Tyler Hubbard says his former Florida-Georgia line bandmate, Brian KelleyHe “persisted” on pursuing a solo career, and that was ultimately the reason for the chart-topping group’s dissolution.
During this week’s episode of Barstool Sports Bussin’ with the boys On the podcast, the “5 Foot 9” crooner was asked why FGL abruptly stopped in 2022. The group surprised fans at the Minnesota State Fair when they made the announcement They had just seen their last show as a country duo in September 2022.
“It was really unexpected for me. But BK came to me and said, ‘Man, I really feel like I want to do a solo thing. And I’m like, ‘Really?’ “We were in the process of closing our first deal and we had been working to get it done for ten years,” recalls Hubbard. “I’m like, ‘Why don’t we do this for another five or 10 years and then we can do the solo thing or whatever.’ But again, I wanted to support him: ‘No, now I really have to do this myself.’ And I’m like, ‘Well, whatever you need to do, brother.’ He says, ‘I just want support.’”
Hubbard said he offered to do just that, hoping they would eventually get back together.
“We had an incredible ride. This is where it will go. Let’s do it and destroy it, and you never know. Maybe it’ll get us back together and we can do a reunion tour or whatever,” Hubbard continued. “But he definitely initiated the whole thing from the beginning, and when I say it surprised me, it wasn’t that we hadn’t mentioned it before – it was just one of those things where I “I think it would happen then, you know what I mean?”
It was January 2023 when Hubbard said ET that the separation came as “somehow a surprise” to him.
“This was a career change and a big transition for me – from the duo Florida Georgia Line to entering this new season as a solo artist,” Hubbard told ET at the time. “And what that looks and feels like was really exciting. But it was definitely unexpected and something that BK came to me and wanted to do. And it took me a minute to kind of process that. And I thought, ‘Well.’ “I’m just going to be a songwriter and not worry about the artist thing.”
However, Hubbard didn’t stay on the sidelines for long and released his first self-titled solo album shortly afterwards. Before embarking on a solo career, there was constant speculation that FGL – behind hits like 2012’s banger “Cruise” and 2016’s ballad “HOLY” – would split up, prompting the duo to repeatedly say so Promise won’t happen – until it does.
Today, fans are speculating that a certain lyric in Kelley’s new country track “Kiss My Boots” is a dig at Hubbard. In the song, Kelley sings, “I’m messing up Hank, drinking Jack, airing out the past / I want the world to know you did me wrong / I don’t know how you act sweet after you do it.” .” I/Here’s a middle finger to you through a song.
Then in the music video, Kelley is seen chasing a snake in the grass. And as the video ends with Kelley cutting an apple with a knife, he’s wearing a belt buckle that says “Florida,” the state Kelley describes as one half of the once-popular group. Hubbard represents Georgia.
More recently, the Florida Georgia Line-themed bar FGL House in Nashville closed on Monday, per The Tennessean. The closure will now pave the way for the country superstar Lainey Wilson to open her own eatery, and the three-story, 27,000-square-foot venue will be called “Lainey Wilson’s Bell Bottoms Up.”
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