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As the country music festival Stagecoach, aka the “country Coachella,” kicked off Friday in Indio, California, the booze was flowing, and plenty of performers were singing about the joys of day-drinking and beer-bonging. Even rising Mane Stage artist Chris Janson got in on the action with his Cuervo-namechecking party-starter, “Fix a Drink.
” But then Janson got surprisingly serious with his new anthem for the #MeToo age, “Drunk Girl,” cautioning the men in the audience to treat their fellow female (possibly inebriated) concertgoers with respect and never take advantage.“If my daughters are ever the ‘drunk girl’ in a situation in life, I hope and I pray that a young man would do the right thing, use his moral compass, and take care of my daughter the way she’s supposed to be with utmost respect,” the devoted father of four explained. “That’s what this song’s about, and that’s why I wrote it.”
Janson told Taste of Country earlier this year that “Drunk Girl” meant a lot him as a father of young girls, saying, “It was hard to not cry, to be honest with you. It was a pretty emotional write.” He also said he’d considered pitching the song to his frequent collaborator, Tim McGraw, but his wife encouraged him to record it himself because of his personal connection to the lyrics.
“Take a drunk girl home/Let her sleep all alone/Leave her keys on the counter, your number by the phone,” Janson sang tenderly at his piano. “Pick up her life she threw on the floor/Leave the hall lights on walk out and lock the door/That’s how she knows the difference between a boy and man.” Hopefully Janson’s important message wasn’t lost on Stagecoach revelers as they chugged their craft beers and margaritas in the blazing sun.
Most of Janson’s set was more lighthearted, and it featured several crowd-pleasing covers, including Billy Joel’s “Piano Man,” Lynyrd…
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