CHARLY REYNOLDS

                                                                "She Ain't Me"

                                                                Independent Release

If giving definition to Charly Reynolds year so far, in a word it would be overcomer!

Having to go on vocal rest earlier this year due to surgery, rather than completely halting her career trajectory, she continued building her strong following and solid reputation through very precise song releases which expertly kept her next chapter flowing through our speakers.

While both “One Day At A Time” and “Out Of My Hands” took on a much deeper meaning and perfectly captured the essence of what she was dealing with in the moment, the release of “Flowers” in mid-April highlighted her triumphant return to the stage to fully complete her comeback.

She now returns with “She Ain’t Me,” a sass driven up-tempo that’s dedicated to the ex who cheated on her with a girl who looked exactly like her, which drips with an uber amount of pure confidence.

The clap along beat that’s embedded into the sway of the intro’s groove immediately sets this female anthem into high gear, capturing the listeners attention as Reynolds drives through each of the verses with descriptive comparisons between her and his new girl, singing of their same red lipstick, her long blonde hair, her southern charm, and how they drive the same Jeep.

However, this really takes its shape when Charly punches into the fist-pumping, drink raising pop of the chorus, channeling her country girl cred by shifting away from all the different ways that they’re the same, smirking her way into a shrug that not only pinpoints all that the new girl will never be, but also highlights in camouflage exactly who she herself is:

“The one that baits the hook and loads the gun

Shoots a shot, just for fun

Or rocks a pair of Wrangler Jeans

She’ll never be the country kind like you like

Redneckin’ all night, a honytonkin’ dancing queen

She won’t give you what you need

Cause she ain’t me”

Piggyback off the idea wrapped into chorus, Reynolds expertly wallops the final blow with a bold exclamation point in the second verse when she rhetorically asks,  “Does she even play guitar and has she ever heard a Haggard song?”

Country music is chalk full of similar modern era anthems, but the ability to craft something that’s been done before into a uniquely new way that makes the topic fresh again is the true definition of a great songwriter. Reynolds has done just that with “She Ain’t Me,” while simultaneously placing an emphasis on her crisp vocals and confident attitude to give females their newest anthem that’s sprinkled with the perfect combination of southern nicety and spite.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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