Country Music and Suicide

One could look at country music and not understand the correlation between this genre and suicide. But when one looks deeper into the themes that arise within the songs, the constant theme of alcohol consumption, gun usage, divorce, difficult life situations, etc. A common use of divorce is displayed throughout various song lyrics performed by artists. Music is highly known as affecting peoples psychological moods, in which extends the audience to a greater amount of people. Music is seen as a way of letting people relate to the lyrics sung by the artist. Country's subculture goes a long way of common themes. The audience geared towards this specific genre is statistically known to be urban white communities. Although other people might enjoy this music, a specific audience could break down to be the divorced population. With this being said and so zoomed in on, is because the rates are so high and not really statistics one would look at to be increasing so much. Looking at the lyrics involving drinking, it almost seems normal for the artists to be talking about this as if it is a way of life and an easy way to solve problems. Due to this, the audience might assume drinking that much is okay and it may lead into other depressing thoughts such as suicide. 

This is an overall issue that I personally feel should continue to find help with. I listen to country music everyday, as it is one of my favorite genres. Although I don's have these thoughts, I could see how one is able to portray these strong messages from the lyrics. 

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