Corey Kent - "Something's Gonna Kill Me"

[recordyear]

Artist: Corey Kent
Single: Something's Gonna Kill Me
Album: BLACKTOP
Label: Combustion/RCA Nashville
Impact Date: July 10th, 2023 (AllAccess)
Writers: Austin Goodloe, Corey Kent, Joybeth Taylor, Lydia Vaughen

Second single. Already charting on Hot Country Songs chart due to Amazon Music.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

I'm not really sold on this guy yet. Wild As Her was a fine song, but his version was definitely inferior to the Tyler Joe Miller's, and I don't really care for the melody of this song. There are a few decent songs on the album, but compared with other new male artists, such as Nate Smith or Conner Smith, he's pretty weak imo. 

[raylatch98]

I actually like his voice, something about it just connects with me. It's nothing amazing but it works for me and this song is one I like a bit especially due to the chorus melody. 

[cowboyduck]

I’ve seen Corey play since our college days at Oklahoma State when he was Corey White. His growth as an artist has been fun to watch. He’s a guy with solid talent, but knows exactly who he is which makes him capable of the success he’s seen. I really enjoy the angle and feel of this song.

[recordyear]

Second most added with 33 adds and 34 total historic adds this week.

[countryfan43]

Jul 10, 2023 17:45:24 GMT -5 recordyear said:

Second most added with 33 adds and 34 total historic adds this week.

I think despite the lower add total this will do fine considering the big market Texas stations are jumping on to help this and the solid streaming numbers.

[austin]

Hmmm...This is kinda good? "Wild as Her" clicked with me when it was like legit Top 10 so I am wondering if I maybe like this guy. I will have to dive into him a little more.

[bigfan101]

Jul 10, 2023 18:39:24 GMT -5 austin said:

Hmmm...This is kinda good? "Wild as Her" clicked with me when it was like legit Top 10 so I am wondering if I maybe like this guy. I will have to dive into him a little more.

May I recommend Postcard, Hood of that Car & How You Know You Made It.., (becoming a stan here as well.)

[dm2081]

This is a pretty good follow-up to what I thought was a strong debut with “Wild As Her”. He has a defined Americana style that really makes him stick out among other new artists. Feels like the halfway point between mainstream country and artists like Jason Isbell and Zach Bryan.

[recordyear]

Debut at #55 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.

[LBTrocks]

This is really good! I adored “Wild As Her” but haven’t like anything else by him… until now

[.indulgecountry]

Aug 9, 2023 15:19:32 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

This is really good! I adored “Wild As Her” but haven’t like anything else by him… until now

That was literally his last single.

I realize you're probably referring to his album cuts and such tho, but I still found it funny, lol.

[LBTrocks]

Aug 9, 2023 17:10:25 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Aug 9, 2023 15:19:32 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

This is really good! I adored “Wild As Her” but haven’t like anything else by him… until now

That was literally his last single.

I realize you're probably referring to his album cuts and such tho, but I still found it funny, lol.

Lol yeah I was, but I get why it was amusing. I expressed myself poorly; I actually didn't hear the album in full, just a bunch of random songs my friend played for me cuz he loves Corey Kent. I didn't really like any of them, but I do like this one, hence my comment lol.

But now that you're here, did you like "Wild As Her" it was so good! And how do you feel about this one!

I want to be a fan of Corey; but overall, haven't liked much of the material I've hears sadly.

[.indulgecountry]

Aug 10, 2023 9:45:25 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

Aug 9, 2023 17:10:25 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

That was literally his last single.

I realize you're probably referring to his album cuts and such tho, but I still found it funny, lol.

Lol yeah I was, but I get why it was amusing. I expressed myself poorly; I actually didn't hear the album in full, just a bunch of random songs my friend played for me cuz he loves Corey Kent. I didn't really like any of them, but I do like this one, hence my comment lol.

But now that you're here, did you like "Wild As Her" it was so good! And how do you feel about this one!

I want to be a fan of Corey; but overall, haven't liked much of the material I've hears sadly.

So far I've been enjoying him. "Man of the House" is my favorite thing of his so far, and I also love "BiC Flame." This and "Wild as Her" are both good as well, though I like them a bit less than those two album tracks.

[dwindeezy]

Truthfully his first single grew on me once it became a hit and I actually dig this one too and it’s streaming well. For some reason tho, I feel a Dylan Scott type career for him in the long run in that he’ll build a name with slow rising radio hits that actually stream well (including solid album track streams as well), be a strong opener/decent touring artist, but it not translating to an A- list level career.

[keelhauled]

I got sick of Wild as Her pretty quickly, it just blended in with the monotony of endless songs about girls from Dylan Scott/Russell Dickerson/Jordan Davis/etc (I am still not convinced they aren't simply the same person cloned repeatedly for maximum profit potential) but this is much more interesting.

[recordyear]

Music video.

[raylatch98]

Corey Kent released a new song titled "This Heart"

 

Also this song was recently certified Gold. Which makes "Something's Gonna Kill Me" struggles all the more frustrating as this has spent the last 3 weeks without a bullet on Billboard Airplay. I wasn't expecting this song to race up the charts but I am shocked to see how much this has struggled to gain any traction, heck the call-out isn't even that bad (#38 on MMI). I do hope this turns things around as I really like Corey Kent's music.

[austin]

This has just continued to grow on me. I hate the long chart runs but I hope this turns it around because I don’t want to see him flop and never be heard of again. I think he has more potential than most of the new crop of males do.

[bigfan101]

This Heart is a smash, so okay if they fall off this to go that route.

But you are right - frustrating that this wasn’t a hit. The general public clearly supports it

[kluen]

this heart is ok

[raylatch98]

Went recurrent on Billboard this week. Kind of sad this only scraped the Top 40 and that's it as I really thought with how it was connecting it would marathon chart run and eventually take off. This song really deserved better imo.

[.indulgecountry]

Really shocked this one struggled so much. Corey definitely seemed like he had more hype to him than a lot of the newer males that have managed to get follow-up hits. I feel like this is a fluke though and he'll bounce back with something fresh later this year.