Brian Kelley says Florida Georgia Line fans can lay back and relax -- because he wasn't throwing shade at his former bandmate, Tyler Hubbard , in his latest single, "Kiss My Boots." Kelley spoke with ET's Nischelle Turner on Tuesday before the kickoff of CMA Fest at the Chevy Riverfront Stage on Thursday and cleared the air around the speculation that the song was a callout to his former bandmate. "No, this song was inspired by a ton of different people," Kelley says.
"And what I love, the reason I put this song out, is for people to make it their own. I think that's where the most power of a song and art is because you know somebody can see a painting and hear a song and think one thing, and then a group over here can totally think the other." Fans were quick to question if Kelley was sending subliminal messages to his former bandmate with the lyrics, "I'm crankin' Hank, drinkin' Jack, airin' out the past / Want the world to know that you did me wrong / I don't know how you act sweet, after how you did me / Here's a middle finger to you through a song.
" Kelley tells ET, he gets it, but there is a laundry list of other people that he would rather have kiss his boots -- and he knows his fans have one too. "I totally get how people have definitely tried to frame that," he adds. "I'm just really proud of that song as a songwriter, as an artist.
I admire artists that put different kind of songs out there that maybe have a little attitude and show that life isn't always perfect. Y.
