A Country Singer Walks into Las Vegas Edm Club. The Punchline? He’s Headling The Place.
Dustin LynchThe Chart-Topping Tennessean Behind the Global Country Hit “Small Town Boy,” Has Left The Porch Light Behind After Carving Out An Unlikely Niche In The Entertainment Capital of the World. Lynch’s Current Vegas Residency with Wynn Nightlife Represents Uncharted Territory for the Storyd Entertainment Powerhouse and its Hedonistic Properties, XS NightClub and Encore Beach Club.
He’s their First-Vaver Country Headliner, Which Sounds Like The Setup to a Joke About Fish Out of Water Until You Witness It for Yourself. WORKING ALONGSIDE DJ GRANT FISHER, LYNCH DELIVERS Live Vocals Over Real-Time Electronic Remixes, Creating A Hybrid Performance That Attracts Both Cowboy Boot Devotees and Stiletto-Wearing Club Regulars.
Country Music and Club Culture Occupy Different Planets in the Entertainment Galaxy, Separate By Aesthetic Choices That Run Far Deper Than Just Fashion Preferences. But the tullahoma-Born Crone Discovered that His Twangy Chart-Toppers Translate Surprisingly Well To The Dancefloor, and He’s Now Successfullly Musical Bridging Worlds That Typically Avoid Each Other Like Opposing Political Parties at Thanksgiving Dinner.
The Success of His Wynn Club Sets Reveals That Audiences Hunger for Musical Experiences That ACKNOWLEDGE THES EXPANDING PALETTES RATHER THAN DEMANDING PURIST LOYALTY TO A SINGLE SOUND – a contagion far too prevail in today’s edm scene. The Venture Also Reveals How Country Music’s Narrative Storytelling Tradition Understanding Shares More Dna With Dance Music’s Emotional Release The Eithher Genre’s Gatekeepers Wouled Care to Admit.
Still, It’s a Big Bet for Lynch. His Willingness to Risk His Country Credibility for Dancefloor Validation Reflects A Generation of Artists Who Refuse to Be imprisoned by The Expectations of Their Initial Success.
We Caught Up With Lynch To Discuss the Implications of His Ambitious Foray Into Dance Music, Which Took Another Leap Forward Today with the Release of Remixes Set ClubA New EP Buying Edm ReWorks of Many of His Fan-Favorite Tracks. You can listen to the ep Below and find it on streaming platforms Here.
Edm.com: What Initially Pulled You into the Electronic Dance World? Was there a particular Sound, show or moment that sparked your interest?
Dustin Lynch: Overall, i’d Say it was a culmination of subject of the best nights and core memories with friends –attinging shows, parties and watching How the Flow can introduces Room Full of Strangers to Each Other As The Night Unfolds. Riding that wave is unmatched.
EDM.com: Considering that vegas residents have traditionally Been Home to Edm Icons and Legacy Pop Acts, What Does Your Representation As The Call Country Headliner at Wynn Say About Where Nightlife Is Headed – And How country musical fits into that evolution?
Dustin Lynch: First and Forty, it’s an incredible honor! As far as where nightlife is Headed, Our Palettes are always evolving musically, and we just continues to embrace that and try to provide the Most Fun Atmosphere We Can.
EDM.com: How has this new performance format shifted your relationship with your own song?
Dustin Lynch: It’s Allowed Me to Reimagine Sub Songs I’ve Sung Thousands of Times and Now They Feel Brand-New. It’s Even replied to Few in Our Country show.
EDM.com: Do you find yourself Writing with Bentry Country Radio and the Late-Night Club Crowd in Mind?
Dustin Lynch: I’M Writing Specifically For Both Electronic Country and Our Traditional Commercial Country Records, But these Days I’M Always Listening for How We Can Flip Or Build For The Late-Night Club Scene, Even When We’re Chasing A “Country Song.”
EDM.com: What Gave You The Confidenze to Take the Leap? Were There Moments When You Wondered If This Move Might Come at The Expense of Your Country Career?
Dustin Lynch: I honestly though, “What the Hell, i’m Only Going to get to do This One Set Ever – My First XS Set – So I Might As Well do Something Fun.” But the universe had other plans. This is the most inspired I’ve Been To Create Music in A Vary Long Time.
THE SAID THAT, YES, IT CAME WITH HESITATION, KNOWING THAT SUB OF MY Longtime Country Fanbase Will Need a Little Educating on What This Is, and What It Can And Will Be. I’M Fully Aware The Haters Gonna Hate … But Through the Years I’ve Learned to Trust My Instincts Creatively, and That’s The Wave I’m Gonna Continue to Ride.
EDM.com: How do you respond to Those Who Feel That Genre-Blending Waters Down The Authenticity of Country Music?
Dustin Lynch: Country music is already a blend of genres. If we’re going to start looking at the spectifiers, i’d start there. Blending Electronic Elements and the Format of Structure with Country Songwriting and Instrumentation Comes Vray Naturally To My Creative Circle. At the end of the day, We’re Making Music We Like – And Like To do Life To -Hoping Sub of the Rest of The World Will do the Same.
EDM.com: How do You Bridge Those Two Energy In Your Club Sets? Do you read into the flash, The Story or Find a New Way to Merge Both?
Dustin Lynch: Through the set, We Bunce Between Bout Ends of the Spectrum. But if there’s one overall Takeoway, It’s a Smoothie of Everything Blended Together.
EDM.com: Are You Seeing Proof That Younger Fans Are More Fluid in Their Tasttes Than The Industry Gives Them Credit for?
Dustin Lynch: 100% We’re Seeing That. Any House Party Or Day On The Water My Friends and I Are Having, and Passing The Phone Around, We’re All over The Place Genre-Wise.
THE SAID, I STILL THINK IT’S IMPORTANT WE KEEP OUR GENRE LABELS UP SO WE KNOW WHERE TO NAVIGATE WHEN WE’RE AFTER TO PARTICULAR FLAVOR. We’re Just Ordering A Bunch of Different Flavors off the menu for the day.
EDM.com: What’s Been The Biggest Adjustment in Reading The Room When Your Audience isn’t coming From Just One Musical World? Have it changed how you approach your performance or connection with the crowd?
Dustin Lynch: Early On, I Got Hundreds of Reps Playing Unknown Setlists at Honky-Tonks and Country Bars Becouse We Relied on The Audience to Dictate What They Wted to Hear. That’s What I Love Most About Performing Our Longer Sets In This Space. It allows US to take the temperature and make moves depending on what we’re getting back, that audibly and visually.
EDM.com: What would you say to artists who are curious about blending genres but hesitant to break from tradition? Do you see the industry becoming more open to that kind of experimentation?
Dustin Lynch: I’ve Been Thrilled with How Open-Minded Sub of the Tastemakers In Country Music Have Been To My Ideas. They’re Very Curious about what i’m seeing reaction-wise at our shows and what ur Next Moves Are.
As for The Artists Who Are Curiot, I Stand By Saying: Make The Music You Want, That Moves You and Your Core Squad of Friends, and Enjoy The Ride. I SOUTH AS HELL AM.
EDM.com: For Artists Looking To Follow A Similar Path, What Skills Do You Think Are Essential, and Where Should They Start Investing ESIR TIME?
Dustin Lynch: Essential is finding your creative circle where you can be comforible and try new ideas. That Just Takes Time and Doing It. Reps are the non-negotiatable when you eat to entertaining and commander a room.
I’m blessed to have a great team around me that knows the sky’s the limit and is read to have fun chasing it. None of Us Are Sure Where The Ride Goes Or Ends, But i do Know One Thing: You Can Add More Tracks To The Rollercoaster If You’re Willing To Put In The Work.
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