Zach Bryan doesn't like his 'country musician' label

Put him successful a container and instrumentalist Zach Bryan volition effort to interruption retired of it.

Despite accruing aggregate state euphony awards implicit the past 2 years, the 28-year-old rising prima is not funny successful being called a "country musician."

In a candid speech with Bruce Springsteen for Rolling Stone, Bryan explained wherefore it bothers him to beryllium confined to 1 genre of music.

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Zach Bryan has skyrocketed to fame implicit the past 2 years. (Scott Legato/Getty Images)

Prefacing his bold remarks, Bryan compared his cognition of his euphony to the world's cognition of Springsteen's.

"When I perceive to your music, I’m like, ‘If you enactment antithetic accumulation to this, it’s a state song,’" Bryan told Springsteen, who agreed with the assessment.

"That’s wherefore I don’t privation to beryllium a state musician," helium continued.

Zach Bryan says helium doesn't similar being confined to the "country musician" label. (Keith Griner/Getty Images)

"I don’t privation to beryllium a state musician. Everyone calls maine it. I privation to beryllium a songwriter, and you’re quintessentially a songwriter," helium told the 20-time Grammy Award winner. 

"No 1 calls Bruce Springsteen – hatred to usage your sanction successful beforehand of you – but nary 1 calls Bruce Springsteen a freaking stone musician, which you are one, but you’re besides an indie musician, you’re besides a state musician. You’re each these things encapsulated successful 1 man. And that’s what songwriting is."

That's however Bryan wants to beryllium received: a instrumentalist of each trades.

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Zach Bryan told Bruce Springsteen that helium was a "hero" of his for not being pigeonholed into a genre of music. (Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns/Getty Images)

"No one’s ever travel up to you and said you were successful immoderate benignant of lane," Bryan told Springsteen, calling him his "hero."

"I don’t privation to beryllium a state musician."

Zach Bryan is presently connected "The Quittin Time Tour." (Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)

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In 2022, helium shared akin sentiments with The New York Times, calling Springsteen 1 of respective artists whose vocation helium wanted to mirror. "I deliberation radical recognize that I’m not that," Bryan said of being a state singer. "I privation to beryllium successful that Springsteen, Kings of Leon, Ed Sheeran at-the-very-beginning space."

He besides affirmed however imperative songwriting is to occurrence successful the industry.

"Songwriting is specified a monolithic portion of this.… If you’re missing retired connected it, what the hellhole are you doing? You’re conscionable performing. You’re an actor."

Zach Bryan and his woman Brianna LaPaglia look astatine the Grammy Awards. (John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

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Bryan has been nominated 4 times astatine the Grammy Awards, for Best Country Solo Performance, Best Country Album, Best Country Song, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance, which helium won this twelvemonth with Kacey Musgraves.

He's besides been nominated for 3 Academy of Country Music Awards, winning New Male Artist of the Year successful 2023. As for the Billboard Music Awards – he's been nominated 14 times – he's won 3 successful the stone category.

Bryan is presently connected his "Quittin Time Tour," with his adjacent scheduled show successful Edmonton, Alberta, Thursday night.