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\n\tThe latest single from Breland<\/a> is a head-turner \u2014 and it just may be a contender for song of the summer. \u201cIn My Truck,\u201d the first release from the country singer in two years, is an upbeat earworm that interpolates 50 Cent<\/a>\u2018s immortal 2003 blockbuster \u201cIn Da Club.\u201d The entire song rests on swapping out the word \u201cclub\u201d for \u201ctruck,\u201d a move so obvious that it\u2019s almost genius.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIn My Truck\u201d has all the hallmarks of a summer country hit: tight jeans, country boys, rhyming the word \u201ctruck\u201d with \u201cmud.\u201d But its main precedent (and clear template) is a song that traveled far past country radio: \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy),\u201d the 2024 Shaboozey single that transformed another early aughts hip-hop hit (J-Kwon\u2019s \u201cTipsy\u201d) into a crossover country-pop phenomenon. Like \u201cBar Song,\u201d \u201cIn My Truck\u201d trades hip-hop lyrical tropes for country signifiers (In this truck we drink whiskey, not Bacardi<\/em>), while also inserting its own name brand to juxtapose with the down-home lyrics (In \u201cBar Song\u201d it\u2019s a Birkin; in Breland\u2019s latest it\u2019s a Rado watch).<\/p>\n \n\tBut as much as it\u2019s impossible not to view \u201cIn My Truck,\u201d in part, as an attempt to follow the same path to crossover success as Shaboozey\u2019s breakthrough, the song is also the culmination of Breland\u2019s long and fascinating journey within country music. Over the past half-dozen years, the New Jersey native has become one of the most thoughtful artists (and in-demand collaborators) in country, unafraid to both speak his mind or experiment with genre. See his 2024 song \u201cGrandmaman\u2019em,\u201d a song that offers an entirely fresh take \u2014 both sonically and lyrically \u2014 on the grand country tradition of songs that pay homage to ancestors.<\/p>\n