"Sometimes, I listen to my own records and realize that there are songs on there that are getting me through to the next phase of my life," says Brown. RELATED: Blanco Brown 'Broke All My Bones' in Head-On Motorcycle Crash - but Says It Won't 'Break My Spirit' It's just about being in a space of creating music for people that need to hear it." I don't want to make music that has no meaning.
"It's exactly what I want my music to stand for," he explains. "I was just thinking of life and what could I do to bring love and passion back to this world, one song at a time?"Īnd in following his arrow toward a genre-less brand of music, Brown says that "I'll Never" succeeds in every way possible.
"When I sing the song, I wasn't thinking of anybody in particular," he says. So, it would be natural for one to think that he was thinking of some of those special people during the writing of "I'll Never." RELATED GALLERY: Go Behind-the-Scenes at Blanco Brown's Grand Ole Opry Debut: 'It Felt Unreal'īrown has in fact been surrounded with a slew of love since his motorcycle accident back in 2020, when the singer/songwriter broke nearly "all of his bones" in a head-on collision. "Sometimes, that can even mean looking in the mirror to love yourself just a little bit more." "To me, it's about finding somebody that you love or being with somebody that you love and loving them the way they need to be loved," says Brown of the song he wrote while in Los Angeles alongside songwriters Keith Justice and Allen Arthur. "People hadn't really got a chance to experience that side of me because they were stuck on 'The Git Up,'" Brown says of the song that ended up going 11x platinum across three countries.īut now with "I'll Never," Brown says he is proud to bring with him a song that speaks of everlasting love, but stresses that the song can mean a multitude of things to a multitude of people. Return to Their Roots on 'Trap Still Bumpin'': 'We Rode Some Horses Through Bankhead' Heck, Brown even reunited with rapper and longtime friend T.I. Granted, Brown has certainly made a career out of keeping people guessing when it came to his own sound, as he has found success with everything from "The Git Up" to "Just the Way" alongside country music hitmakers Parmalee. This industry that we have nowadays, everybody just wants to put out music. They sound nothing alike, but they were both uniquely great. When you heard a Dolly Parton song and you turned on a Reba song, you knew there was two different deliveries. "Anita Baker was never mistaken for Gladys Knight. "You knew exactly who they were as soon as you heard the vocal!" He laughs. "When the industry was working, they chose a lot of different voices with lots of different textures," explains Brown. Raised on the sounds of Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke, Brown says he craves the days when one knew exactly who was singing to them. "A lot of people don't have their own voice. "When you listen to country music, R&B music, soul music - a lot of times you got to listen to the whole song to figure out who it is singing," Brown, 37, tells to PEOPLE during a recent interview. And when you are a man who got a second chance at life not too long ago, you aren't afraid to say those gripes out loud for all the world to hear. He is a multi-talented creative visionary who can write, sing, play multiple instruments (including guitar, lap steel, spoons, harmonica, and tambourine), dance, coach, direct, design, and produce.Blanco Brown has a gripe with the current state of music. While this is Blanco’s first foray as an artist, he is a veteran in the industry, having produced top name artists like Fergie, Childish Gambino, Chris Brown, and Kane Brown.
On May 31st, Blanco Brown debuted his self-titled debut EP and introduced the world to a new genus of music, which he affectionately calls “TrailerTrap.” His music, inspired by his youth growing up in the projects in Atlanta during the school year and rural Georgia during the summers, draws upon the rawness and storytelling abilities of his two biggest musical influences, Johnny Cash and Outkast, to seamlessly blend country and hip-hop music.
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