Eric Church is a Desperate Man in his New Music Video, Kacey Musgraves is Proud to Embrace Diversity, and Which Country Artists Land on Forbes Highest Paid List

When Eric Church is back, he’s back!

The country music star announced his eight studio album last week saying “It’s been a while; I just want to say I have missed you. I have good news … the album is done, and we are back.”

The album will be titled Desperate Man with the first single also titled Desperate Man coming out in October. In the music video, Church gets up to no good while telling a story in a mini movie of the hero who must acquire all his music before the record label distributes it.  Check it out!

Kacey Musgraves is proud to embrace diversity in country music.

Kacey appreciated the diverse crowds that showed up for Harry Styles on his 2018 Live Tour, to which she opened up for. She hopes to see that crowd carry over into the country music world.

Kacey says she is seeing small signs that the country music genre is progressing. Take Luke Bryan’s hit Most People are Good. The song has seen quite a bit of attention for the line I believe you love who you love / Ain’t nothing you should ever be ashamed of. 

Although she is grateful that Luke Bryan can have this hit, she says it’s a small step and they still have a long way to go when it comes to seeing representation of all people in country music.

This tour has come and gone faster than I thought it would. I’m really gonna miss the energy, the love, and the sparkle that Harry and his team brought – not to mention the incredible people who came to each and every show. I became such a giant fan of his on this tour. Seeing someone do what they do each night with so much passion and class was inspiring. Thank you all for having me. It’s not always easy being a support act, feeling sometimes like you have to fight the crowd for their attention or win them over..but from the first show you guys knew every word and kept me on my toes. Hope to see y’all again very soon ??

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Forbes has released their top 100 world’s highest paid celebs for 2018.

Country music wise, Taylor Swift is #1. Coming in at #21 bringing in 80 million. Luke Bryan is at #45 bringing 52 million, Garth Brooks at #59 with 45.5 million, and Kenny Chesney at #87 with 37 million. Pocket change right?

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