Has Zac Brown said goodbye to country music, well maybe for one solo album? Fans are confused on social media, after Brown took the opportunity Thursday night to surprise-drop what’s being billed as “his first pop solo album,” just one week after the Zac Brown Band released a new record that fans were already describing a pop move.
People among Brown’s fan base are welcoming this change of direction. Those fans are just among those on social media of mad fans asking if the singer is having a midlife crisis or has “lost his mind.”
Brown’s surprise solo album, ironically titled “The Controversy,” features collaborators from the pop and EDM worlds like Max Martin, Shroom, Benny Blanco, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd and Sasha Sirota, most of whom also worked on the Brown Band album from seven days prior, “The Owl.”