Different Man

“I guess it’s just the dad in me—I don’t care what people think anymore.” That’s country superstar Kane Brown, telling Apple Music radio’s Kelleigh Bannen about the fearless philosophy he adopted while creating *Different Man*, available now in Spatial Audio. His third studio album features the hit singles “One Mississippi” and “Like I Love Country Music” and follows Brown’s American Music Award-nominated 2018 LP, *Experiment*. That bold spirit permeates *Different Man*, which finds Brown digging deep into his Southern roots and exploring a broad new spectrum of sounds that pulls from Southern rock, blues, gospel, and R&B. Opener “Bury Me in Georgia” pairs a stomping, swampy beat with church choir harmonies, with Brown and his band channeling fellow Georgia luminaries like Macon transplants The Allman Brothers. Single “Like I Love Country Music” tips its hat to ’90s country, complete with a nod to Brooks & Dunn’s 1991 debut single “Brand New Man.” And Blake Shelton guests on the emotional and evocative title track, with Brown’s own wife, Katelyn Brown, lending an assist on the sweet, poppy “Thank God.”

Kane Brown bookends Different Man with "Bury Me in Georgia" and "Dear Georgia," two deliberate odes to his home state that are hardly the only sentimental tunes on his third album.