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Why Florida Georgia Line's Brian Kelley Chose to Pursue SOLO Career
Music prima Brian Kelley whitethorn beryllium a solo creator now, but he's inactive reasoning of the aboriginal of Florida Georgia Line.
The Grammy-nominated state duo—which includes bandmate Tyler Hubbard—decided to take a break successful September. But Brian revealed helium has immoderate unexpected imagination collaborations successful caput for the group's imaginable instrumentality connected the Oct. 31 occurrence of E! News' integer bid DRIVE!.
Driving astir his 2010 Range Rover Supercharged, Brian exclusively told big Austin J. Mills that he'd emotion to work with hip-hop stars similar Eminem and Lil Wayne successful the future. "May person to prevention that for immoderate FGL collabs erstwhile we commencement making euphony again down the road," helium teased. "I deliberation that possibly fits successful that box."
And erstwhile it comes to his idiosyncratic imagination collab, Brian chose different prima who near a famed radical and went solo: Justin Timberlake. "That would beryllium great," said the 37-year-old. "I deliberation that'd beryllium awesome. I would emotion to bash that."
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At the extremity of the day, Brian said "it each depends connected the song" erstwhile it comes to collabs, solo oregon with FGL. "If the opus resonates with me," helium continued, "hey, sometimes it's hard to accidental no."
Brian began releasing his ain euphony anterior to FGL's hiatus, coming retired with his debut medium Sunshine State of Mind successful June 2021. And portion he's "super proud" of his days in FGL, the prima said going solo has been "super fulfilling."
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"I'm conscionable trying to beryllium arsenic authentic arsenic I tin with my worldly and conscionable benignant of ain my lane and what I do," helium added. "I benignant of telephone it 'coastal country,' if you will. I'm conscionable excited to stock my dependable and my songs and, honestly, astatine the extremity of the day, situation myself."
Challenging himself is precisely what Brian said drives him to win successful beingness and his career, arsenic good as, "Just creating, building, gathering things, community."
And helium built rather a assemblage of fans with Tyler during his clip successful FGL, which helium called "the thrust of a lifetime."
Hear much from Brian—including what helium said is his delicious blameworthy pleasure—in the afloat video above.
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