Lynn released her latest album Wouldn’t It Be Great in 2018. She’ll release Still Woman Enough, featuring collaborations with Reba McEntire, Margo Price, Tanya Tucker and more, in March.
Lynn isn’t the only artist to question the direction of mainstream country music. Last year, Kelly Clarkson decried that “country music doesn’t sound country anymore.”
“Country music is gone. Like, I don’t know who’s making it, but there might be like four people,” Clarkson said. “Now it’s like weird word rap.”
Clarkson also commented on the lack of women on country radio.
“Y’all don’t play people with boobs either,” Clarkson continued. “I was so inspired by Reba, Trisha, Patty…Martina, Terri, The Judds, Wynonna, Dolly, Shania. All these women from the ’90s. What is happening in country music? This is what’s happening: y’all aren’t playing country music anymore.”
Reba McEntire has also voiced her concern in the past.
In an interview with PBS News Hour last year, McEntire spoke out on the “bro country” trend and said she longs for a return to “real strong country.”
“I would really like it to get back to the real strong country. The country of Merle Haggard, Conway Twitty, Ronnie Milsap, Mel Tillis. I miss that kind of country.”