Rhett's Life Changes show his changing style

By Bailey Sanderson

The 2015 country album Tangled Up made singer-songwriter Thomas Rhett popular, although he had an album in 2013 It Goes Like This. He put out 5 singles from just that album. In 2017, he put out his best album Life Changes. In this album, he put out 5 singles and is favored to win a Grammy this year.  This album he writes more autobiographical songs. He is evolving as a singer songer and his type of music.

His first song “Craving you” features Maren Morris and it sets off the moods about his love life. This song leads into the next called “Unforgettable;” this song is all about a girl he can't get out of his head. I think I like it so much because he puts so much detail into it that to me it seem like he is writing it from a memory. Both these songs are really up beat and they stay up beat until song number 5, “Marry Me”. This song is slower, and he expresses about how he's in love with this girl who happens to be his best friend and she is marrying someone else. This song is so different from the first five, the beat and the story line. Song number 7 “Life Changes” is different from from all of these songs, he goes through his whole life. I think this song is placed here so the songs before this one was he was growing up, and before him and Lauren found each other. A little farther down the list number 10 “Sweetheart” is one of my favorite songs. In this song, he really expresses his love for one girl, and my guess would be that he wrote this for his wife Lauren. The last song on this album is “Grave,” and it happens to be my favorite song of his. This song was a great to wrap up with, its sweet and sentimental and you can tell he is singing this for the love of his life. He says “I might be 6 feet deep, but I'll still be loving you.” This song shows who he wrote this album for.

His 2013 album started with a hard guitar solo, and a catchy beat. The 2015 album also starts with  guitar solo but to me it doesn't have the country feeling. His newest album starts with a instumental catchy beat and makes you want to listen. This album is not quite like any other I've heard, this one takes you on a journey  or at least it feels like it. Although I don't feel as much of the country feeling that I felt in his first album.

. Teens and adults,  who like pop or country, would like it more because they listen to the lyrics and understand it more. And pop and country listeners would like this because it's on the verge for both. It's not super country, but it's also not really pop music either.