Dogs, beer, and heartbreak are the stereotypical cornerstones of every country album, but Jordan Davis focuses on more meaningful ideas.
Releasing his first studio album Home State in 2018, Davis has quickly ascended to country stardom. His 2023 album Bluebird Days tells a story of cherishing what you have while you have it because there are more important things in life than material objects.
The songs that stand out are “Part of It,” “Buy Dirt,” and “What My World Spins Around.” All three songs are unique but share the same central theme: living in the moment.
It is safe to say that Davis’s album is part of the new wave of country music. While the basic ideas of the genre remain, how the artist portrays the ideas is different. The melody and instruments in Bluebird Days fit this narrative. The album contains the cornerstone guitar rhythm in a typical country music song with a slight twist due to pop music influence.
This isn’t your parents’ country music.
In “Part of It” Davis sings about crucial moments in his life. From his first heartbreak, the death of his grandfather, and the birth of his two kids, Davis learns from these moments and becomes a better person.
Davis sings, “And when you lay it all out and get down to the heart of it,/Man, that’s just life and that’s all part of it.”
Davis says that everything happens for a reason. Every moment, good or bad, means something.
“Buy Dirt,” with contributions from country music star Luke Bryan, peaked at number 22 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The song expresses that happiness simply can’t be bought. Davis sings from the point of view of listening to advice from an 80-year-old man saying, “’Cause the truth about it is/It all goes by real quick/You can’t buy happiness/But you can buy dirt.”
In a society where money is prioritized, it is refreshing to hear music that preaches happiness over materialism.
“What My World Spins Around” pulls at the listener’s heartstrings, as it is a love song that pulls on your emotions. Lyrics such as “I can’t imagine me living without this/Back forty view on our piece of ground/Watching you watch the sun going down/That’s what my world spins around” show that living in the moment with people you love is a life-changing experience. Davis sings about prioritizing people over experiences.
Bluebird Days is what every person, specifically high school seniors, should listen to.
Bluebird Days is what every person, specifically high school seniors, should listen to. The theme of life moving fast resonates with high school seniors the most. In a blink of an eye, the first day of class is over, and you are standing on the graduation stage getting your diploma.Bluebird Days remind us to take life slowly. Be glad to be “part of it.”
