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Mitchell Tenpenny Talks Bringing Yesterday’s Pain Forward With Energized ‘Not Today’: ‘I’ve Always Loved the Idea of Owning the Hurt’
This week's Makin' Tracks column features Mitchell Tenpenny's "Not Today."
The protagonist orders a drink, sends up a prayer and scours the club for a potential partner — literally employing the bottle, the Bible and the mistake in a single moment. By re-singing lyrics from an earlier part of the song, it offered the listener familiarity, though they also freshened the section three different ways: They broke into a halftime tempo, Tenpenny took some melodic liberties, and the underlying chords got a slight, ascendant revision. Columbia released the death row “Not Today” video on May 9, and the electric chair was used as a prop for fans to take Tenpenny-themed selfies when the label set up its Camp Sony attraction at Acme Feed & Seed during CMA Fest in June.
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