Cassadee Pope is leaving her cowboy boots behind.
The 34-year-old singer is leaving the nation music style to concentrate on pop-rock tunes.
“I understand each style has problematic folks in it,” Pope famous in a latest interview with Rolling Stone that was revealed on Thursday.
“The Voice” alum continued: “I’m not saying there’s not a frontman in a band who hasn’t been accused of one thing in rock music. However I assume rock is in my bones extra. You’re not fully ostracized and shamed for talking out.”
In recent times, Pope has blasted different nation music artists for his or her controversial statements.
Again in 2021, she referred to as out crooner Morgan Wallen for being racist and uttering the N-word in a video.
She mentioned on the time in an Instagram put up: “I’m fully disgusted by Morgan Wallen’s phrases. To be that flippant and nonchalant whereas hurling probably the most offensive racial slur you would utter… some folks simply have ZERO sensitivity.”
The “Body by Body” songstress recalled her phrases, telling the music publication she regretted talking out.
“I look again on it and I’m like, ‘You’re so annoying,’” she sighed. “I used to be simply one other offended white one that simply realized about racism. If that had been to have occurred in the present day, I might have had a special response.”
Nonetheless, Pope said that whereas she was “proud” for voicing her opinion, she realized that getting pushback from followers made her really feel icky inside.
The previous Hey Monday vocalist divulged that remedy has helped get her head on straight relating to her music and artistry.
“I had no feeling of remorse. I simply stored my head down and stored going,” Pope mentioned. “It’s solely been the previous few months that I’ve let my guard down in remedy and mentioned, ‘Wait, I truly wasn’t OK.’ However I feel that form of comes with the territory of together with activism in your life. You’re not going to please everybody.”
The Florida native has roots deep in pop-rock, being the previous lead of the band Hey Monday and releasing her self-titled energy pop EP in 2012.
Pope has additionally beefed with nation star Jason Aldean and his spouse, Brittany Aldean, at one level.
The “My Kinda Social gathering” crooner, 46, and Brittany, 35, had been accused of being transphobic in 2022 when the latter posted on Instagram: “I’d actually prefer to thank my mother and father for not altering my gender after I went via my tomboy part. I really like this girly life.”
Pope and her good friend Maren Morris each slammed the couple, taking to X (previously often called Twitter) to criticize the pair.
Pope tweeted: “You’d suppose celebs with magnificence manufacturers would see the positives in together with LGBTQ+ folks of their messaging. However as a substitute right here we’re, listening to somebody evaluate their ‘tomboy part’ to somebody eager to transition. Actual good.”
Morris, 33, replied to her pal, writing: “It’s really easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Promote your clip-ins and zip it, Revolt Barbie.”