Shaboozey Shares First New Song Since The Blockbuster Success Of “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Daniel Prakopcyk

Shaboozey Shares First New Song Since The Blockbuster Success Of “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

Daniel Prakopcyk

Virginia singer Shaboozey now has himself a brand-new Billboard chart record. His J-Kwon-quoting country singalong “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has been dominating the pop and country charts for months, and according to a press release, it’s the longest reigning Hot 100 #1 by a solo artist” in Billboard history. That’s technically true, but it’s also one of those made-up records that doesn’t actually mean anything. Still, “A Bar Song” is currently in its 17th week at #1. If Shaboozey gets two more weeks on top, he will catch up to Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Old Town Road,” another unexpected country-rap hybrid. That would be a big deal. Anyway, Shaboozey has a new song today.

Shaboozy’s new song “Good News” is his first since “A Bar Song” took over the known universe, and it’s pretty much straight-up country, with a bit of hey-ho folk-revival stuff in there. The song is a lament, sung from the perspective of someone who’s going through some stuff: “I need some good news/ Sittin’ here, sippin’ on cold truth/ Nobody knows what I’m goin’ through/ Bet the devil wouldn’t walk in my shoes.” One might argue that Shaboozey gets good news every week, when the Billboard chart numbers come out. Nevertheless, it’s a pretty song, and you can hear it below.

“Good News” is out now on American Dogwood/EMPIRE.

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