By Jeff Arnold

Coming off big time success with “Ready, Set, Roll” Chase Rice recently released his second radio single off his debut album, Ignite the Night. The new track, titled “Gonna Wanna Tonight,” is somewhat of a change for Rice, 28, as it has a much slower beat to it than his previous single. Despite this subtle change, the rest of the song should sound very familiar lyrically because of its focus on a very common theme in country music nowadays: girls.

That’s not to say this is a bad song. It’s not; Rice’s voice is well mixed with heavy guitar riffs and percussion that has a hip-hop vibe to it. It is deep enough lyrically to where it can pull you in. “If you wanna climb a ladder on a water tower, then we’ll kick it with the stars for a couple hours,” Rice opens as he then transitions into the cliches of today’s country music. Despite being known as one of the new age country artists that is diversifying the genre, this song does not sound out of place at all on the radio. Is it different from songs that were popular five to ten years ago? Yes, but considering where country music is headed, this is the new normal. The song itself is interesting enough to where it will most likely gain popularity due to both the actual quality and the fact that Rice is known as one of country’s brightest rising stars.

Listen to Gonna Wanna Tonight here.