Princewill Pius
Like any true artist, inspirations can come from seemingly normal places to wildly creative ones. Sure, it makes sense that Luke Combs likes country music but would you have guessed boy bands? During an interview on Nightline, correspondent Adrienne Bankert asked about the songs that Combs sings to himself “around the house.” The country music star confessed, “As I got a little bit older, singing what all kids that were born in 1990 were singing was Backstreet Boys — NSYNC.” He then said any viewer who “didn’t listen to Backstreet Boys” is lying. Combs also said, “I didn’t really listen to country music at all,” until he learned about Eric Church while at college.
Then, in an article for Billboard, Combs talked about more inspirations outside the country music genre. “I listen to Ed Sheeran pretty routinely. That’s what’s on in the car and that’s what’s on in the green room. When I find something, whether it’s new or old, I’m really bad about wearing it out and then I’m like, ‘Okay, I won’t listen to that for a couple of weeks now ’cause I listened to it so much.'” That includes Post Malone, The Avett Brothers, and Adele. Oh, and rapper DaBaby. “I know it doesn’t seem like I would be a DaBaby fan, but he’s from Charlotte. I’m from North Carolina. You gotta get hyped before the show. Everybody’s got a chance if they’re from Carolina for sure,” Combs said.
Written by: Nicki
