{"id":5842,"date":"2024-11-10T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T12:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2024-11-10T12:11:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T12:11:03","slug":"breaking-brooks-dunn-share-their-bold-take-on-taylor-swifts-impact-in-country-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=5842","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Brooks &#038; Dunn Share Their Bold Take on Taylor Swift&#8217;s Impact in Country Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Country crooners\u00a0<strong>Brooks &amp; Dunn<\/strong>\u00a0are weighing in on the \u201c<strong>Taylor Swift\u00a0<\/strong>effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelist.com\/img\/gallery\/brooks-dunn-the-country-stars-are-worth-more-than-you-think\/intro-1617819241.jpg\" alt=\"Brooks &amp; Dunn: The Country Stars Are Worth More Than You Think\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kix Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Ronnie Dunn<\/strong>, who make up the musical duo that\u2019s been\u00a0turning out country hits since 1991, recently spoke in an interview about the country music genre over the years, and particularly how Swift, 34, impacted the industry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20211014\/rs_1200x1200-211114093442-1200-Taylor-Swift-SNL-1.jpg?fit=around%7C1200:1200&amp;output-quality=90&amp;crop=1200:1200;center,top\" alt=\"Taylor Swift Slams Musician for &quot;F--ked Up&quot; Take on Her Songwriting\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While speaking to\u00a0<em>American Songwriter<\/em> in an interview published on Thursday, Nov. 7, Brooks and Dunn were asked about Swift\u2019s contribution to the genre, which they agreed has been \u201cfor the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cShe came in as a country artist and that thread is still very much there,\u201d Dunn, 71, said about the \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d songstress, whose early albums, including her debut self-titled album and 2008\u2019s\u00a0Fearless\u00a0fell into the country music category.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brooks and Dunn\u2014with over 50 country music awards to their name, including 2 Grammys and 30 ACM awards\u2014went on to compliment Swift\u2019s songwriting ability, arguing that her skills are on par with some of the best in the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a really good songwriter,\u201d Brooks, 69, told the publication. \u201cRegardless if you\u2019re not a pop fan of hers, which there\u2019s not many young girls who are not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she was here as a bona fide country artist, she wrote all those songs herself,\u201d he continued, noting, \u201cI don\u2019t know anybody who wouldn\u2019t say that she\u2019s a really good songwriter because she is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.alamy.com\/comp\/2NDY0DB\/taylor-swift-left-and-ronnie-dunn-right-shake-their-hair-as-kix-brooks-look-on-at-the-brooks-dunn-the-last-rodeo-tribute-concert-on-monday-april-19-2010-in-las-vegas-ap-photomatt-sayles-2NDY0DB.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor Swift, left, and Ronnie Dunn, right, shake their hair as Kix Brooks look on at the Brooks &amp; Dunn &quot;The Last Rodeo&quot; tribute concert on Monday, April 19, 2010, in Las\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Swift has since deviated away from the country music genre after first breaking away with her full-on pop record,\u00a0<em>1989<\/em>, which went on to win Album of the Year at the Grammys in 2016. She has since dabbled in a number of other genres, including indie folk and alternative\u2014which fans seem to love all the same.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd, you know, all the rest of it, the antics she has, the stadiums, and the whole Taylor Swift world, it\u2019s like Barbie big,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat\u2019s a whole different world of its own.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country crooners\u00a0Brooks &amp; Dunn\u00a0are weighing in on the \u201cTaylor Swift\u00a0effect.\u201d Kix Brooks\u00a0and\u00a0Ronnie Dunn, who make up the musical duo that\u2019s been\u00a0turning out country hits since 1991, recently&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taylor-swifts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking: Brooks &amp; 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