Luke Bryan Says This One ‘Cheesy’ Lyric Almost Kept Him from Recording No. 1 Hit ‘Drunk on You’
Luke Bryan may have had a No. 1 hit in 2012 with “Drunk on You” — but the country star almost passed on recording it due to one “cheesy” line. Bryan, 50, appeared on The BobbyCast with Bobby Bones earlier this month, and revealed that he almost walked away from the song because of one of its signature lyrics. “The biggest scare of that song was, ‘You make my speakers go boom boom.’ ‘Is it cheesy? How cheesy is it? How cheesy? Is it cheesy?’” Bryan remembered thinking. “I never considered changing it. I considered it being so cheesy that I may need to back away from it.” The American Idol judge finally came around to the line, though, after heading out on his Farm Tour and playing a demo of the song. Once he saw everyone happily singing along, he realized he had something special on his hands, regardless…