Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” Pulled From Country Radio

It seems like every few years country music has a new controversy to sort through. This time the debate surrounds Little Big Town's "Girl Crush."

Some radio stations have decided to pull the song from rotation after pressure from their audience. However, it's the pressure from advertisers that catches the ear of radio executives and sways their decisions regarding issues like this.

From the article:

There’s a deep chasm these days between what’s popular on country radio — still the genre’s most powerful platform — and what fans are actually buying: “Girl Crush” is No. 4 on iTunes, but lags at No. 33 in radio rankings. And while country music is seen as more progressive now — with explicit lyrics about sex and casual marijuana use — significant portions of the traditional audience will not tolerate a song that they even wrongly assume is about a same-sex relationship.