Kenny Chesney Selects ‘Wild Child’ as New Single [LISTEN]
Kenny Chesney has released his latest single, 'Wild Child.'
The singer reunites with Grace Potter on the track, which is featured on his album 'The Big Revival.' He co-wrote the song with Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally.
Chesney says that the lyrics basically describe all the women he's ever been attracted to -- and he's taking a stand against the way the "bro-country" movement sings about women.
“Over the last several years, it seems like anytime anybody sings about a woman, she’s in cutoff jeans, drinking and on a tailgate -- they objectify the hell out of them,” Chesney says. “Twenty years ago, I might have written a song like that -- I probably did. But I’m at a point where I want to say something different about women.”
On 'Wild Child,' he paints a crystal-clear picture of the woman he's describing: “Got a spirit that can’t be tamed / She’s a calico pony on an open plain ... A kaleidoscope of colors / In her mind, child / A touch of crazy hides behind her wild smile / So simple / Yet experimental / Innocent but still a little wild child.”
Chesney will kick off his 2015 Big Revival Tour in March, with rotating openers Brantley Gilbert, Jake Owen, Cole Swindell and Chase Rice. He's also set to play select stadium dates with Jason Aldean and Eric Church.
Listen to Kenny Chesney, 'Wild Child':
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