch from the 70s to the 80s and all the way to where we’re at now, to watch this thing evolve and watch Country music change almost yearly in a good way, you know, in a growth type of way.”

One of the ongoing debates in country music these days is the presence, or lack of, women on the charts and on the radio.  Tyler says, “Yes there was the years where it seemed like a lot of male influence in country, a lot of male artists, but there’s also been years where there’s tons of female artists and not many males.  So it naturally organically always changes and kind of mixes things up and I think it’s beautiful to see a lot of young artists coming up, a lot of younger females that are really making their own sound and creating their own path and doing big things in country.  So you know, in the next few years that’s probably gonna change.”

Florida Georgia Line looks forward to the future of country music and looks forward to being a part of it.  They definitely showed off some of their own growth and evolution with their latest album, Dig Your Roots, featuring their #1 song, “H.O.L.Y.” and their latest duet with the Backstreet Boys, “God, Your Mama and Me,” which is currently in the top ten and continuing to climb on the charts.

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Tyler Hubbard – “I think of all genres of music country music evolves very quickly and I think that’s a beautiful thing. I think it’s been fun to watch from the 70s to the 80s and all the way to where we’re at now, to watch this thing evolve and watch Country music change almost yearly in a good way, you know, in a growth type of way.  And yes there was the years where it seemed like a lot of male influence in country, a lot of male artists, but there’s also been years where there’s tons of female artists and not many males.  So it naturally organically always changes and kind of mixes things up and I think it’s beautiful to see a lot of young artists coming up, a lot of younger females that are really making their own sound and creating their own path and doing big things in country.  So you know, in the next few years that’s probably gonna change.”