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Chris Willman
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Robby Klein As one of the most popular duos in country music (or country-pop crossover), Dan + Shay are known as serious romantics, to the point where they acknowledge and joke about how many marches down the aisle or first dances they’ve provided the soundtrack for. But with their new single, “Say So,” they’re making a temporary switch from wedding songs to a trying-to-prevent-a-funeral song.
“Say So,” which comes out Friday as the first single from the duo’s forthcoming album, makes it clear in the first verse just what kind of devastating event it was written in response to: “I got a call from a friend who don’t call very often / Broke it to me and I couldn’t believe that we lost him / Really felt like it came out of nowhere / But it never really comes out of nowhere / It’s crazy the pain that we carry when nobody’s watchin‘.” (Scroll down to read the full lyrics.) From there, it becomes inspirational, urging those with dark thoughts to not be afraid to burden their friends with them, and — proactively, on the other side — suggesting regular “How are you really doing?” check-ins with friends, even those who may have little or no reason to suspect loved ones are in distress.
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