bro-country
bro-country noun: a subgenre of mainstream country music originating in the 2010s, influenced by hip hop, hard rock and electronica.
Noun
bro-country (uncountable)
- A subgenre of mainstream country music originating in the 2010s, influenced by hip hop, hard rock and electronica.
- In short, “Cruise” is bro-country: music by and of the tatted, gym-toned, party-hearty young American white dude.2013 August 11, Jody Rosen, “Jody Rosen on the Rise of Bro-Country”, in New York Magazine
- Instead, bro country songs string together a formulaic subset of tropes about beer sipping, truck driving, sunglasses wearing, unpaved roads, and tanned girls in shorts, typically building to a predictable catchphrase singsong chorus.2018, Bill C. Malone, Tracey E. W. Laird, Country Music USA, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 547
Forms of bro-country
| alternative form | bro country |
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Origin of bro-country
From bro + country, after brostep.
Questions about bro-country
- What does bro-country mean?
- Bro-country means a subgenre of mainstream country music originating in the 2010s, influenced by hip hop, hard rock and electronica.
- What part of speech is bro-country?
- Bro-country is a noun.
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