'I Remember Everything' singer Zach Bryan says although he is called a 'country musician,' he doesn't want to be known as one.
Put him in a box and musician Zach Bryan will try to break out of it. Despite accruing multiple country music awards over the past two years, the 28-year-old rising star is not interested in being called a 'country musician.' In a candid conversation with Bruce Springsteen for Rolling Stone, Bryan explained why it bothers him to be confined to one genre of music.
Prefacing his bold remarks, Bryan compared his perception of his music to the world's perception of Springsteen's. 'When I listen to your music, I’m like, ‘If you put different production to this, it’s a country song,’' Bryan told Springsteen, who agreed with the assessment. 'That’s why I don’t want to be a country musician,' he continued. 'I don’t want to be a country musician. Everyone calls me it.
No one’s ever come up to you and said you were in any sort of lane,' Bryan told Springsteen, calling him his 'hero.' 'I don’t want to be a country musician.' CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER In 2022, he shared similar sentiments with The New York Times, calling Springsteen one of several artists whose career he wanted to mirror. 'I think people understand that I’m not that,' Bryan said of being a country singer.
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