Lee Brice is experiencing the negative side of social media. The country music star recently uploaded part of his new song titled "Country Nowadays". Unfortunately, it's gone down like a lead balloon. In the song, Brice recites the lyrics "It ain't easy being country in this country nowadays," and that line appears to be what's drawn the ire of his fanbase.
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"Why are you turning off your comments?" one fan wrote. "Don't you full [sic] believe in what you're singing about? Probably not, just pandering."
Brice initially debuted the song at the Super Bowl halftime show. However, most of the pushback came when he shared a clip of the music video on social media. Perhaps the pageantry of the Super Bowl dampened some of the initial backlash, allowing for a swell once he took his new track onto the socialsphere.
"Everything he sings about wanting is completely legal and easily accessible," another fan wrote.
Over 186,000 people have watched Brice's Super Bowl performance back on YouTube. However, the verse and chorus video that has since been uploaded has only drawn 29,000 viewers. Fortunately, controversy can sometimes be one of the best promotion tools, so Brice may still experience a silver lining to his latest work being absolutely torn to shreds.
Lee Brice has since turned the comments off on his post, which was uploaded to X.
What Else Did Fans Have To Say About Lee Brice's New Song?
X, formerly known as Twitter, can be a harsh playground. Mob mentality is a real thing, and once the consensus swings against you, everybody tends to pile on.
"Imagine writing a song and not wanting anyone to comment on it because you know it's complete dogs***," one X user wrote in a quote reply.
Another chimed in by noting that "this song sucks."
If you've ever put something creative into the world, you will know how deeply negative criticism can cut. However, Brice might have done himself no favors by shutting down the comments. In fact, it likely baited harsher responses as a result.
Fortunately for Brice, X is an echochamber. The blowback on his lyrics may be contained to the users on that platform. We will know more once the full song is out and we can see the streaming numbers over a sustained period of time. But for now, early indications aren't good.
