Hailey Whitters - "I'm In Love"

[recordyear]

Artist: Hailey Whitters
Single: I'm In Love
Album: I'm In Love (EP)
Label: Pigasus Records/Big Loud Records
Impact Date: 9th October, 2023
Writers: Cameron Bedell, Lee Thomas Miller, Nicolle Galyon

[christianlarson9]

This needs to be a hit. It's catchy, perfect length for radio, and fits the current sound of the format perfectly.

If it can climb faster than "Everything She Ain't", I'm hoping it'll peak sometime next summer which would be perfect timing.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Correct choice. I love the melody and production of the song. While there were many songs on "Raised" album that could have been a single, give its age, this is the reasonable move after all. Hope this would be a hit for her and she would stay relevant to the country radio in a long run. 

[diamondinmypocket]

Absolute smash. This is gonna be the one that blows her up

[Bhad Bill]

This was my song of the summer. She is so, so, so, cute in the video!

The line "good lord almighty mama don't wait up" gets me so happy!

[zdm1998]

Man I hope this smashes. It just brings a giant smile across my face whenever I listen. Very much feels in the same vain as “If You Go Down,” with that Dixie Chicks (The Chicks) kind of flare.

[.indulgecountry]

Whew. Was beginning to worry this may get passed on, but glad to see them (finally) confirming it. They should've pivoted to this sooner instead of propping up "Everything She Ain't" needlessly after it was clear it wasn't getting any higher, but I digress. This is a total smash and I expect it to be another hit for her in the end, and with luck it'll work its way up the charts a bit quicker now that she's gotten radio's attention some already. Love this song and it may honestly be my favorite thing I've heard from her to date. It stays stuck in my head. Two bottles into a bottle of wine is a winner of a lyric. So hooky.

[someguy]

I can't wait for her to really blow up. I've been a fan for years and she is super talented. This is a winner, and I hope that it hits huge for her.

[jab820]

I LOVE this song, but you can't deny it sounds eerily identical to "If You Go Down". When Kelsea posted this song on her story, I wondered if that was a subtle nod to her acknowledging that the songs sound the same.

Regardless, this really ought to be a hit. It's so good.

[raylatch98]

Sept 30, 2023 14:31:53 GMT -5 jab820 said:

I LOVE this song, but you can't deny it sounds eerily identical to "If You Go Down". When Kelsea posted this song on her story, I wondered if that was a subtle nod to her acknowledging that the songs sound the same.

Regardless, this really ought to be a hit. It's so good.

Eh, they sound similar in terms of instrumentation and sounding very country but I don't think they sound identical at all. I also feel like Kelsea Ballerini was just acknowledging the song because she liked it and nothing more. 

[raylatch98]

Most added song with 53 adds this week. Very encouraging start I must say. 

[recordyear]

Oct 9, 2023 16:18:47 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Most added song with 53 adds this week. Very encouraging start I must say. 

I saw 56 adds and 57 total historic adds?

Doesn't change the fact that this has a great add number though.

[countryfan43]

I was unsure how well this would start off with how long “Everything she ain’t” was on the chart but wow it looks like radio is all in on her which is great to see as her vocals are amazing.

[diamondinmypocket]

Oct 9, 2023 20:25:59 GMT -5 countryfan43 said:

I was unsure how well this would start off with how long “Everything she ain’t” was on the chart but wow it looks like radio is all in on her which is great to see as her vocals are amazing.

It felt like ESA turned a corner earlier this year with country radio. I think it coincided with her ACM win for best new female artist, but it seems like they all finally started believing in her. With how slow things are at country radio though, ESA had just overstayed its welcome on the chart by the time radio came around to Hailey. The song is a hit imo, it just needed to take off a little quicker. I think "I'm In Love" is going to benefit from that, as its also a smash of a song and radio is all on board with Hailey. This is about to be a massive breakout song for her. So glad its off to a faster start already

[raylatch98]

Debuts at #60 on Billboard Country Airplay chart. Very great start continues since this went for adds less than 2 weeks ago. 

[zdm1998]

This looks like it's probably near the end of the road tbh. Keeps getting bumped out of the top 50 on MB and already 6 months old. I will never get over radio for how they have treated absolute earworms like I'm In Love/I'm Not Pretty/If You Go Down/Out of That Truck. All should've been top 5 minimum, and I enjoy MUCH more than almost everything that has been reaching the top recently. I feel like we have taken a giant step back for the ladies, where in 2020 it felt like we were starting to see progress.

Women are getting treated worse now than in the bro country/tomato gate era, when Carrie was the only reliable female, which I didn't think was possible. Feel like Lainey is the closest one they are behind the most, but they sure lollygagged at giving her current one quick airplay, and will most likely barely make it to the MB penthouse this week, taking a massive push to get it there.

[kluen]

I don’t think now is worse than Bro-country because currently there are some new females can produce decent hits and back in the days of bro country there ain’t much new females doing anything

2020 is a fluke year for female
if you do a statistics on how many female billboard no.1 hits per year
you would not be surprised
if I remember correctly,except for 1970s and 1990s the numbers are not good