Is Florida Georgia Line’s ‘Simple’ a Hit? Listen and Sound Off!
Florida Georgia Line's new single, "Simple," is just as straightforward as its title suggests, and the Summer of 2018 will be all the better for it in country music.
After teasing about it on Instagram for much of the week, Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley released the new song online and to country radio on Friday (June 1), accompanied online by another song titled "Colorado." It's the first taste we've had of the superstar duo's upcoming fourth studio album, and it's the next step in their musical and personal metamorphosis.
Set over a sprightly backing track that is a pure slice of instant musical gratification, "Simple" focuses on the personal growth the duo have found in marriage and settling down, reflecting on the simple pleasures that life consists of as you grow older and grow into full-blown adulthood.
"We used to live on Instagram / Worry 'bout who all gives a damn / 'Bout where we've been and where we ended up /Then I met you and you met me / And all the rest is history / An epiphany that all we need is us," they sing.
"Simple" hangs around an instantly-catchy chorus that will be pouring out of car windows everywhere in the Summer of 2018: "It's like one, two, three, just as easy as can be / Just the way you look at me, you make me smile / Ain't no need to complicate it / We both know that's overrated / We've been there, it's safe to say it ain't our style."
Musically, "Simple" still delivers the feel-good pop country the duo have always focused on, but this time around they're focused on the country a bit more than the pop elements, mixing in more organic instruments over an alluring blend of acoustic guitars and a whistling hook. With "Simple," Florida Georgia Line have delivered one of the likely biggest hits of the summer, and they've extended their reach in doing so.
Did You Know? Florida Georgia Line's recent collaboration with Bebe Rexha, "Meant to Be," recently passed one billion streams.
Florida Georgia Line's "Simple" Lyrics:
The way your fingers fit in mine / It's five + five, not rocket science / This day in time, that's hard to find / It's true / The road we're on ain't a traffic jam / It's a Sunday drive on a piece of land / It's paradise as long as I'm with you
Chorus:
It's like one, two, three, just as easy as can be / Just the way you look at me, you make me smile / Ain't no need to complicate it / We both know that's overrated / We've been there, it's safe to say it ain't our style / It's just that simple / S-I-M-P-L-E simple as can be / Simple / S-I-M-P-L-E simple as can be.
We used to live on Instagram / Worry 'bout who all gives a damn / 'Bout where we've been and where we ended up /Then I met you and you met me / And all the rest is history / An epiphany that all we need is us.
Chorus:
We're just simple like a six-string / The way this world was meant to be / Like laughin', love, make a lot out of a little / It's just that simple / S-I-M-P-L-E simple as can be / Simple / S-I-M-P-L-E simple as can be.
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