What are Shakira and Clay Aiken up to nowadays, anyway?

I've been sitting here for approximately an hour trying to think of a charming and enticing introduction that captivates your attention away from the rest of your end-of-week inbox and lures you into the mysterious and dangerous - yet inevitable - rabbit hole that is country music + the Youtube autoplay function that causes spiteful outrage from your officemates (because they're so jealous, obvi) and transforms you into a new and enlightened human being... but I clearly couldn't think of anything except for this nonsensical run-on sentence.


The First: Dance With Ya by Drew Baldridge

I can't decide. Is this a Taylor Swift music video or has Michael Buble decided to country up his sound? If I'm being honest, I don't care because I like this dude's song. It would be a great one to play when getting ready to go out on a Saturday night or something. You know, if my perfect Saturday night didn't involve a bottle of wine and the Gilmore Girls. I know.

Okay, can we be serious for a minute though? Do we think he wasn't interesting enough to watch on his own and so they maybe tried to bring in Shakira as his dance coach? Possibly? There's just so much awkward hip shaking. Which I suppose is probably better than my approach to dancing which is to flail my arms around in response to literally not knowing what to do with them. Zero to 60. That's me.


The Second: Jesus and Jones by Trace Adkins

First off, I'm excited that there's a new Trace Adkins song out. Secondly, I enjoy the sway to this song. Thirdly, the juxtaposition between the Vegas scenes and the sitting-on-a-dock-on-the-lake scenes make no sense to me. Am I watching two different music videos? Weren't there more seamless ways for you to portray those lyrics, Trace? Fourthly (< is that a word? I'm leaving it as is either way...), here is a largely inexplicable Trace Adkins shout out to my friend Kali because I know she'll enjoy it.


The Third and Final: Swingin' by Clay Aiken Adam Sanders

I think Adam Sanders is on the edge of being big. He's like a toddler who has crawling down pat and always wins the crawling races (is this a thing that parents do with their children? Please let me know... I'm supposed to babysit for some friends in a few weeks...) and has recently been practicing teetering on both legs. He's on the verge of being able to take some big-boy steps along with some of country music's current faves; he's just perfecting his balance. Exhibit B. Exhibit C is me telling you to be on the lookout for Thunder which is his newest single and even though it was released like two months ago is still not linkable via the Youtube... #Sadfaceemoji.


Enjoy your weekend, lovelies! I have no plans other than celebrating friendships tonight and, of course, my usual Gilly Girl catch up tomorrow (see above). And I'm super excited about all of it.


Thanks for listening!
Karla