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fromSlate Magazine
1 week agoWhy a 26-Year-Old Song Is Suddenly Everywhere
An upbeat, John Prine-inspired pop song provides a tidy, reassuring coda in Materialists, but it clashes with the film's complex view of love versus money.
Since 2017, this singer and songwriter from Shreveport, La., has put 10 singles on Billboard's Country Airplay chart - five of which have gone to No. 1 and none of which has peaked lower than No. 7. Among his hits: "Buy Dirt," which was named song of the year by the Country Music Assn. in 2022; "Next Thing You Know," which earned the same award from the Academy of Country Music in 2024; and his latest, "Bar None," a clever drinking song in which he recounts "getting goner than your long-gone boots."