Look out Wheeler Walker Jr., Brantley Gilbert might have been going for a country music world record with his latest song, “F***ED ME UP.”
If you want to get radio play, you generally have to avoid dropping certain words into a song. One of the big ones to avoid – if not the big one – is the f-word. Brantley Gilbert said to hell with that (might even want to avoid “hell” too), and dropped a song with an f-bomb in the title.
It’s called “F***ED ME UP,” but it’s probably not exactly what you think.
Gilbert shared the song along with the announcement of his forthcoming album, SINS OF THE FATHER, which is set to release later this summer. In the post sharing the news, the country music artist explained how this collection of songs – including “F***ED ME UP” – came to be:
“My new album ‘SINS OF THE FATHER’ is coming out July 24th! I’ve lived a lot of life to get here. This record is me owning all of it – the mistakes, the lessons and who I am now.
It’s all part of the same story, and each track stands on its own, representing its own chapter. To celebrate, my new song “F****D ME UP” is out now.”
Now let’s get to the song that drops the f-bomb 16 separate times, shall we?
If you are like me, you probably read that and assume it’s some sort of raunchy song, maybe an angry song? After all, there’s usually a strong correlation between a high amount of curse words and a song diving into NSFW material. But this track from Gilbert is actually the opposite. It’s a piano ballad of sorts that’s actually very romantic, and tells the story of his wife coming into his life and changing it for the better:
“But you f***ed me up, downhill, full throttle
You f***ed me up, I lost my mind
If it wasn’t enough, goodbye was rock bottom
The man I was wasn’t gonna survive
You f***ed me up.”
For all those pearl-clutchers out there, take a deep breath. Brantley Gilbert also shared a clean version of the song, which swaps out the 16 f-bombs with the word “messed” (there’s also a clean version of the album dropping alongside the regular SINS OF THE FATHER on July 24).
Granted, it doesn’t land as much emotionally, but it is more suitable for a car ride with the kiddos than the original.
You can fire up the explicit version below:
“F***ED ME UP”
You could even hear that song live if you go to a Rock the Country date with Brantley Gilbert in the lineup (South Dakota, Kentucky and Michigan).
Rock the Country rolls on this summer with its next stop in Bloomingdale, Georgia on May 29-30, with a jam-packed lineup featuring Kid Rock, Miranda Lambert, Jelly Roll, Treaty Oak Revival, Shenandoah, Josh Turner, Ian Munsick, and many, many more. Tickets are available at RocktheCountry.com, though some packages are already sold out so if you’re planning on waiting until the last minute it’s probably better to go ahead and get your tickets now.
‘Rock the Country’ Tour Dates
May 29-30 – Bloomingdale, GA
June 27-28 – Sioux Falls, SD
July 10-11 – Ashland, KY
August 8-9 – Hastings, MI
August 28-29 – Ocala, FL
September 11-12 – Hamburg, NY
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