At long last, The Dixie Chicks have finally released new music.
I have waited so long for this moment.
So. Long.
The Dixie Chicks were my role models as a kid. Their music was equally catchy as it was inspiring.
My parents always played the Travlin' Soldier album for every road trip, and I associate their music with positive memories.
They've done collaborations with both Beyonce and Taylor Swift in the past few years, but the fact that they have finally released their own music, with an album being released in May, is so, so exciting.
Now, I listened to their new single, Gaslighter, and it was everything I'd hoped it be and more.
It still has that Dixie Chicks sound we all know and love, but also gives off Goodbye Earl, girl power vibes, and is now my "men are trash" anthem.
The song talks about a man who is a gaslighter, which is a psychological manipulator who seeks to sow seeds of doubts in a targeted individual or in members of a group, making them question their own memory, perception or sanity.
There truly is nothing worse than mansplaining and gaslighting. Both used to make women feel like they are insane.
I will never understand why the Dixie Chicks got as canceled as they did since they couldn't even preform at the CMA's until Beyonce said she would not preform unless they were on stage. People really hated them for expressing an opinion over two presidencies ago.
It's extremely exciting that we'll get to here content with just them, because their feature in Soon You'll Get Better on Taylor Swift's Lover album was not nearly enough Dixie Chicks as I was hoping for.
However, these are better times, and the little girl fans they had back then are all grown up now, and can vote.
Gaslighter comes out May 1st!