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How Problematic Is Morgan Wallen, Anyway? In ‘I’m the Problem,’ He Doesn’t Want to Rile Up a Nation — Just Be Country’s Saddest Bad Boy
In Morgan Wallen's 37-song 'I'm the Problem,' he's no provocateur, just someone who wants to be your favorite sad bad boy, drowning his sorrows.
Even with anything resembling a pop-culture monoculture long gone, the extreme polarization some of our top artists generate can feel staggering … and surprising, if you’re in the kind of bubble where you’re unaware your loving or loathing is not shared by the nation as a whole. The only audiences that could possibly take offense at his actual content would be evangelicals (“Under that full moon she was ’bout halfway naked in my truck bed, so I helped her with the rest” is his endorsement of alfresco sex) or vegetarians (“He told me, hold the light / Pulled out a buck knife / We talked about life / While I held the left leg,” he sings about racking up bro time on a hunting trip). I started thinking of Lucy at the chocolate factory, struggling to keep up… but the confections here being lines that were being thrown out about lost love and horniness and excessive drinking (and, occasionally, positive life lessons).Working in volume like this?
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