'Brunette' by Tucker Wetmore - Lyrics & Meaning

Released amid much excitement, Tucker Wetmore's album, What Not To, is a 19-song smorgasbord of viral-ready anthems, introspective ballads and radio-friendly pop country singalongs.

Produced by Chris LaCorte and featuring 11 of the tracks co-written by Wetmore, the album showcases his dynamic range and cements his arrival as one of the genre’s most exciting new voices.

As well as the monster viral smashes 'Wine Into Whiskey' and 'Wind Up Missin' You,' Tucker Wetmore's paean to brown haired honeys everywhere, 'Brunette,' has already been picking up traction in the run up to the album release, not surprisingly going viral given the nature of the song's lyrics.

Beginning with a lone fast-finger picked guitar and Wetmore's trademark gritty, nasal drawl, the song kicks in around the half minute mark with a full band and a thumping bass drum, complimented by some fancy drum fills.

'Brunette' is a powerful pop country anthem perfect for speeding along to and pounding the dash, which makes use of some musical pulls in the chorus and some stop-starts which gives the song an extra dynamism.

Lord knows I got a type

And there’s a few in here tonight

Well I’ve learned my lesson too many times

Blondes like you put me through hell and I need something new

Tucker Wetmore begins the song by explaining that he is always romantically drawn to the same type of women: blondes. He notes, looking around the establishment he is in - presumably a bar or eatery - that there are a number of women who could be considered his "type."

He explains how he has had relationship problems in the past with women with blonde hair, likening the way they treated him to being in hell. He admits that he has learned his lesson from being in these sorts of relationships too often.

I need a brown eyed 5’ 5” north side of the Mason Dixon line

Kind ain’t climbed up in a four-wheel drive that’s lifted

Never been fishing never been mudding

Gotta be gotta be one that doesn’t remind me of you there beside me

I need to find me a brunette

Often when someone is repeating the same patterns of behaviour and exhibiting signs of habit forming, there are various therapy techniques that could help significantly decrease repetitive behaviors. These may include keeping logs to become more aware of the behaviours, practicing new stress-relieving strategies and finding healthier alternative behaviours to replace the habit.

The healthier alternative that Tucker Wetmore self-prescribes is to look for a romantic partner who is the exact opposite of his "type"; in this case a "brunette."

Research shows that blondes are often perceived as fun-loving and approachable, but can also be unfairly stereotyped as less intellectual. Brunettes, on the other hand, are typically seen as more serious, reliable, and intelligent. Tucker Wetmore would like his titular 'Brunette' to be 5'5" tall with brown eyes and from north of the Mason-Dixie Line; a demarcation line separating four US states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. The line became a potent symbol of the cultural and political divide between the North and South, particularly in the lead-up to the Civil War and even today, after the abolition of slavery, the Mason-Dixon Line continues to represent a symbolic boundary, reflecting the differing social, cultural, and political landscapes of the North and South in the USA.

Tucker Wetmore saying he would like his 'Brunette' to be from north of this line suggests he is looking for a partner who is more liberal and progressive on social issues, and less bound by the often traditional values and customs than the South.

One that don’t smoke when she drinks

Or know them songs we used to sing

I’d rather be lonely when it’s time to leave

At 2am go head out with some girl that ain’t your opposite

It seems there is one "blonde" in particular who Tucker doesn't want to be reminded of when he sees other women with the same hair colour acting in a similar way.

When it comes to that next head on my chest

Won’t be a bit of blonde on her head

You ruined that for me when you left

Tucker wants the next woman he sleeps with to have a different hair colour to his previous partner because he was felt so upset after the break up of that relationship that he now associates her hair colour with difficult relationships.

Tucker Wetmore has made a few short statements about the song on TikTok and he did also post this photo to Instagram showing the sort of face he pulls when he sees someone with brown or auburn hair.

He posted a TikTok of a snippet of the song with the caption "Think it's about time I find out why they say brunettes have more fun..."

This is a play on the old adage that "blondes have more fun."

Lord knows I got a type

And there’s a few in here tonight

Well I’ve learned my lesson too many times

Blondes like you put me through hell and I need something new

I need a brown eyed 5’ 5” north side of the Mason Dixon line

Kind ain’t climbed up in a four-wheel drive that’s lifted

Never been fishing never been mudding

Gotta be gotta be one that doesn’t remind me of you there beside me

I need to find me a brunette

One that don’t smoke when she drinks

Or know them songs we used to sing

I’d rather be lonely when it’s time to leave

At 2am go head out with some girl that ain’t your opposite

I need some brown eyed 5’ 5” north side of the Mason Dixon line

Kind ain’t climbed up in a four-wheel drive that’s lifted

Never been fishing never been mudding

Gotta be gotta be one that doesn’t remind me of you there beside me

I need to find me a brunette

When it comes to that next head on my chest

Won’t be a bit of blonde on her head

You ruined that for me when you left

Since you left I need a brown eyed 5’ 5” north side of the Mason Dixon line

Kind ain’t climbed up in a four-wheel drive that’s lifted

Never been fishing never been mudding

Gotta be gotta be one that doesn’t remind me of you there beside me

I need to find me a brunette

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