'We call him 'the Wizard.' I mean, he really brings songs to life,' raves Tyler Hubbard, the band's other half. That's who we are.'Īsked about the architecture of 'that FGL sound' present on 'Dirt,' the band is quick to credit their longtime producer, Joey Moi, who's worked with the duo since their second EP, It'z Just What We Do. We're country to the core, but we like to incorporate our influences and have a good time, keep it fresh. It's cool to let everybody in on who we are and where we come from. A lot of our early 2008-2010 demos and songs we were writing were kind of in that vein. 'It's more a return, really, than anything.

'People say, 'Hey, is that a departure from y'all's sound?' And really no, we're just kind of letting everybody in on really who we are and where we've come from,' Kelley adds. The band stresses that the sentiment of the song is less of a change-up and more a genuine reflection of who they are as artists. Instead of more babes in bikinis and bad-boy antics, the surprisingly earnest song delivered a heartfelt look at life from the cradle to the grave, taking an existential view of dirt as a metaphor for the time spent in between the two: 'You know you came from it (dirt)/And some day you'll return to this.' Instead of riding the bro-country wave of success into more party anthems, FGL threw country music fans a curve ball with 'Dirt,' the first single from the band's sophomore album, the aptly-titled Anything Goes. The very definition of a feel-good party hit, ' Cruise' gained even more traction thanks to a savvy remix featuring rapper Nelly, crossing the song and well as the band to an even wider mainstream audience, helping pave the way for country's current impact on pop and even rock charts and playlists. Scoring legions of fans through a steady diet of feel-good songs celebrating the simple life of big trucks, hot women and cold beer in the wide open spaces of rural America, the band would strike gold with 2012 single, 'Cruise.' Ever since the term 'bro-country' hit music vernacular, Nashville duo Florida Georgia Line have been considered one of its primary proponents.

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