{"id":485361,"date":"2019-05-02T12:12:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T18:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=828677"},"modified":"2019-05-02T12:12:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T18:12:06","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-diplo-and-cam-so-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-diplo-and-cam-so-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need to Know: Diplo and Cam, \u2018So Long\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/diplo4.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>One reason country music has been able to consistently maintain its commercial relevance is its ability to engage with other contemporary popular styles while still (in theory, anyway) maintaining some connection to the past. In the present moment, that means beat-driven productions that crib as much from electronic music and hip-hop as they do, say, Alan Jackson and Loretta Lynn. But frequently these programmed productions by Nashville beltway insiders feel like mere sketches \u2014 recordings that never made it past the demo stage in time for guitars and drums to get dropped on top of them.<\/p>\n<p>Enter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/diplo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_diplo\" data-tag=\"diplo\">Diplo<\/a>, who has promised a series of country-themed releases under his given name, Thomas Wesley, in 2019. The first of these, \u201cSo Long,\u201d features country singer-songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cam\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cam\" data-tag=\"cam\">Cam<\/a>, who has previously shown her mastery of heartbroken balladry (\u201cBurning House\u201d) and the answer song (\u201cDiane\u201d), along with straight-ahead pop (\u201cPalace,\u201d which Sam Smith recorded for <em>The Thrill of It All<\/em>). Built on Diplo\u2019s pulsing string rhythms, syncopated piano and a four-on-the-floor beat, the new track makes way for Cam\u2019s bell-clear vocals and her entreaty to a longtime loner. \u201cAin\u2019t your momma ever told you\/Just because you\u2019re out here running doesn\u2019t make you free,\u201d she sings, asking the other person to let the heart rule for a change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Long\u201d skips the big build-and-release approach favored by many dance-pop hits of late, employing instead a few well-placed sections where the beat drops out entirely and \u2014 in perhaps a nod to classic country \u2014 returns with a few lively fiddle somersaults following each chorus. It\u2019s a reminder that country and dance music aren\u2019t natural enemies, as long as they\u2019re being fused together by the right hands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/diplo-cam-so-long-thomas-wesley-828677\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One reason country music has been able to consistently maintain its commercial relevance is its ability to engage with other contemporary popular styles while still (in theory, anyway) maintaining some connection to the past. In the present moment, that means beat-driven productions that crib as much from electronic music and hip-hop as they do, say, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-485361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 14:14:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}