On a technical level, he’s a tolerable singer with both the range and flow to meet the song’s demands. If there’s one thing “Whiskey Glasses” does, it demonstrates that personal, emotional songs are not Wallen’s forte. There’s nothing here that really draws the listener in (in fact, that weird bass pulse actively drives them away), and in the end the only reason you start tapping your feet is because you’re impatiently waiting for the song to finish. The tempo is stuck in this weird place where it’s too fast to generate emotional energy but too slow to generate kinetic energy, and song just plods along lethargically as a result. The tone is suitably dark for the topic,but it doesn’t quite reach the level of sadness it needs to (to be honest, much of this is Wallen’s fault). Halfway through the first chorus, however, this pulsing bass-like noise starts rumbling, and while it slowly fades into the background as the chorus arrives, it’s annoying and distracting enough that the producer might as well have stuck a fire alarm into the mix. The production opens innocently enough, with the same old electric guitars and drums that everybody else is using. Based on his latest single “Whiskey Glasses,” the third from his If I Know Me album, it looks to be the latter: The track is a generic, lifeless, woe-is-me-she’s-gone song that feels way more shallow than it should. The question now is whether all this buzz is just an FGL-fueled sugar rush or a sign that Wallen is actually an artist on the rise. 1 single on Billboard’s airplay chart, but my (unfavorable) review of the song became this blog’s most-viewed post of all time (and it’s not close). However, the rest of the world apparently thinks otherwise: His last single “Up Down,”Ī collaboration with Florida Georgia Line, not only became his first No. For my money, he’s a Tyler Hubbard knock-off who doesn’t have anything interesting to say, and he hasn’t done a great job distinguishing himself from the rest of country radio. I’m going to level with you: I have absolutely no idea what people see or hear in Morgan Wallen. You won’t need “Whiskey Glasses” to listen to this song, but you’ll want a few cups of coffee to keep you awake.
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