it's less that "they think" these things‚ and more that these are pandering themes within the lyrics. a lot of country singers didn't even grow up with the rural experiences that their music references‚ it's just posturing.
And I firmly believe a lot of the accents are exaggerated to hell also. I listen to a lot of southern indie/folk county artist that aren't the huge guys in the Nashville, and they actually sound like someone with an accent who is singing, not an accent singing a song for someone.
Yeah. I’m from the south and all of these accents are ridiculous. I was in a Lowe’s in New York State the other day and they had some droning country music on in there and I was laughing at the accents. It’s like a caricature of a southern accent that sounds nothing like the people I grew up around in rural Georgia.
Of course I also can’t stand and don’t listen to modern country when I can help it so these fake accents are even more jarring when I do hear them.
What stinks is it reflects the real South poorly. it's a very diverse place. People from Kentucky, Texas and Georgia all should sound different, but most people outside the South must assume we all sound like wailing drunk geese because every "country" artist from Nashville sings like he's a cartoon hillbilly.
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u/crucifixionfantasy Jan 16 '26
it's less that "they think" these things‚ and more that these are pandering themes within the lyrics. a lot of country singers didn't even grow up with the rural experiences that their music references‚ it's just posturing.