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“The minute we’re born, we’re all put on this same racetrack and we’re told, ‘These are the steps: Go to college, then find your Southern gentleman or woman and get married, go have a baby,’” Kip Moore told Apple Music in 2020.
But Moore’s whole career has been a monument to not following the obvious path. Born in Tifton, GA, in 1980, he was primed for a career as a hard-rocking country boy after the huge success of his 2011 track "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" and his 2012 debut LP, Up All Night. But when his next batch of singles failed to make a dent on mainstream radio, Moore scrapped his planned second album and focused on expanding his sound and lyrics: On 2015’s Wild Ones, he opted for Springsteen-style anthems, then explored his emotional shortcomings on its 2017 follow-up, Slowheart. It finally seemed Moore was comfortable being honest with himself and his audience—something he proved when he started speaking out against racism in America, a risky topic to tackle in the country world. On his fourth LP, 2020’s Wild World, he described the man he “shoulda” been: “A cowboy/Livin' in the Black Hills/Livin' on the outside of the law/Yeah, crazier than wild Bill,” he sings on “Southpaw.” That’s all fantasy, though. The real Kip Moore is a power-chord loving, plainspoken seeker who, like many of us, feels a little apart from the crowd—and that’s more than fine with him.
But Moore’s whole career has been a monument to not following the obvious path. Born in Tifton, GA, in 1980, he was primed for a career as a hard-rocking country boy after the huge success of his 2011 track "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" and his 2012 debut LP, Up All Night. But when his next batch of singles failed to make a dent on mainstream radio, Moore scrapped his planned second album and focused on expanding his sound and lyrics: On 2015’s Wild Ones, he opted for Springsteen-style anthems, then explored his emotional shortcomings on its 2017 follow-up, Slowheart. It finally seemed Moore was comfortable being honest with himself and his audience—something he proved when he started speaking out against racism in America, a risky topic to tackle in the country world. On his fourth LP, 2020’s Wild World, he described the man he “shoulda” been: “A cowboy/Livin' in the Black Hills/Livin' on the outside of the law/Yeah, crazier than wild Bill,” he sings on “Southpaw.” That’s all fantasy, though. The real Kip Moore is a power-chord loving, plainspoken seeker who, like many of us, feels a little apart from the crowd—and that’s more than fine with him.
Musical InfluencesKip Moore's musical influences include Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson and more.
Influenced by Kip MooreKip Moore has influenced the music of Matt Roy, Ivan Roux, The Digital Cowboy and more.
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