Girls love him for his style and his signature mustache. Others love him for “bringing country back.”
From his guitar to his southern accent, Zach Top is bringing back that well-loved-and-missed ’90s country.
His hit song “I Never Lie” has more than 240 million streams on Spotify, getting him recognized by some of the bigger artists in the genre. Most recently, Top opened for Alan Jackson during his “Last Call: One more for the road” tour, which came to an end on May 17th. In April, he was awarded New Male Artist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music.
Since his newest album Ain’t In It For My Health was released in August, the country community has been buzzing. Top brings a range of emotions while never straying away from that classic sound. He keeps the iconic country steel guitar, fiddle and acoustic guitar present in his music.
Top dropped two singles before releasing the full album. Fans gave “Good Times and Tan Lines” the unofficial title Song of the Summer. That song has more than 15 million streams, and its well known line “good times and tan lines, cold beer and summer nights” gives that nostalgic summer feel.
But after that happy, carefree song came “South of Sanity,” which told a story about the struggle of working on the road and a relationship falling apart back home. His heartbreaking lyrics “When we hung up she was talking leavin’ / Now how am I supposed to sing and play” bring a feeling of loss that can be all too familiar to listeners.
During an interview with Apple Music, Top said the song was inspired by his marriage, which didn’t work out.
Top also told Apple Music about the story behind “Loving The Wrong Thing,” a very real story about wanting to make it in the industry but slowly losing yourself on the rise to fame. The story comes to life in the lyrics: “Honky Tonks became my new place of habit / Free drinks all night up on the stage / start to make you think you can’t do without it.”
“With this record, it’s like I’ve lived a little more, and so I have a little more to say,” Top said. He says this album has a lot more “meat on the bone,” with something for everyone.
Top and his team had the perfect way to help you find your song. Before the release, they came up with a way to “diagnose” you based on how you’re feelin’. “Dr. Zach Top” will give you what you need. All you have to do is put in your name, email and number. Click up to five “symptoms” and you’ll be prescribed a “cure” in the form of a song off the album.
I was prescribed “Country Boy Blues.” Once you’re prescribed your song, you can listen to a teaser. When the album dropped, that was the first song I listened to, and I have to say, Dr. Top knows what he’s doing.
Ain’t In It For My Health brings a range of emotions. From heartbreak to not giving a “flip-flop,” Top really isn’t lying when he says he had more to tell this time around.
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