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Mickey Guyton Asks Country Music Industry and Fans to Imagine Being ‘Black Like Me’
Chris Willman Music WriterAs the foremost Black woman in country music — and one who is still waiting to enjoy a big radio hit, despite a series of buzzy singles over the last five years — Mickey Guyton has sometimes felt she faced the “double whammy” of race and gender, to the point where she says she’s often felt like she was “walking on eggshells” in always putting on a friendly face for the genre’s gatekeepers.But the powerhouse vocalist has found newfound power in outspokenness. In February, she released “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?,” a searing ballad that may be one of the most powerful songs anyone has ever written about systemic sexism.
