#345 - Breland on His First No. 1 'Beers on Me' + Going Viral with ‘My Truck’ After a Producer Told Him He’d Didn’t Have What It Takes To Be An Artist + His Mission To Make Country Music More Inclusive
05/06/22 • 60 min
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Breland went viral in 2019 on TikTok with his song “My Truck” but his journey in music started 10 years before that. Breland sits down with Bobby to talk about how he went from studying business at Georgetown University to moving to Atlanta working as a producer with the vision of becoming an artist. Breland talks about not being taken seriously by the producer he was working with which lead to him taking trips to Nashville and getting cuts with major artists like Keith Urban and Sam Hunt. Breland shares with Bobby his vision and mission to make country music more inclusive and his response to when people question what he is doing is country or not. His debut album, Cross Country, is set to release early summer.
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Breland went viral in 2019 on TikTok with his song “My Truck” but his journey in music started 10 years before that. Breland sits down with Bobby to talk about how he went from studying business at Georgetown University to moving to Atlanta working as a producer with the vision of becoming an artist. Breland talks about not being taken seriously by the producer he was working with which lead to him taking trips to Nashville and getting cuts with major artists like Keith Urban and Sam Hunt. Breland shares with Bobby his vision and mission to make country music more inclusive and his response to when people question what he is doing is country or not. His debut album, Cross Country, is set to release early summer.
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Bobbycast - #345 - Breland on His First No. 1 'Beers on Me' + Going Viral with ‘My Truck’ After a Producer Told Him He’d Didn’t Have What It Takes To Be An Artist + His Mission To Make Country Music More Inclusive
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I love this guy. Breland Episode three. This song I just can't get out of my head if I hear it once. It's just just lives there. These Jordans. You can say you hey, when you can call me crazy, but don't touch my truck. Don't touch my truck. Breland born Daniel bre Up in Burlington, New Jersey, highly musical families. Parents are both ministers and led worship at church. You know, we talked about all of that here. Obviously. I think I lead with w
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