Florida Georgia Line's Brian Kelley To Drop 'MAGA' Single This Week
Brian Kelley said he wrote the song because he is a "concerned, real American."
Brian Kelley (Image: Supplied)
This Friday (26 July), Brian Kelley – formerly one-half of country-pop outfit Florida Georgia Line – will share a new single entitled Make America Great Again.
Written a week before the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump (13 July), Kelley feels that, after the recent event, he needs to release the new single ASAP.
“I wrote this song by myself on 7/7/24 just about a week before the failed assassination attempt on @realdonaldtrump and after processing that event and being fed up with the current state of America I decided I need to get this out ASAP,” Kelley wrote on Instagram on Saturday (20 July).
He continued, “I wrote it from the heart because I am a concerned, real American. I do not pander, and I will never waver. I’m proud to honor my voice, and give a voice and anthem to those who feel the exact same way.”
Announcing the song’s release date, Kelley asked one thing of his followers: “no matter what side you fall on or in the middle, Let’s be respectful.”
In another Instagram post teasing the new single, Kelley said the new song will have him “standing up for America”.
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Tyler Hubbard Unfollowed Brian Kelley On Social Media In 2020
In May, Kelley released the solo album Tennessee Truth. Upon the release, he and his former Florida Georgia Line bandmate, Tyler Hubbard, discussed what led to the band’s breakup in 2022.
After the 2020 election, Hubbard and his wife unfollowed Kelley on social media, leading some fans to assume the disagreement was over political differences.
Confirming that he unfollowed his bandmate, Hubbard told Storme Warren on the Exit 209 show on SiriusXM (via USA Today), “I unfollowed BK for a few days while we were in the middle of this election and everything going on.
“I even called him and told him. I said, ‘Hey buddy, I love you. And I love you a lot more in real life than on your (Instagram) stories right now. So that's why I'm unfollowing you. Nothing personal. I still love you. You're still my brother.’ I just didn't want to see it every time I opened Instagram. And so it wasn't a big deal.”
In a May interview with Kelley, Hubbard commented that it’s “really hard to say” whether Florida Georgia Line could get back together.
He added, “I'll never say never, but a lot of stuff would have to change, to be honest. A lot of dynamics would have to — there'd have to be some real long open conversations, and some healing would have to be done, for sure, before that would ever happen.”
Kelley said, “You never know, man. I mean, look at the Eagles. There’s lots of groups that have gone through way worse things than we have. At the height of everything, it never was really terrible, just seeing things different.”
Adding that “time will tell”, Kelley continued, “I’m really focused on what I’m doing now. I know he’s really focused — he just dropped an album — and I know he’s putting a lot of hard work into what he’s doing, just as I am. We’ll have to see.”
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