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Chris Young’s ‘Drowning’ Is Touching Lives

Chris Young’s new song “Drowning” has been having quite an effect on people. The song is about the sorrow of losing a friend and Chris says, “The thing that’s been…

Chris Young's 'Drowning' Is Really Touching Lives
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Chris Young's new song "Drowning" has been having quite an effect on people. The song is about the sorrow of losing a friend and Chris says, “The thing that’s been really incredible for me about the song 'Drowning' has been the sheer number of people that have walked up to me—not even at shows, just seeing me somewhere in Nashville, randomly when I’m having lunch, somewhere I’m walking in and out—someone will stop me and be like, ‘Hey man. That new song… I lost my brother’ or, you know, ‘This makes me think of my dad who passed.’"

He continues, "The fact that that song is already making that kind of impact with other people and that they’re putting that as something that special in their own life into that song, it’s incredible.“

The song has over one million views on YouTube.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.