ALANA SPRINGSTEEN

                                                              "you don't deserve a country song" 

                                                              Columbia Records/Sony Nashville

The word buzz gets thrown around a lot in the music world, but sometimes it’s the most accurate word to truly describe some artists career trajectory; and it absolutely, 100% applies to Alana Springsteen.

Tagged as “The Future of Country Music” by People Magazine, Springsteen has spent the better part of this past year wowing live audiences with her flawlessly energetic shows while satisfying radio with hot song releases such as “Trust Issues” and “Me Myself and Why,” both lifted off her highly acclaimed 2022 album, History of Breaking Up.

Proving that her incredible past year was only just a small tease of even bigger things still to come, Springsteen now hits us with her official debut single “you don’t deserve a country song,” the first from her forthcoming, three-part debut album’s first installment TWENTY SOMETHING: Messing It Up.

Written by Springsteen with Mitchell Tenpenny, Geoff Warburton, Will Weatherly and Michael Whitworth, the driving mid-tempo melody instantly attracts you to the song as you begin to sway through the intro with its built for mainstream, pop country flare.

But it’s Springsteen incredible vocal prowess and her uncanny ability to move her voice into hints of sly spitefulness that enhance every line of the “I’m done with you and over it” lyrics.

With the opening verse, Springsteen sets the tone as she sings us through a list of all the things that she ain’t gonna be doing in the aftermath of a breakup, geared specifically toward writing a song: ain’t gonna waste paper or ink, ain’t touching her guitar, and ain’t wasting a line, the perfect rhyme, or a melody on him because ultimately, he isn’t worth three chords and the truth.

She then flips the narrative with the chorus by moving her focus to what he’s probably thinking she’s doing in her efforts to get over him, including drinking alone at the bar and driving by his house, before landing at the hook that cleverly delivers the final shot to his ego when she sings, “I bet that’s what you want, but you don’t deserve a country song.”

The bridge continues to see her listing all the things that he isn’t going to be getting from her, further enhancing the hook when she sings the line, “you don’t get to hear your name on the radio”… while the second verse nostalgically connects with the fans when it namechecks some of modern country’s breakup gems such as “Neon Moon,” “What Hurts the Most,” and “You’ll Think of Me.” 

With all the buzz that’s already eclipsed Springsteen over the past year, it’s safe to say that “you don’t deserve a country song” will be a surefire smash at radio and an enormous step into her next exciting chapter as it’s catchy, perfectly suited for radio play, and will resonate with many of the listeners; all while perfectly introducing Alana Springsteen to an even wider audience as she builds the foundation for what looks to be a productive year of a lot of new music from her.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)